The hero's tribe was attacked by a powerful tribe. He hid his wife and children in a cave, but he was captured. The captives were sent to the city for execution to worship the gods. When he was about to execute his sentence, a solar eclipse occurred, and he escaped by luck. The warriors of the powerful tribe began to play with the prisoners of war, let them escape, and attack them from behind. The protagonist escaped again by chance, killing his opponent and rushing into the jungle. He must rescue his wife and children before the torrential rain floods the hole. He ambushed his pursuers in the jungle, wiped out his opponents one by one, and was finally driven to the beach. As a result, it happened that the Spaniard landed, and the samurai who pursued ignored him and walked towards the Spaniard. The actor can escape back to rescue his wife and children and hide in the jungle.
The first quarter of the film is the happy life of the hero tribe, the next quarter is the experience after being captured, and the second half is the escape and jungle ambush.
At the beginning of the film, the protagonist’s father is the leader of the tribe and declares to the tribe passing by--this is our jungle. My father took me to hunt here. Before I was born, my grandfather took my father to hunt here. Now I take My son is hunting here. After I die, my son will also take his son to hunt here. After the jungle ambush, the protagonist declared the same to the invaders he was chasing-I will hunt here with my son for generations to come.
However, we all know that they were eventually driven to death by the Spaniards.
Although the film is Maya, in fact, in the era of the Spanish landing, Maya has long since declined and hid in the jungle of Yucatan, dying, and there is no longer a large city. Moreover, Maya itself did not have the custom of slaughtering prisoners of war to sacrifice to the gods. On the contrary, the Aztecs in Mexico have a tradition of slaughtering prisoners of war to worship their gods in foreign wars.
The apocalypse here, actually hinted at the last moment, is not the mighty Maya, nor the male protagonist’s jungle declaration, but the arrival of the Spaniards. The mighty Mayans conquered surrounding tribes, slaughtered prisoners of war to sacrifice to the gods, and declared their strength. However, this strength is vulnerable to the Spaniards. Neither the mighty Maya nor the hero in the film can escape the fate of being driven to extinction by the Spaniards. This is the real apocalypse, the real destiny that cannot be escaped. It's no wonder that the person on the poster is not the male protagonist, but the pursuer from the mighty Mayan tribe.
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