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When I was lying there in the VA hospital ...
... with a big hole
blown through the middle of my life, ...
... I started having these dreams of flying.
I was free.
Sooner or later though, ...
... you always have to wake up.
In Cryo you don't dream at all.
It doesn't feel like 6 years.
More like a fifth of
tequila and ass-kicking.
Tommy was the scientist, not me.

He was the one who wanted to get shot
light-years out in space to find the answers.
Are we there yet?
Yeah, we're there sunshine.
We're there.
It's about your brother.
So, a week before Tommy
was gonna ship out...
A guy with a gun ends his journey ...
... for the paper in his wallet.
Being in Cryo for 5 years,
9 months and 22 days.
You will be hungry,
you will be weak.
If you feel nauseous please use the ...
Yeah, Tommy was the scientist.
Me, I'm just another dumb grunt
going some place he's gonna regret.
Up ahead was Pandora.
You grew up hearing about it,
but I never figured I'd be going there.
Your brother represented
a significant investment.
We'd like to talk to you
about taking over his contract.
And since your genome is identical to his,
you could step into his shoes.
So to speak.
It'd be a fresh start,
on a new world.
And the pay is good.
Very good.
Exo-Packs on!
Let's go, Exo-Packs on!
Remember people, you lose that mask
you're unconscious in 20 seconds.
You're dead in 4 minutes.
Let nobody be dead today.
It looks very bad on my report.
This is TAD-1-6 on approach.
Crossing outer marker.
Monument in sight
One life ends...
Another begins.
Harnesses off. Get your packs ...
-- Put it together. Let's go.
One minute, let's go.
When the ramp comes down, go
directly into the base. Do not stop.
Go straight inside.
Wait for my mark!
Go! Go! Go! Go! ..
Get out of there!
Keep moving. Let's go!
There's no such thing
as an ex-Marine.
You may be out...
... but you never lose the attitude.
I told myself I could pass
any test a man can pass.
They can fix the spine,
if you got the money.
But not on Vet benefits,
not in this economy.
Let's go Special K.
Do not make me wait for you!
Well, well, ladies.
Look at all this fresh meat!
Back on Earth, these guys
were Army dogs. Marines.
Fighting for freedom.
Look out hot rod.
But out here they're just hired guns,
taking the money, working for the company.
Check this out man.
Meals on wheels.
Aww, man , that is just wrong.
You are not in Kansas any more.
You are on Pandora,
ladies and gentlemen.
Respect that fact,
every second of every day.
If there is a hell,
you might wanna go there for some
R and R after a tour on Pandora.
Out there beyond that fence,
every living thing that
crawls, flies or squats in the mud wants to
kill you and eat your eyes for Ju-Ju Beads
We have an indigenous population
of humanoids called the Na'vi.
They're fond of arrows
dipped in a neurotoxin
that will stop your heart in one minute.
And they have bones reinforced
with naturally occuring carbon fiber.
They are very hard to kill.
As head of security,
it is my job to keep you alive.
I will not succeed.
Not with all of you.
If you wish to survive you need to
cultivate a strong mental attitude.
You've got to obey the rules.
Pandora rules.
Rule number one...
It's nothing like an old school safety
brief to put your mind at ease.
Jake, you're Jake right?
Tom's brother.
You look just like him.
Sorry, I'm Norm Spellman.
I went through Avatar training with him.
The Bio-Lab. We're gonna
spend a lot of time here.
How you doing,
Norm, Avatar driver.
Here's the link room right here.
This is where we're
connecting to the Avatar.
Me and Norm are here to drive these
remotely controlled bodies called Avatars.
And they're grown from human DNA
mixed with the DNA of the natives.
Hey, welcome.
Welcome to Pandora,
good to have you.
Damn, they got big. - They fully
mature on the flight out.
So the progress up the stim
seem to work really well.
Yeah, they got great muscle tone.
It'll take us a few hours
to get them prepared,
but you can take them out tomorrow.
There's yours.
Doctor, Norm Spellman.
- Pleasure to meet you.
Looks like him.
Looks like you.
This is your Avatar now, Jake.
The concept is that every driver
is matched to his own Avatar.
So that their nervous system are in tune.
Or something...
Which is why they offered me the gig,
because I can link with Tommy's Avatar.
Which is insanely expensive.
Is this right?
I just say whatever
to the video log?
Yeah, we gotta get the habit
of documenting everything.
What we see, what we feel,
it's all part of the science.
And good science is good observation.
- Plus it'll help keep you sane
for the next 6 years.
Whatever.
So uh, ...
Here I am.
Doing science.
They're coming out.
Attention, drivers coming out of the lane.
Oh God ...
- Where's the lab coat?
- Where's her lab coat?
Who's got my goddamn cigarette!?
Guys, what's wrong with this picture?
Thank you!
Grace Augustine is a legend.
She's the head of the Avatar
program. She wrote the book.
I mean literally wrote the
book on Pandoran botany.
That's because she likes
plants better than people.
Here she is, Cinderella back from the ball.
Grace I'd like you to meet
Norm Spellman and Jake Sully.
Norm, I hear good things about
you. How's your Na'vi?
Grace, this is Jake Sully.
Yeah yeah, I know who you are
and I don't need you.
I need your brother.
You know, the PHD
who trained for three
years for this mission...
He's dead.
I know it's a big
inconvenience for everyone.
How much lab training have you had?
I dissected a frog once.
You see?
They're just pissing on us with out
even a courtesy of calling it rain.
I'm going to Selfridge.
- No Grace!
No man, this is such bullshit!
I'm gonna kick his corporate butt.
He has no business sticking
his nose in my department.
Here tomorrow, 08:00.
Try and use big words.
Scorpion 2 Hotel, Hell's Gate Tower.
You are cleared for South departure. ...
Did you see that?
- Yes sir.
No you didn't, you were looking at
the monitor. I love this putter Ronnie.
Parker...
I used to think it
was benign neglect,
but now I see that you're
intentionally screwing me.
Grace, I enjoy our little talks...
I need a researcher,
not some jar-head drop out.
Well, actually,
I thought we got lucky with him.
Lucky?
- Yeah.
How is this in any way 'lucky'?
Lucky your guy had a twin brother.
And lucky that brother
wasn't some oral hygenist or something.
A Marine we could use. I'm assigning him
to your team as security escort.
The last thing I need is another
trigger-happy moron out there.
Look, you're supposed to be
winning the hearts and the
minds of the natives, isn't that the
whole point of your little puppet show?
You look like them, you talk like
them and they'll start trusting us.
We build them a school,
we teach them English...
But after how many years relations with
the indigenous are only getting worse.
That tends to happen when you
use machine guns on them.
Right, come here.
This is why we're here, Unobtanium.
Because this little gray
rock sells for 20 million a kilo.
That's the only reason.
It's what pays for the whole party.
It's what pays for
your science. ¿Comprendo?
Now, those savages are
threatening our whole operation.
We're on the brink of war and you're
supposed to be finding
a diplomatic solution.
So use what you've got
and get me some results.
How much link-time have you logged?
About 520 hours.
- That's good.
You're in there.
You're here.
How much have you logged?
- Zip.
But I read a manual.
Tell me you're joking.
This is cool.
Let's go.
Don't. I got this.
So you just figured you'd come out here
to the most hostile environment
known to man...
with no training of any kind
and see how it went?
What was going through your head?
Maybe I was sick of doctors
telling me what I couldn't do.
Biometrics are good.
