Battleangel

Mel Gibsons Apocalypto did fairly well at the box office, but do people get it? Some praise it for showing that Mayans still exist and some fear it will fuel prejudice and racism. How many will realize — and indeed appreciate — the apt parable about the modern, warring American civilization, not willing to give up even an inch of its lifestyle. Only this time there is no Spanish equivalent coming to invade in a physical sense. Whereas the Mayans faced the end of their civilization and ethnic cleansing, Americans face having to take the bus to work.