Apocalypto

Set in either Yucatán or Guatemala during the year 1502, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are captured by an invading force. After a raid on their village, they are brought on a perilous journey to a Maya city for human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is in decline. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and ultimately save his way of life.