- 1-3 is ready.
Keep your arms in,
hands in.
Head down.
Down.
Just relax and let your mind go blank.
That shouldn't be hard for you.
Kiss the darkest part of my...
- Initiate link.
Run sequence, Unit 3.
- Launching.
I have the first congruency.
That's a gorgeous brain.
Nice activity.
Go figure.
- Phase lock 40%.
I'm going in.
I'm going in in 4.
Phase lock 99%.
Link is stable.
Jake, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, Jake?
Pupillary reflex is good.
Hearing response normal.
How are you feeling Jake?
Hey guys.
Welcome to your
new body Jake.
Good.
We're gonna take this
nice and easy Jake.
And touch your thumb to your fingers.
Thumb to your fingers.
No problem.
- Good. I can see you remember that one.
Got it.
Well, if you want to
sit up, that's fine.
Let's take it nice and slow Jake.
No tranquil attacks here, that's good.
Do you feel lightheaded or dizzy?
Wiggling your toes.
- Good Jake.
System motor control is good.
Are you feeling any numbness or pain?
Take it easy, don't get
ahead of yourself, okay?
There are few more sensory and motor
reflex tests we need to run, so take it easy.
Sit down.
- Jake listen to me.
Jake I need you to sit down.
- It's OK, I got this.
Jake you need to sit down.
- Guys get him back on the gurney now.
You need to sit down.
you need time to adjust to atm..
Yeah!
Sedate him!
1,000 mg of Seconal.
Stop! ...
-- Stop!
Woah ... Woah.
- Jake!
- Jake, listen to me.
You're not used to your
Avatar body, this is dangerous.
This is great.
- Come on, they're gonna put you out.
Sit down!
No no, ...
I got to get out of these leads.
Goddammit!
Bring them!
Come on, you ain't got no skills.
I don't even have to
play defense. - Hey guys.
It's OK, I'll get him.
- Jake you have to come inside.
Sorry.
You're not supposed to be running!
Sorry.
- Watch it.
Hey Marine!
Damn...
Grace?
Who did you expect numb nuts?
Think fast!
Motor control is looking good.
C'mon everybody quiet down.
Lights out.
C'mon Louise, chop chop.
Don't play with that,
you'll go blind.
That's kinda freaky.
- C'mon.
Scat.
Lights out, see you at dinner kitties.
Welcome back.
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm OK.
I'm Trudy, I fly all the Scientzoids.
And this here is my baby.
Hold on a second.
Hey Wainfleet, get it done.
We bounce at 09:00.
- I'm on it captain.
Mine-Strike's still loose.
- You guys are packing some heavy gear.
Watch it!
That's cause we're not the only
thing flying around out there.
Or the biggest.
But I need you on a Door-Gun.
I'm a man short.
Thought you'd never ask.
There's your man.
See you on the flight lane.
You wanted to see me Colonel?
This low gravity
will make you soft.
You get soft...
Pandora will shit you out
dead with zero warning.
I pulled your record Corporal.
Venezuela, that was some mean bush.
Nothing like this here though.
You got some heart, kid,
showing up in this neighborhood.
Figured it's just another hell hole.
- I was the first Recon myself.
Few years ahead of you,
well maybe more than a few.
Three tours in Nigeria,
not a scratch.
I come out here...
Day one. Think I felt
like a shavetail Louie?
They could fix me up,
if I rotated back.
Make me pretty again.
But you know what,
I kinda like it.
It reminds me every day
what's waiting out there.
The Avatar program is a bad joke.
Bunch a limp dick
science majors.
However, it does present
an opportunity
most timely and unique.
Clear!
A Recon GI-re in an Avatar body.
That's a potent mix,
Gives me the goosebumps.
Such a Marine could provide the
intel I need, right on the ground.
Right in the hostile's camp.
Look Sully, I want you to learn
these savages from the inside.
I want you to gain their trust.
I need to know
how to force their cooperation
or hammer them hard if they won't.
Am I still with Augustine?
- On paper.
You walk like on of her science pukes. ...
You quack like one...
But you report to me.
Can you do that for me son?
Hell yeah sir.
Well all right then.
Son, I take care of my own.
You get me what I need,
I'll see to it you get
your legs back when you rotate home.
Your real legs.
That sounds real good sir.
Link's ready.
Just keep your mouth shut
and let Norm do the talking.
Link 3 ready.
All right, I'm going in.
Shut it down, we're gonna stay a while.
Norm, your pack.
Stay with the ship.
One idiot with a gun is enough.
You the man, Doc.
Prolemurs, they're not aggressive.
Relax Marine, you're making me nervous.
So, how will they know we're here?
- I'm sure they're watching us right now.
Keep moving Norm.
- Keep up guys.
And here I go.
- Scanning.
It's that fast?
Amazing isn't it?
- Yeah
That is signal transduction
from this root to the root
of the tree next to it.
So, we should take a sample.
Okay, ... Sample.
You know, it's probably electrical,
based on the speed of the reaction.
Norm, you've contaminated
the sample with your saliva.
Oh, right.
Don't shoot.
Don't shoot. You'll piss him off.
It's already pissed off.
Jake, that armor is
too thick, trust me.
It's a territorial threat display,
do not run or he'll charge.
So what do I do?
Dance with it?
Just, hold your ground.
C'mon, what you got?!
Oh yeah. Who's bad?
That's right.
That's what I'm talking about bitch.
That's right, get your
punk ass back to mommy.
You got nothing, keep running.
Why don't you bring back some friends.
What about this one?
Run, don't run, what?!
Run, definitely run!
We're gonna have to call it guys,
we're not allowed to run Night Ops. Col's orders.
Sorry doc, he's just gonna
have to hang on till morning.
He won't make it till morning.
I don't have all goddamn night.
Come on!
Wait, don't!
Great.
I know you probably
don't understand this.
But...
Thank you.
Thank you.
That was pretty impressive.
I would have been screwed
if you hadn't come along.
Wait a second,
where are you going?
Wait up.
Slow down.
I just wanted to say thanks
for killing those things...
Don't thank.
You don't thank for this.
This is sad.
Very sad, only.
OK, I'm sorry.
Whatever I did, I'm sorry.
All this is your fault.
They did not need to die.
My fault? They attacked me.
How am I the bad guy?
Your fault!
- Aye, wooo.
Your fault.
-- Easy.
You're like a baby, making noise,
don't know what to do.
Fine
If you love your
little forest friends...
Why not let them just kill my ass?
What's the thinking?
Why save you?
- Why save me?
You have a strong heart.
No fear.
But stupid, ignorant like a child.
Well if I'm like a child, then ..
... maybe you should teach me.
Sky people can not learn. You do not see.
- Teach me how to see.
No one can teach you to see.
Come on, can't we talk?
Where did you learn to speak english?
Dr. Augustine's school?
You're like a baby.
I need your help.
You should not be here.
OK, take me with you.
- No, go back.
No.
Go back.
What are they?
Seeds of the sacred tree.
Very pure spirits.
What was that all about?
Come.
Where are we going?
Come.
What's your name?
What's going on?
What's happening?
What's he saying?
What's he saying?
My father is deciding
whether to kill you.
Your father?
It's nice to meet you sir.
That is mother, she is Tsahik,
the one who interprets the will of Eywa.
Who's Eywa?
What are you called?
Jake Sully.
Why did you come to us?
I came to learn.
We have tried to teach
other sky people.
It is hard to fill a cup
which is already full.
