I didn't know that a civilization in Western Mexico disappeared............moved..........etc..........at the same time the Maya did..............my guess on my blog before on what happened to the Maya........in 900 ad was disease............which i put forth on my other blog on wordpress.com...........same name......................

Plot[edit]

While hunting in the Mesoamerican rainforest, Jaguar Paw/Paksiw (Rudy Youngblood), his father Flint Sky (Morris Birdyellowhead), and their fellow tribesmen encounter a procession of refugees fleeing warfare. The group's leader explains that their lands were ravaged and they seek a new beginning. He asks for permission to pass through the jungle. Flint Sky comments to his son that the visitors were sick with fear, and urges him to never allow fear to infect him.

At dawn the next morning the tribe's village is raided by a group led by Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo). Huts are set on fire, many villagers are killed, including Flint Sky, and the rest of the adults are taken captive. Jaguar Paw's heavily pregnant wife Seven (Dalia Hernández) and their young son Turtle's Run (Carlos Emilio Báez) escape by hiding in a small natural pit cave that also serves as a water reservoir, but are left trapped when Jaguar Paw is captured. The raiders then lead the captives on a long forced march through the jungle, having left the children behind to fend for themselves.

On the journey Cocoa Leaf (Israel Ríos), a badly wounded captive, is killed by the sadistic Middle Eye, eliciting anger from Zero Wolf, who threatens his fellow raider with death if he kills another captive without permission. As the party approach the Mayan city they encounter razed forests and failed maize crops, along with villages decimated by an unknown disease. A little girl (María Isidra Hoil) infected with the illness prophesies Zero Wolf's death and the end of the Mayan world. Once the raiders and captives reach the city the females are sold as slaves while the males are escorted to the top of a step pyramid to be sacrificed before the Mayan King (Rafael Velez) and Queen (Diana Botello).

As a result of a solar eclipse and the superstitions surrounding it, Jaguar Paw and the remaining captives are spared from being sacrificed by beheading. Instead, they are ordered to be taken away and "disposed of." They are offered freedom if they can avoid being killed during target practice by Zero Wolf and his men. After some tribesmen are killed, Jaguar Paw is severely injured but kills Zero Wolf's son Cut Rock (Ricardo Díaz Mendoza) and escapes into the jungle. Zero Wolf sets off with eight comrades to chase down and kill Jaguar Paw. Back in his native jungle Jaguar Paw now has the advantage, although badly injured. Most of his pursuers are gradually killed until there are only two left to hunt Jaguar Paw.

The drought breaks and heavy rain begins to fall, threatening to drown Jaguar Paw's family who are still trapped in the pit cave. At this time Seven gives birth to another son. Meanwhile, the two remaining raiders chase Jaguar Paw out of the undergrowth towards the coast. As they reach the beach, all three see conquistador ships anchored off the coast and ChristianEuropeans making their way ashore. Jaguar Paw escapes while the two raiders remain seemingly mesmerized at the conquistadors' presence. Jaguar Paw returns in time to save his family from the flooded pit.

Sometime later as the reunited family look out over the water at the Spanish ships, Jaguar Paw has to decide whether to risk approaching the conquistadors or try to return to their traditional lifestyle.

Cast[edit]

Rudy Youngblood as Jaguar Paw Dalia Hernandez as Seven Itandehui Gutierrez as Wife Jonathan Brewer as Blunted Mayra Serbulo as Young Woman Morris Birdyellowhead as Flint Sky Carlos Emilio Báez as Turtles Run Amílcar Ramírez as Curl Nose Israel Contreras as Smoke Frog Israel Ríos as Cocoa Leaf María Isabel Díaz as Mother-in-Law Iazúa Laríos as Sky Flower Raoul Trujillo as Zero Wolf Gerardo Taracena as Middle Eye Rodolfo Palacios as Snake Ink