: Gibson famously cast Indigenous Mexican and Native American actors to ensure a degree of physical and cultural resonance. : All dialogue is spoken in Yucatec Maya

This guarantees you are not watching a web-dl (which often has crushed blacks) or a TV broadcast. The BluRay source retains the original DTS-HD Master Audio track and the authentic film grain.

An x265 1080p rip is often half the file size of an x264 rip while retaining .

If you have a copy of that fits the criteria above (7-12GB, DTS audio, properly synced subs), you own the closest thing to a digital master of Mel Gibson’s masterpiece.

| Source | Typical Size | Video Bitrate | Audio | |--------|--------------|---------------|-------| | Original BluRay (H.264) | ~30 GB | ~25–30 Mbps | DTS-HD MA 5.1 | | | 3–5 GB | 3.5–6 Mbps | Often AC3 5.1 @ 640kbps (or passthru DTS) |