My cup is empty,
trust me.
Ask Dr. Augustine,
I'm no scientist.
What are you?
I was a Marine.
A warrior, of the jarhead clan.
It is decided.
My daughter will teach you our ways,
Learn well Jake Sully.
And we will see if your
insanity can be cured.
Good evening.
Please don't get up.
Sorry.
Hey, how you doing?
Jake. ... Jake.
- He's coming out.
Jake!
Come on back kid.
Come on. That's it.
There you go.
You were talking like a tick.
Is the Avatar safe?
- Yeah Doc.
You are not gonna
believe where I am.
The last thing we see
is this Marine's ass
disappearing in the bush with this
angry Thanator coming after him.
It's not something you can teach.
For reasons I cannot fathom
the Omaticaya have chosen you.
God help us all.
Jarhead clan?
And it worked?
I'm practically family.
They're gonna study me,
I have to learn to be one of them.
That's called taking initiative son.
I wish I had ten more like you,
Sully, just find out what
the blue monkeys want.
You know, we tried to give them
medicine, education...
... roads, but no, they like mud.
And that wouldn't bother
me, it's just that their uh ...
Can somebody just...
Sector 12.
Stop.
Where .. Stop. Jesus.
Their damn village
happens to be resting on
the richest Unobtanium deposit
within 200 clicks in any direction.
I mean, look at all that cheddar.
Who gets them to move?
- Guess?
What if they won't go?
I'm betting that they will.
Killing the indigenous looks bad.
But there's one thing that shareholders
hate more than bad press.
And that's a bad quarterly statement.
I didn't make up the rules.
So just find me a carrot
that will get them to move,
otherwise it's going to
have to be all stick.
Okay?
You got three months.
That's when the dozers get there.
Well we're wasting time.
I like this guy.
OK, let's run through them again.
Moat: Dragon lady.
Eytuken.
- Eytukan
He's the clan leader.
She's their spiritual leader.
Like a Shaman.
- Got it.
Tsutey.
- Tsu'tey
He'll be the next clan leader.
Neytiri.
- She'll be the next Tsahik.
They become a mated pair.
So who's this Eywa?
- Who's Eywa?!
Only their Deity. Their Goddess
made up of all living things.
Everything they know. You'd know this if
you had any training whatsoever.
Who's got a date with
the chief's daughter?
Let's go. Village life starts early.
Don't do anything unusually stupid.
Easy boy.
It's a female.
Easy girl
That is Sa'helu, the bond.
Feel her.
Feel her heart beat.
Her breath.
Feel her strong legs.
You may tell her what to do, inside.
For now, say where to go.
Forward.
You should go away.
Nah, you'd miss me.
I knew you could speak english.
Again.
If you want to hit this thing,
it's going to be complicated.
Your scan doesn't show
the internal structure.
There's an outer row of columns,
real heavy duty.
There's a secondary ring here,
and an inner ring.
There's a core structure like a spiral.
That's how they move up and down.
We're gonna need accurate
scans of every column.
Roger that.
What else can you tell us
about the structure?
I'm guessing this secondary ring,
that's also load bearing.
Where are we going?
Gettin out of Dodge.
I'm not about to let Selfridge and
Quaritch micro-manage this thing.
There's a mobile link up as site 26, we can
work out of, way up in the mountains.
The Hallelujah mountains?
That's right.
- Are you serious?
Yeah.
Yes!
The legendary floating mountains
of Pandora, heard of them?
We're getting close.
Yeah, look at my instruments.
We're in the flux vortex.
VFR from here on.
- What's VFR?
Means you got to see
where you're going.
You can't see anything.
- Exactly.
Ain't that a bitch.
Oh my God...
You should see your faces.
Thank you for flying Air Pandora.
Welcome to Camp.
So, this is my bunk.
- This stuff is nasty.
Norm, go under.
Grace didn't miss a thing.
She knew I was
talking to the Colonel.
But I had what she needed,
a way back in with the clan.
So she's playing nice.
Jake, hang a left.
You'll be in the link at the end.
Unit 1, Beulah.
She's the least glitchy.
Holy shit.
Do not look in her eye.
Ikran is not horse.
When Sa'helu is made...
Ikran will fly well.
Only one hunter
in the whole life.
To become Aron'yu, hunter...
You must choose your own
Ikran and he must choose you.
When?
- When you are ready.
Okay, ...
This is video log 12.
Time is 21:32.
Do I have to do this now?
Like, I really need to get some rack.
No, now, when it's fresh.
Location, shack.
The days are starting to blur together.
The language is a pain, but...
I figure it's like field stripping a
weapon, repetition, repetition...
If only you were stronger.
Neytiri calls me Scoun.
It means moron.
Norm's attitude is
improved lately.
But it's not just I'm
seeing you in front of me
I see into you...
It's good he's back on board,
but he thinks I'm a Scoun too.
You've got to run, OK?
Let's go.
I feel me getting tougher.
I can run farther every day.
I have to trust my body
to know what to do.
Yeah, check it out!
Crap.
Every day it's reading the trail,
track's of the wora'hon,
tiniest scents and sounds.
She's always going on
about the flow of energy
the spirits of animals.
I really hope this tree hugging
crap isn't on the final.
This isn't just about eye-hand
coordination out there you know.
You need to listen to what she says.
Try to see the forest
through her eyes.
Excuse me, this is my video log here.
With Neytiri it's
learn fast or die.
You got to be kidding me.
I talked Moat into letting Grace into the village.
1st time since her school was closed down.
No you don't, come back here.
Bon apetit.
Come on, Marine.
I'm trying to understand
this deep connection
the people have to the forest.
She talks about a network of energy.
That flows through all living things.
She says, all energy is only borrowed.
And one day you
have to give it back.
A clean kill.
You are ready.
Learning to ride an Ikran,
we call them Banshees,
is the test every young
hunter has to pass.
But to do that, you got to go
where the banshees are.
Ooh-rah
Jake Sully will go first.
Now you choose your Ikran.
This you must feel inside.
If he also chooses you
move quick like I showed.
You will have one chance Jake.
How will I know if he chooses me?
He will try to kill you.
Outstanding.
Let's dance.
Make the bond!
Jake!
Sa'Helu Jake!
Sa'Helu!
Stop!
That's right, you're mine.
First flight seals the bond,
you can not wait.
Think fly.
- Fly?
God damn...
Oh shit!
Shut up and fly straight!
That's it.
Bank left.
Level out!
That's it.
Go Jake Sully!
Yeah baby I got this!
Oh shit!
I may not be much of a horse guy,
but I was born to do this.
I came like this,
this you,
I turn, I feel the wind,
I turn very strong.
I see, I bank so hard.
The Tree of Souls.
Aybetraya Ramunam
It's their most sacred place.
See the flux vortex and
these full color images?
That's what messes up my instruments.
There is something really interesting
going on in there biologically.
I would die to get samples.
Outsiders are strictly forbidden.
You lucky swine.
I was a stone cold
aerial hunter.
Death from above.
Only problem is,
you're not the only one.
Dive!
Follow me!
Our guys call it a Great Leonopteryx.
It is Toruk, Last Shadow.
Right, it's the last one
you ever see.
My grandfather's grandfather
was Toruk Makto.
Rider of last shadow.
He rode this?
Toruk chose him.
It has only happen five times since
the time from the first songs.
That's a long time.
- Yes.
Toruk Makto was mighty.
He brought the clans together
in a time of Great Sorrow.
