Starring: Rudy Youngblood
 “The forest taught me to run. Now it teaches me to return.” 
 Plot: Years after escaping sacrifice, Jaguar Paw (Youngblood) leads his family deep into new country—until coastal fires and “men of thunder” shatter the horizon.

A stolen codex naming sacred water‑roads puts his people in the path of raiders trading steel for souls. To outpace the hunt, Jaguar Paw must rally fractured clans, read the sky like a map, and turn the jungle’s silence into a weapon.

Trailer flashes: a moonlit cenote plunge; obsidian flakes raining as atlatls whistle; ceiba roots threading a hidden passage; a river ambush where canoes vanish under mist; maize fields set alight as horse silhouettes break the smoke; drums folding into heartbeats for a dawn last stand.

 Verdict: Raw, sun‑scorched, and breath‑tight—tactile survival craft, myth‑rich stakes, and Youngblood’s fierce, word‑sparse presence. If the full cut marries ferocity to care, this return could cut deep.