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I believe this was the best action film of 2006, and it deserved a lot more attention than it got.
It has more bloody deaths than the overrated Oscar-winner, 'The Departed'. It has more frantic fast-paced action then that horrendous crapfest that was 'Crank'. The cinematography was on par with the Oscar-winner 'Pan's Labyrinth. The costume design should've won an Oscar rather than 'Marie-Antoinette'. But what really made me fall for this film is the storyline; about one man doing everything he possibly can to save his young son and pregnant wife. A pure action film that also manages to tug at your emotions is something quite rare.
I suspect that the hostility between the jewish Hollywood elite and Mel Gibson is why powers-that-be have somewhat successfully restrained its success. Only 65% positive reviews, and $50 million domestic take on a $40 million budget is quite poor (although it has done very well overseas).
But in the end, I think this film is a masterpiece. I recommend this to anyone one, male or female, as long as they don't get squirmy at sight of blood. But it's not at horror-level amount of gore, and fits rather well with the Mayan culture at the time, when sacrifices and gruesome deaths were done to appease gods.
9/10