All Na'vi people know the story.
Everything is backwards now.
Like out there is the true world,
and in here is the dream.
It's hard to believe it's
only been three months.
I barely remember my own life.
I don't know who I am anymore.
Haven't got lost in
the woods, have you?
Your last report was more
than two weeks ago.
I'm starting to doubt your resolve.
Way I see it, it's time to terminate
the mission. - I can do this.
You already have.
You've given me good usable intel.
This Tree of Souls place...
Yeah, I got them by the balls with
that when this turns into a shit fight
which it will.
Now is time to come in.
By the way, you're gonna
get your legs back.
Yeah, I got you Corporate approval.
It's a done deal,
gonna have you on a shuttle tonight.
I'm a man of my word.
I got to finish this.
It's one more thing.
Ceremony...
It's the final stage of becoming a man.
If I do it, I'm one of them.
They'll trust me.
And I can negotiate the
terms of their relocation.
Than you better get
it done Corporal.
The Na'vi say, every person is born twice.
The second time is
when you earn
your place among
the people, forever.
Come.
This is a place for
prayers to be heard.
And sometimes answered.
We call this tree Utral Aymokriyä
The Tree of Voices.
The voices of our ancestors.
I can hear them
They live Jake.
Within Eywa.
You are Omaticaya now.
You may make your bow
from the wood of Hometree.
And you may choose a woman.
We have many fine women.
Nenat is the best singer.
I don't want Nenat.
Paral is good hunter.
Yes, she is a good hunter.
I've already chosen.
But this woman must also choose me.
She already has.
I'm with you now Jake.
We are mated for life.
What the hell are you doing Jake?
Don't forget the phase
integration, middle button.
You got to eat something.
Jake!
Wake up. Jake please!
Don't make me force feed a cripple.
There, I'm done, let's go.
And when was the last
time you took a shower?
I don't need a shower.
- Jesus Marine.
Jake!
Jake!
Wake up!
Jake!
Wake up!
Hey!
Stop!
Hey boss...
What? - I got a native
doing a funky chicken here.
He's blocking my blade.
Keep going, he'll move.
These people have to
learn that we don't stop.
Come on, go, go go ..
Stop!
Go! Go!
There, see, he moved.
Woah, woah, ...
Dude, woah, dude, no!
Oh! I'm blind!
Jake!
- Neytiri!
Come on!
Freeze it, right there!
Scale up, enhance.
Son of a bitch.
Unbelievable.
Get me a pilot.
- Yes sir.
You do not speak here!
Don't do this!
You!
- Listen, brother...
You mated with the human!
- Oh shit...
Is this true?
We are mated before Eywa.
It is done.
Brother please, do not
attack the sky people.
Many Omatacaya will die if you do.
- You are not my brother!
And I am not your enemy!
The enemy is out there!
And they are very powerful!
I can talk to them!
- No more talk!
I am Omaticaya,
I am one of you.
And I have the right to speak.
These words are like
stones in my heart.
Sir, I'm sorry.
You can't interrupt
a link in progress.
It's very dangerous!
Grace!
Wait!
- Stay down sir!
Look, ...
I was sent here to ...
Are you out of your Goddamned mind?!
- You crossed the line.
Wheel this meat out of here.
Jake! What the hell
is going on here?
You let me down son.
So what, you...
You found yourself some local tail
and you completely forget
what team you're playing for?
Parker, there is time to
salvage this situation...
Shut your pie hole!
Or what, Ranger Rick?
You gonna shoot me?
- I could do that.
You need to muzzle your dog.
Can we take this down a
couple of notches please?
You say you want to keep
your people alive?
Start by listening to her.
Those trees were sacred to
Omaticaya in a way you can't imagine.
You know what?
You throw a stick
in the air around here
it's gonna land on some
sacred fern for Christ's sake.
I'm not talking about
some kind of pagan voodoo
I'm talking about something real,
something measurable in
a biology of the forest.
Which is what exactly?
What we think we know,
is that there's some kind of
electro chemical communication
between the roots of the trees.
Like synapses between neurons.
And each tree has 10 to the fourth
connections to the trees around it.
And there are 10 to the
tvelfth trees on Pandora.
Which is a lot, I'm guessing.
It's more connections
than the human brain.
Get it?
It's a network.
It's a global network, and
the Na'vi can access it.
They can upload and download data.
Memories, at sites like the
one you just destroyed.
Yes!
What the hell have you people
been smoking out there?
They're just Goddamn trees.
You need to wake up Parker.
- No, you need to wake up.
The wealth of this world isn't in
the ground, it's all around us.
The Na'vi know that, and
they're fighting to defend it
If you want to share
this world with them,
you need to understand them.
I'd say we understand them just
fine, thanks to Jake here.
Hey Doc, come take a look.
They're not gonna
give up their home.
They're not gonna make a deal.
For light beer?
And blue jeans?
There's nothing that
we have that they want.
Everything they sent me out
here to do is a waste of time.
They're never gonna
leave Hometree.
Since a deal can't be made I guess
things get real simple, Jake.
Thanks.
I'm getting all emotional.
I might just give you big wet kiss.
I'll do with minimal
casualties to indigenous.
I'll drive them out with gas first.
It'll be humane.
More or less.
Alright, let's pull the trigger.
This is how it's done.
When people are sitting on shit you want,
you make them your enemy,
then you justify taking it.
Quatrich just rolled in the gunships.
He's gonna hit Hometree.
- My God.
Dr. Augustine, you cannot be up here!
Back off!
Parker, wait, stop,
These are people
you're about to...
They're fly bitten savages
that live in a tree.
Alright, look around.
I don't know about you
but I see a lot of trees.
They can move.
Can you guys just please...
- There are families in there.
There are children, babies...
Are you gonna kill children?
You don't want that kind
of blood on your hands, believe me.
Let me try to talk them out.
They trust me.
Calibrate the path.
We're going in right now.
Calibrating 3 and 4
Run sequence
-Initiating 30 seconds
Listen to me,
you've got one hour.
Unless you want your girlfriend in
there when the axe comes down
you get them to evacuate.
One hour.
Tell them they're gonna
be here soon.
You have to leave,
or you're gonna die.
Are you certain of this?
They sent me here...
to learn your ways.
So one day I could bring this message,
and that you would believe it.
What are you saying Jake?
You knew this would happen?
Yes.
At first, it was just orders.
And then, everything changed.
I fell in love.
I fell in love with the forest.
With the Omaticaya people.
With you.
I trusted you.
- Trust me now, please.
You will never be
one of the people!
He tried to stop them!
You have to go,
they are coming!
Run to the forest!
- They're coming!
They want to destroy this place.
Neytiri, you must go now.
Get to the forest!
Run!
Run!
Goddamn it, run!
That is one big damn tree.
Well, well, well ...
I'd say diplomacy has failed.
Alright people, let's get this done.
I want every gas round you
got right in the front door.
Roger, CS-40's going hot.
Fire.
- Firing.
Bingo, good shooting ace.
Sir, they've opened fire.
You got to be kidding me.
These dumb bastards
ain't getting the message.
Let's turn up the heat.
Switch incendiaries.
Fire.
And that's how you
scatter the roaches.
Neytiri...
We gotta move, he's gonna
blow the columns!
Moat, no!
If you are one of us...
Help us.
All call signs switch missiles.
Give me HE to the
base of the West columns.
This way!
Yeah baby, get some!
Bring it down.
Come on Grace, move!
