say what you want about mel gibson and but he know how to make an authentically real statement about the human condition . the movie be about civilization and how small be well . there be some rain forest dwell american native and somewhere in america where there be jaguar and monkey . then there be some civilized native and with a huge society of noble and serf and slave and sacrificial victim who get their heart tear out and head chop off on top of a pyramid and for the appeasement of their god and for the sake of control and entertain the citizen . our noble small villager of the forest be ultimately hunt down and enslave by the more organized and and totally vicious and pyramid builder . this be a story of how one of these villager deal with the horrific trial that his captor heap upon him . the whole movie be in an ancient native language and subtitle in english and and it lend an air of excruciate authenticity to the happening . one get the feeling of be a time traveler and a this 500 year old world seem so real and with every detail of weaponry and cookware and clothing and jewelry and labor practice and building and village character and and sacrificial ceremony so obviously research that it make me feel uncomfortably like i be involve in it all . we be constantly get the crowd point of view of all the empire activity and abuse of it captive and underling . there be a lot to look at here and from god beautiful nature to man nightmarish creation and so it deserve to be see on a big screen .