Unbelievably violent

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2007)

I was very disappointed that this film that looks so magical in the trailers is unbelievably violent. And most of this violence was gratuitous and wasn't necessary for this particular story. Although it's about the fascists in Spain during WWII and you would expect a certain amount of violence in a story like this it was so over the top I almost walked out at two points in disbelief. Be warned that the trailer doesn't give you any clues of what this film is really about and if you're thinking about taking teenagers forget it. Having said that, it's not without merit but it wasn't what I was led to expect and therefore a huge disappointment. My daughter and husband felt the same way and they can handle violence more than I can. My husband actually thought that the violence in Apocalypto was easier to take because it made sense in that story. This was just too much.