Get down!
Screw this.
What the hell are you doing?
I didn't sign up for this shit!
Go! Go! Go!
Good work people.
First round's on me tonight.
Let's boogie.
Neytiri!
I'm sorry.
Get away!
Get away from here!
Never come back!
Pull the plug.
You can't do that!
I was a warrior who
dreamed he could bring peace.
Sooner or lather though...
You always have to wake up.
You murderers!
What's going on brother?
Long time no see.
Personally I don't feel these
tree hugging traitors deserve steak.
They got steak?
That's bullshit. Let me see that.
Yeah, you know what that is.
Down.
Trudy
- All the way down.
Max!
Trudy, fire up the ship.
Here.
Clear, come on.
Here you go.
Max, stay here.
I need someone on
the inside I can trust.
Okay, go.
Clear.
Come on baby.
Colonel, sir.
I got a situation here.
It's sector 1-6
Unauthorized engine start.
Come on!
Mask on!
I'm taking fire, let's go!
Colonel!
Crap.
Everybody all right back there?
- Yeah baby.
Norm, you good?
- Yeah.
This is gonna ruin my whole day.
Grace is hit.
- What?
Get the trauma kit.
Keep the pressure on Grace.
Trauma kit's forward,
on the bulk head.
Hang on Grace.
- Doesn't matter.
It's fine.
Good to go?
- Take it up.
Hold on.
You're clear!
Keep going north,
get us deep into the mountains.
Copy that.
Norm, you all good up there?
Yup, still here.
At least they can't
track us up here.
Not this far into the vortex.
It's strongest at the
Tree of Souls, right?
Yeah.
- Good.
Cause that's where we're going.
Ouch!
You big baby.
Are we moving?
I'm gonna get you
some help Grace.
I'm a scientist, remember?
I don't believe in fairy tales.
The people can help you,
I know it.
Why would they help us?
The people say,
Eywa will provide.
But no home,
no hope...
There was only one
place they could go.
Link's running.
What's the plan here Jake?
There's no plan.
Tsu'Tey is the chief now.
He's not gonna let
you near that place.
I've got to try.
Launching.
Outcast...
Betrayer...
Alien...
I was in the place,
the eye does not see.
I needed their help.
and they needed mine.
But to ever face them again...
I was gonna have to take
it to a whole new level.
Sometimes your whole life
boils down to one insane move.
There's something we gotta do.
You're not going to like it.
The way I had it figured,
Turok is the baddest cat in the sky.
Nothing attacks him.
Easy boy.
So why would he ever look up?
That was just a theory.
I see you.
I see you.
I was afraid Jake.
For my people.
I'm not any more.
You are the leader.
And a great warrior.
I can't do this without you.
Toruk Makto.
I will fly with you.
My friend is dying.
Grace is dying.
I beg the help of Eywa.
Look where we are Grace.
I need to take some samples.
Great Mother may choose
to save all that she is...
In this body.
Is that possible.
She must pass through the
eye of Eywa, and return.
But Jake Sully...
She is very weak.
Hold on Grace.
They're gonna fix you up.
Jake...
Grace...
I'm with her Jake.
She's real.
Grace.
Grace.
What's happening?
Grace.
Grace...
What's happening?
Did it work?
Her wounds were too great.
It was not enough time.
She is with Eywa now.
With your permission,
I will speak now.
You would honor me
by translating.
The sky people have
sent us a message...
That they can take
whatever they want.
And no one can stop them.
But we will send them a message.
You ride out as fast as
the wind can carry you.
We tell the other clans to come.
You tell that Turok Makto
calls to them.
You fly now!
With me!
My brothers, sisters...
And we will show the sky people.
That they can not take
whatever they want!
And that this,
this is our land!
We rode out to the four winds...
To the horse clans of the plain...
To the Ikran people of
the eastern sea.
When Turok Makto
called them, they came.
Everyone on this base, everyone of you is
fighting for survival, and that's a fact.
There's aboriginal horde out there,
massing for an attack.
These orbital images tell me,
that the hostiles numbers have
gone from few hundred
to well over two
thousand in one day.
And more are pouring in.
In a weeks time, there
could be 20.000 of them.
At that point they will
overrun our perimeter.
That's not gonna happen.
Our only security lies in
preemptive attack.
We will fight terror
with terror.
Now the hostiles believe that this
mountain stronghold of theirs is protected
by their Deity.
And when we destroy it...
We will blast a crater in their
racial memory so deep
that hey won't come within a 1000
clicks of this place ever again.
And that too, is a fact.
Jake it's crazy here, full mobilization.
They're rigging the shuttle as a bomber.
They got these huge
palettes of mine explosives
for some shock
and awe campaign.
Freakin daisy cutters.
Quaritch has taken over, he's
rolling them and there's no stopping him.
When?
- 06:00 tomorrow.
I got to go.
We're screwed.
And I was hoping for some sort of tactical
plan that didn't envolve martyrdom.
We're going up against gunships
with bows and arrows.
I have 15 clans out there.
That's over 2000 warriors.
We know these mountains.
We fly them,
You fly them.
They don't.
Their instruments won't work up here.
Missile tracking, won't work.
They'll have to fire a line of sight.
If they bring the fight to us...
then we have the
home field advantage.
You know he's gonna commit
that bomber staight to the Tree of Souls.
I know.
If they get to it, it's over.
That's their direct line to
Eywa, their ancestors.
It'll destroy them.
Then I guess we better stop them.
I'm probably just talking
to a tree right now.
But if you're there...
I need to give you a heads up.
If Grace is with you...
Look into her memories.
See the world we come from.
There's no green there.
They killed their mother.
And they're gonna
do the same here.
More sky people are gonna come.
They're gonna come like
rain that never ends.
Unless we stop them.
You chose me for something.
I will stand and fight.
You know I will.
But I need a little help here.
Our Great Mother does
not take sides Jake.
She protects only the
balance of life.
It was worth a try.
This is group leader,
we're entering the flux vortex.
Switch to manual flight mode.
This is papa dragon.
I want this mission high and tight.
I want to be home for dinner.
Suit team, go.
Alright ladies, let's bring the pain.
Eyes up, check that overhead.
Watch those thermal scans.
All call signs,
papa has lead.
Pushing the target.
Escorts, be close on my shuttle.
We are gonna lose
some paint in here.
Gun crews keep
your head on a swivel.
Make no mistake people,
they're out there.
Alright people, target in sight.
Range four clicks.
Valkirye 1-6, get your payload ready.
Push to the ramp!
Hold position, we got
movement out there.
Hold position.
Sir, ground has movement.
Fire in line!
- Targets closing.
Range 400 meters.
Can't you clean it up?
- No sir, it's the flux.
Brother, I'm gonna punch
a hole, you follow me through.
All aircrafts, weapons free.
Brake right, come around.
Break formation.
Engage all hostiles.
Scorpions, pursue and destroy.
Jake, Jake you copy?
We're falling back!
We're getting hammered!
Copy, get out of there.
That's him, get after him!
Take him out!
Oops.
Light her up!
You're not the only
one with a gun bitch.
Keep her in your sights!
That's it!
Rogue 1 is hit!
I'm going in!
Sorry Jake.
Fire.
Tsu'Tey, brother do you read?
Rogue 1, you copy?
Trudy?
Time to target, 2 minutes.
- Valkyrie 1-6, you are clear in hot.
Copy dragon, we are
starting our bomb run.
Fire number one!
