'Apocalypto' is Trademark Mel Gibson Gore

by Kenneth Turan, NPR

Who knows what violence lurks in the hearts of men?

Mel Gibson knows. And like he did in The Passion of the Christ, Gibson just can't resist putting every last ounce of it on screen in Apocalypto.

He also can't resist pulling those bloody, still-beating hearts out of human bodies. And that's just the beginning.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, December 8, 2006