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Curse of the Mayans

Original title: Xibalba
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
1.1K
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Curse of the Mayans (2017)
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Dr. Alan Green an American Archelogist leads Danielle Noble an her team of cave divers on an expedition searching the Mayan ancient records. Instead of finding glory they will find hell hidd... Read allDr. Alan Green an American Archelogist leads Danielle Noble an her team of cave divers on an expedition searching the Mayan ancient records. Instead of finding glory they will find hell hidden in the underwater caves of Xibalba.Dr. Alan Green an American Archelogist leads Danielle Noble an her team of cave divers on an expedition searching the Mayan ancient records. Instead of finding glory they will find hell hidden in the underwater caves of Xibalba.

  • Director
    • Joaquin Rodriguez
  • Writers
    • Alberto Haggar
    • Joaquin Rodriguez
  • Stars
    • Olga Fonda
    • Carla Ortiz
    • Mark Tacher
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.3/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Joaquin Rodriguez
    • Writers
      • Alberto Haggar
      • Joaquin Rodriguez
    • Stars
      • Olga Fonda
      • Carla Ortiz
      • Mark Tacher
    • 37User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Olga Fonda
    Olga Fonda
    • Eli
    Carla Ortiz
    Carla Ortiz
    • Danielle Noble
    Mark Tacher
    Mark Tacher
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    Steve Wilcox
    Steve Wilcox
    • Dr. Alan Green
    Luis Felipe Tovar
    Luis Felipe Tovar
    • El Brujo
    Juan Pablo Castañeda
    Juan Pablo Castañeda
    • Raul
    • (as Juan Pablo Castaneda)
    Héctor Ortega
    • Padre Grosjean
    Bernardo Peña
    Bernardo Peña
    • Mark Parsons
    Mauricio Martínez
    Mauricio Martínez
    • Jorge
    • (as Mauricio Martinez)
    Ricardo Lima Martinez
    • Hernan
    Mauricio Martinez
    • Jorge
    • Director
      • Joaquin Rodriguez
    • Writers
      • Alberto Haggar
      • Joaquin Rodriguez
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    2paul_m_haakonsen

    No wonder aliens don't visit the Earth...

    Well, I found out that this movie was based on something with aliens and ancient Mayan lore, so I figured that it might actually have potential to be something worth watching.

    Turns out that I was quite wrong. Wow, this movie was, and let me be bluntly honest here, god awful boring. There was literally nothing happening of any worth or interest happening throughout the entire movie, except for maybe the last five or ten minutes of the movie. And even that wasn't something you'd get worked up about.

    This was essentially just following an expedition crew as they participated in what have to be the most boring expedition and spelunking ever.

    The dialogue in the movie was fairly flaccid, but then again it did of course match the characters well enough, because the character gallery in this movie was just horrible. Every single character could essentially be replaced by a cardboard cutout - as they had the same personalities.

    I will say that the creature - or more correctly - alien design was actually good, and that was the best part of the entire movie. But it was nowhere near enough for making up for all the rest of the movie, as it was one massive disappointing shortcoming.

    Do no bother with spending your time, money or effort on this 2017 movie by director and writer Joaquin Rodriguez. Some of us suffered through this ordeal titled "Curse of the Mayans" (aka "Xibalba") so you don't have to.

    I am rating this movie a generous two out of ten stars.
    3kgribz

    Sooo slooow

    Literally nothing happens for the first 1hr 10. And it doesn't really improve the movie when it does.
    3mavisroad

    Set Continuity for diving was BAD

    The 2 cave divers you see diving in the real cave were diving with 2 side mount cylinders as well as a smaller cylinder (deco or bailout bottle) and were wearing normal scuba masks, one with helmet with 2 lights on the side (typical cave gear). Yet when you see ALL the divers come up, they are wearing full face masks, only have a single centre back mount tank. They also talk about being low on O2 (not air) and earlier discussed oxygen percentages they had left. It should have been how many PSI or Bar they had left. I'm sure they just took some stock footage of cave divers and put the rest in, but even non divers can tell the difference in gear.
    1sebastianrodriguez-08751

    Curse of the Bad script

    Low budget is not a curse untill it meets low scriptwriting, confusing shooting and editing, hilarious dialogues, sound probably recorded on Nokia 3310 and... well THAT acting. Actually this movie is quiet a masterpiece. You can show it to a film school students as an example how do NOT make movies.
    3linscottphoto

    What a bad movie to read

    Subtitles, bad dialogue, slooooooow until the monsters finally show up and then, it doesn't get much better.

    This wasn't even enjoyable as bad sci-fi.

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    • Trivia
      Dany tells Danielle the story about him becoming Bruja's daughter's godfather, because Bruja's wife was bitten by a "Hognose Snake", and Dany got her a helicopter ride to a hospital. Hognose snakes are non-venomous, so a bite wouldn't require a hospital. She would only have required first-aid treatment.
    • Goofs
      In the fourth minute the workers find the stone relic and begin chiseling into it which seems an extremely implausible course of action.
    • Soundtracks
      Xibalba
      By Mauricio Martinez

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Xibalba
    • Filming locations
      • Xcaret, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Lanczyner Films
      • Three Great Lights Films
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    • Budget
      • MX$11,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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