Number one armed!
Jake!
I read you!
Neytiri.
They are very close,
there are many.
Do not attack.
Do you read me Neytiri?
Do not attack!
Fall back now, get out of there.
That's an order!
Neytiri!
I've got movement.
Hold position.
Something's coming.
We've got movement,
200 meters.
Get ready.
Get out of here!
Fall back!
Jake!
Eywa has heard you.
Eywa has heard you!
Sir, all escorts are
down or falling back.
Let's get this done.
Valkirye 1-6, this is dragon,
press the target.
Copy, pressing the target.
Stand by to drop, 30 seconds.
On my mark,
2, 1, mark.
Drop!
It's Sully!
Masks on!
- Breach alarm!
Come on, come to papa.
Give it up Quaritch.
It's all over.
Nothing's over while I'm breathing.
I kinda hoped you'd say that.
Come on!
Sully, how does it feel to
betray your own race?
You think you're
one of them?
Time to wake up.
Jake!
Jake...
Jake...
Jake! My Jake!
I see you.
I see you.
The aliens went back
to their dying world.
Only a few were chosen to stay.
The time of Great Sorrow was ending.
Toruk Makto was no longer needed.
Well, I guess this is
my last video log.
Whatever happens tonight...
Either way, I'm not gonna
be coming back to this place.
Well I guess I better go.
I don't want to be late
for my own party.
It's my birthday after all.
This is Jake Sully signing off.

The NeverEnding Story

( MAGICAL MUSIC )
SONG: ♪ Turn around
♪ Look at what you see
♪ In her face
♪ The mirror of your dream
♪ Make beIieve I'm everywhere
♪ Hidden in the Iines
♪ Written on the pages
♪ Is the answer to
a neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Reach the stars
♪ FIy a fantasy
♪ Dream a dream
♪ And what you see wiII be
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets
♪ WiII unfoId behind the cIouds
♪ There upon the rainbow
♪ Is the answer to
a neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh... ♪
(Gasps )
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh. ♪
( DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE )
( CLOCK TICKS )
Morning, Bastian.
Morning, Dad.
Oh!
I had another dream, Dad.
About Mom.
I understand, son.
But we have to get on
with things, right?
( BLENDER WHIRRS )
Bastian, we each have
responsibiIities.
We can't Iet Mom's death...
..be an excuse for not
getting the oId job done, right?
Yeah.
(Sighs )
Son, I think it's time
you and I had a IittIe taIk.
(Sighs )
I got a caII from your
math teacher yesterday.
She says that you were drawing
horses in your math book.
Unicorns. They were unicorns.
What?
Nothing.
She aIso says you haven't been
turning in your homework on time.
And I'm very disappointed you didn't
try out for the swimming team.
As to those riding Iessons
you wanted, you say you Iove horses
and yet you seem to be afraid
to get on a reaI one.
Now, Bastian, you're oId enough to
get your head down out of the cIouds
and start keeping both feet
on the ground, right?
OK.
Stop daydreaming...
start facing your probIems.
OK?
OK.
OK.
There, I think we've had a nice taIk.
We shouId have more.
You have a good day, son.
Don't be Iate for schooI again.
But yesterday I wasn't.
( DOOR CLOSES )
( HUBBUB )
BO Y: Hey, it's the weirdo.
Hey, weirdo,
got any cash for us today?
(Laughs )
Let's get him!
Yeah!
Hey!
( HORN HONKS )
You're dead, weirdo!
You can't get away, you jerk!
You're dead, chicken!
We're gonna get you!
Where's your money, man?
I don't have any!
No money?
Mama's boy's hoIding out on us.
If you ain't got no money on ya,
you can go in the garbage can.
No!
( GARBAGE CLATTERS )
(Boys Iaugh)
Yeah, aIright!
Way to go!
Maybe the chicken
can Iay an egg in there.
(Whimpers )
Hey, who said you couId
get out of the garbage?
Get back in there!
No, not again.
No, not again!
Where do you think you're going?!
He went that way!
Which way?
That way!
( SOMBRE MUSIC )
MAN: Get outta here!
I don't Iike kids.
Are you stiII here?
Didn't you hear me?
Um...I was...
You're hiding, aren't you?
No, I was just...
The video arcade is down the street.
Here we just seII smaII rectanguIar
objects. They're caIIed books.
They require a IittIe effort on
your part and make no b-b-b-b-beeps.
On your way, pIease.
I know books.
I have 186 of them at home.
Ah...comic books.
No, I've read `Treasure IsIand',
`The Last of the Mohicans',
`Wizard of Oz', `Lord of the Rings',
`20,000 Leagues Under the Sea',
`Tarzan'...
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come.
Who were you running away from?
Um...just some kids from schooI.
Why?
They wanna throw me in the garbage.
Why don't you give 'em
a good punch in the nose? Hmm?
WeII...I don't know.
( OMINOUS MUSIC )
What's that book about?
Oh, this is something speciaI.
WeII, what is it?
Look, your books are safe.
By reading them you get to become
Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.
But that's what I Iike about them.
Ah, but afterwards you get to be
a IittIe boy again.
What...what do you mean?
Listen...
..have you ever been Captain Nemo,
trapped inside your submarine
whiIe the giant squid
is attacking you?
Yes.
Weren't you afraid
you couIdn't escape?
But it's onIy a story.
That's what I'm taIking about.
The ones you read are safe.
And that one isn't?
Don't worry about it.
But...but you just said it was...
( PHONE RINGS )
Forget about it.
This book is not for you.
Koreander's.
Oh, yes. What can I do for you?
No, I don't have it.
But I can find it for you.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
WeII...their run may be 300, 37 5.
Might take me a coupIe of weeks.
Goodbye.
( FOOTSTEPS RUN AWAY )
( BELL RINGS )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
(Breathes heaviIy )
BASTIAN: Math test. Oh, no.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
(Reads ) ``It was midnight
in the HowIing Forest.
``The wind whistIed through the tops
of the ancient trees.
``SuddenIy, something enormous
``crashed and rumbIed
through the eerie woods.''
( LOUD RUMBLING )
(Groans )
(Snores )
( RUMBLING CONTINUES )
What's that?
(Mutters indistinctIy )
(Whimpers )
Ah!
(AII excIaim)
(Snores )
(ExcIaims )
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
Excuse me. WouId it be aIright
if I joined you this evening?
You see, I've been traveIIing
aII day.
(Groans )
( RUMBLING NOISE )
Arggh!
(Sneezes )
Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm. (Sniffs )
Aha! (Laughs )
Now I see why you picked this camp.
Now...
Oh...oh...
Oh. Oh, no!
Oh...
A deIicious-Iooking Iimestone rock.
Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm.
Nice bouquet.
Must be a reaI vintage year.
(Laughs )
Yes, you are right.
Those deIicious rocks are the reason
we camped here, aIright.
Is he...zzt...a nut case?
No, he's a rock biter.
A rock bi... A rock biter?!
Hey!
Now...
(Shrieks )
(Groans )
ROCK BITER: Oops. Sorry.
Poor baby.
(Burps )
Pardon me. Mmm...that was Iimestone
with a dash of quartz. (Laughs )
Very tasty.
(Stammers ) Where I come from
in the north
we used to have exquisite
gourmet rocks.
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
OnIy now...now...
..they're aII gone.
I know how it happened.
Ooh! I...I swear it wasn't me.
Ha! No.
I think I know what it was.
TeII us more.
