While I like this gimmick of seeing the lives of this tribe and their local color set against the impressive Columbian landscape, what carries this movie are its combat and set pieces.
It's an intriguing enough story of fleeing captives and returning to family but I cannot help but think that the plotting was written around the concept of showing off this indigenous people.
I can't shake the idea that this is Mel Gibson's PR campaign to show how conscientious he is in his hero-worship of this pre-columbian people with all their ingenuity and humanness as they also have families and stuff. It is also more than a little heavy handed about the theme of proving our value but there is some sweet karma here and there.
It's an intriguing enough story of fleeing captives and returning to family but I cannot help but think that the plotting was written around the concept of showing off this indigenous people.
I can't shake the idea that this is Mel Gibson's PR campaign to show how conscientious he is in his hero-worship of this pre-columbian people with all their ingenuity and humanness as they also have families and stuff. It is also more than a little heavy handed about the theme of proving our value but there is some sweet karma here and there.