AP Review: Violent excess mars ‘Apocalypto’

2006-12-05

By Mike LaSalle

Director Gibson applies the same breathtaking production values and attention to detail as he did in “Braveheart” and “The Passion.” But he amplifies the violence beyond the brutal of “Braveheart” and the excruciating of “The Passion” to something approaching abhorrent at the height of the carnage in “Apocalypto.”

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