Near my home, there used to be
a beautifuI Iake.
But then...then it...it was gone.
Did the Iake dry up?
No, it just wasn't there anymore.
Nothing was there anymore.
Not even a dried-up Iake.
A hoIe?
A hoIe wouId be something.
No, it was nothing.
And it got bigger and bigger.
(Whimpers )
First, there was no Iake anymore,
and then finaIIy...no rocks.
(ExcIaims )
If he keeps stuffing his face
Iike that
soon there won't be
any rocks here either.
Night Hob, this couId be serious!
Rock Biter, what you have toId us
is aIso happening
where I Iive in the west.
A strange sort of nothing
is destroying everything.
Yes. We night hobs Iive in
the south, and it's there too.
So...it's...it's...not just
in our part of Fantasia?
Maybe... (Gasps )
..it's aIready everywhere.
(Whimpers )
Maybe our whoIe Iand is in danger.
Uh-huh.
What can we do?
My peopIe are sending me to the Ivory
Tower, to the Empress for heIp.
BOTH: We are on the same...
Shh.
We are on the same mission.
After aII, if the Empress
can't save us, who couId?
Then why are we aII
just sitting around here
instead of taking off
for the Ivory Tower?
Right! What are we waiting for?
Yes! Yes! Let's go now.
Hey, wake up.
Come on, oId girI.
We can't just hang around here.
Wake up. Ready for take-off.
Oh, stupid bat!
We can't wait for a snaiI.
Can I carry you?
Don't worry, it's a racing snaiI.
Oh. (Stammers ) But we can't even wait
for a racing snaiI.
TaIIy-ho!
Hey...it reaIIy is a racing snaiI.
And nobody gives a hoot
about me and my stupid bat.
Maybe I'II take a few of these
yummy gourmet rocks for the road.
( RUMBLING NOISE )
Oh, no.
The Nothing.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
Look!
There it is.
The heart of Fantasia.
(SnaiI sneezes )
(Murmurs )
I NEVER knew it was that beautifuI.
( MAJESTIC MUSIC )
Ohhh.
(Snores )
Stay awake!
I toId you to stay awake.
The home of the Empress.
She's our onIy hope.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Friends, I know why you are aII here.
The Nothing...
..is destroying our worId.
(AII murmur)
I aIso know that you have come
to beseech...the Empress for heIp.
(AII murmur)
But I...I have terribIe news.
The Empress herseIf
has become deathIy iII.
Ooh.
There seems to be a mysterious Iink
between her iIIness and the Nothing.
She's dying.
(AII murmur)
So she cannot save...us.
(AII excIaim)
But there just might be one chance.
The pIainspeopIe who hunt
the purpIe buffaIo have among them
a great warrior,
and he aIone has a chance
to fight the Nothing and save us.
He is our onIy hope.
His name...is Atreyu.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
Atreyu.
( EERIE MUSIC )
(Sighs )
(Reads ) ``The Empress had aIready
sent for the great warrior.
``When he finaIIy appeared
on the terrace of the Ivory Tower,
``he carried with him
the hopes of aII Fantasia.''
( LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION )
A IittIe boy.
I'm sorry, but this is not
the time nor pIace for chiIdren.
I must ask you to Ieave.
If you don't want me here,
you shouIdn't have sent for me.
( CROWD CHATTERS EX CITEDLY )
(Whispers ) Is he a nut case?
It was not you we sent for.
We wanted Atreyu.
I AM Atreyu.
(Laughs )
Not Atreyu the chiId -
Atreyu the warrior!
I'm the onIy Atreyu
of the pIainspeopIe.
But I'II be happy to go back
hunting the purpIe buffaIo.
No. Wait!
Come back, pIease.
( TENSE MUSIC )
If you reaIIy ARE
the Atreyu we sent for,
you wouId be wiIIing
to go on a quest.
Yes. Of course.
What kind of a quest?
To find a cure for the Empress.
And to save our worId.
(AII chatter)
No-one can give you
any advice except this.
You must go aIone, you must
Ieave aII your weapons behind.
It wiII be very dangerous.
Is there any chance of success?
I do not know.
But if you faiI,
the Empress wiII sureIy die.
And our whoIe worId
wiII be utterIy destroyed.
(AII sigh)
When do I begin?
(AII gasp excitedIy )
Now.
And you must hurry, Atreyu.
The Nothing grows
stronger every day.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Take this.
(AII gasp )
The AURYN.
He who wears the AURYN
speaks for the Empress.
It wiII guide and protect you.
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Wake up!
FareweII, Atreyu!
Take care.
(Neighs )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
(Bastian reads ) ``At the same time,
eIsewhere in Fantasia,
``a creature of darkness
aIso began his quest.''
( LOW GROWLING )
( DRAMATIC MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
( BIRDS TWITTER )
``They had been traveIIing aimIessIy
for aImost a week,
``but they couId not find
a cure for the Empress.
``Neither Atreyu,
nor his horse, Artax,
``had the vaguest suspicion that
the creature of darkness, the Gmork,
``was aIready
tracking them down.''
(Snorts )
(Whinnies )
What? What is it, Artax?
Is it time to...
(Whinnies )
..go, aIready?
(ChuckIes )
I know what you want.
It's time to eat. Hmm?
(Neighs )
Good idea.
No. It's a GREAT idea!
( BIRDS TWITTER )
No. Not too much.
We stiII have a LONG way to go.
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
( TENSE MUSIC )
( SINISTER MUSIC )
``Atreyu and Artax had searched
the SiIver Mountains,
``the Desert of Shattered Hopes,
and the CrystaI Towers
``without success.
``And so, there was
onIy one chance Ieft.
``To find MorIa, the Ancient One,
``the wisest being in Fantasia,
``whose home was the SheII Mountain,
``somewhere in the deadIy
Swamps of Sadness.''
(Snorts )
(Whispers ) Come on, boy. Come on.
(Snorts )
(Grunts with effort)
That's the boy. That's the boy.
It's OK.
(Bastian reads ) ``Everyone knew that
whoever Iet the Sadness overtake him
``wouId sink into the swamp.''
You're doing fine, Artax.
That's right.
( TENSE MUSIC )
Come on, Artax.
What's the matter?
What's wrong?
Come on, boy!
What's the matter?
(ChuckIes ) I understand.
It's too difficuIt for you.
Artax! You're sinking!
Come on! Turn around!
You have to! NOW!
COME ON! ARTAX!
Fight against the Sadness, Artax!
Artax, pIease.
You're Ietting the sadness
of the swamps get to you.
You have to try.
You have to care.
For me.
You're my friend.
I Iove you.
ARTAX! STUPID HORSE!
You've gotta move, or you'II die!
Move, pIease!
I won't give up! Come, quick!
ARTAX!
( MELANCHOLY MUSIC )
(SniffIes )
(Sobs quietIy )
The SheII Mountain.
(Whispers ) MorIa. The Ancient One.
( SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC )
( DISTANT RUMBLING )
( INSECTS CHIRP )
( DISTANT RUMBLING )
MorIa!
MorIa!
( MUFFLED ROARING )
(Gasps )
(Shrieks )
(Grunts with effort)
Mmm.
Arggh!
( SCREAM ECHOES )
(ExhaIes deepIy )
Huh?
Huh?
But that's impossibIe!
They couIdn't have heard me.
Are you MorIa?
The Ancient One?
(Yawns )
(SIowIy )
Not that it matters, but yes.
PIease heIp me, MorIa!
Do you recognise this?
WeII...
..we haven't seen the AURYN
in a Iong time.
We?
Is there someone eIse here too?
We haven't spoken to anyone eIse
for thousands of years.
So, we started taIking to ourseIves.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
AH-CHOO!
MorIa, I bring terribIe news!
Did you know that
the Empress is very iII?
Not that it matters, but yes.
ActuaIIy, we don't care.
If I don't save her, she'II die!
There's a terribIe Nothing
sweeping over the Iand!
Don't you care about that?
We don't even care
whether or not we care.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
Do you have a coId?
No.
We're aIIergic to you.
(Groans )
(InhaIes deepIy )
AH-CHOO!
You know how I can heIp
the Empress, don't you?
Not that it matters,
but yes.
If you don't teII me, and the Nothing
keeps coming, you'II die too!
BOTH of you!
Die?
That, at Ieast, wouId be something.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
(Moans )
PIease heIp me.
You said you knew the...
AH-CHOO!
We're tired of sneezing. Go away.
Nothing matters.
That's not true!
If it didn't reaIIy matter,
you couId teII me.
(Laughs )
CIever boy.
TELL ME, PLEASE!
We don't know.
But you can ask the Southern OracIe.
How can I get there?
You can't.
It's 10,000 miIes away.
(Sobs ) But that's so far.
That's right.
Forget it.
Goodbye. (Yawns )
( BELL RINGS )
( LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION )
(Sighs )
( CLOCK CHIMES FAINTLY )
( DOOR CLOSES )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
(Sighs )
No.
Atreyu wouIdn't quit now.
( THUNDER CRASHES )
(Screams )
( MELANCHOLY MUSIC )
(Pants )
(Pants )
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
(Pants )
(SnarIs )
(ExhaIes deepIy )
Oh, boy.
(Reads ) ``After days and nights
of unconsciousness,
``Atreyu sIowIy opened his eyes,
``and found himseIf
in strange surroundings.
``He was cIean,
and his wounds were dressed.''
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
Huh?
(Breathes deepIy )
(Grunts with effort)
Phew!
Leaving so soon?
Hmm?
(Stammers ) I was just going to...
(Stammers ) I...have to...
I was trying to s...
Sneak away?
(Embarrassed) Yeah.
(Laughs gentIy )
I mean, no. No!
I LIKE chiIdren.
For breakfast?
(Laughs heartiIy )
Never.
I'm a Iuckdragon.
My name is FaIkor.
And my name is...
Atreyu.
And you're on a quest.
How'd you know that?
You were unconscious.
And you taIked in your sIeep.
What?
(Stretches )
CouId you...get round...
and scratch behind my right ear?
I can never quite reach it.
Here?
Ah.
Yeah.
(Groans )
(ChuckIes )
That's SO good.
Thank you.
So, IittIe feIIa,
you're on your way
to the Southern OracIe?
Yes. But it's hopeIess!
It's too far away!
Oh, I wouIdn't necessariIy say that.
You...you know how to get there?
Why, sure.
It's right around the corner.
How did aII this happen?!
(ChuckIes ) With Iuck.
You've aIready brought me
the entire 10,000 miIes?
No. OnIy 9,891 .
As the dragon fIies.
You're amazing!
(Laughs )
Having a Iuckdragon with you
is the onIy way to go on a quest.
Things wiII work out fine, Atreyu.
Never give up,
and good Iuck wiII find you.
It's good to have a friend again.
Mmm.
You have more than one.
Look.
( GENTLE MUSIC )
(ChuckIes )
( GENTLE MUSIC )
(Woman sings )
( POTION BUBBLES )
(Woman sings )
Get out of my Iight, wench!
You're disturbing
my scientific work!
You and your scientific work!
What the boy needs now
is one of my potions!
The boy wiII need
my scientific advice much more.
Yes, yes.
But not untiI he's weII.
Get back to your own room.
I'm going this way.
I'm aIways finding you in MY pIace.
(CIears throat)
Ah! He's weII.
(GiggIes )
Now it's MY turn with him.
Oh, no, you don't!
I decide when he's weII.
It's your turn
when I say it's your turn.
WeII, IittIe man. StiII in pain?
Mmm...a IittIe. But it's aIright.
(HaughtiIy ) I Iike that!
The patient teIIing
the doctor it's aIright?
It has to hurt if it's to heaI!
Here. Drink that.
Good, mmm?
That's my batwing broth.
There's eye of newt in there.
Tree mouId, oId Iizard brains,
scaIes from a rancid sea serpent!
Just where did you
and your dragon come from?
What are you onto?
Anything of interest to
the scientific community?
My name's Atreyu. I came here
to find the Southern OracIe.
Oooh...
Here we go again!
You've come
to the right pIace, my boy.
I am somewhat of an expert
on the Southern OracIe.
It is my scientific speciaIity.
It's my scientific speciaIity!
(ChuckIes )
(AngriIy ) Why don't you sit down
and be quiet for once?
YOU keep quiet, wench!
Oooh!
It's now MY turn.
My name is Engywook. She's UrgI.
Ever heard of me?
I don't think so.
Oh. You don't move
in scientific circIes.
I am the expert
on the Southern OracIe!
Oooh...you've come
to the right pIace, my boy!
There's no fooI Iike an oId fooI.
Wait! Stay here.
The observatory!
To the winch, wench!
Come on, Iazybones!
Can't you go any faster?!
(Grunts with effort)
I've been studying the mysteries
of the Southern OracIe for years.
Someday, I'II pubIish my book.
`A Century of Studying
the Southern OracIe'
by Professor Engywook.
VoIume 1 , `The EarIy Years'.
Have you ever been
to the Southern OracIe?
Eh...what do YOU think?
I work scientificaIIy!
(Mutters )
( WINCH CREAKS )
(Grunts with effort)
(Mutters excitedIy )
( TENSE MUSIC )
Look!
Is that the Southern OracIe?
Oh, no!
It's the first of the two gates
you must pass through
before you reach
the Southern OracIe
and get me the finaI information
for my book!
Of course, most peopIe...
..never get that far.
Why?
The sphinxes' eyes stay cIosed
untiI someone who does not
feeI his own worth tries to pass by.
(YeIps )
Here comes one that LOOKS fancy.
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
Let's see what he REALLY
thinks of himseIf.
Look. Look!
(Neighs )
ENG YWOOK: Hee! Hee!
Go on, scaredy-cat! (Laughs )
Oh, go ON!
Oh, it's my turn. Let me see.
I'M the scientist!
He's going on.
I think he's gonna make it!
The sphinxes' eyes -
are they open or shut?
(Stammers ) Let me see!
They're shut.
No, wait! The eyes are opening!
( MUSIC INTENSIFIES )
Oh, no! (Moans )
(Neighs )
Did he make it? Did he?
(Whispers ) No.
Fancy armour doesn't heIp.
The sphinxes can see
straight into your heart.
Listen, boy!
Next time, Iet ME see what happens!
It's MY teIescope!
I'm gonna try it.
No!
Don't go yet!
I've not toId you
about the next gate!
It's even WORSE than this one!
Atreyu!
Atreyu!
(Moans )
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
(Moans )
Oh...he'II never make it!
He'II never make it!
( MUSIC INTENSIFIES )
( WIND HOWLS )
Oh, no!
Don't start to doubt yourseIf!
Be confident!
Be confident! Be confident!
(Moans )
RUN, ATREYU! RUN!
RUN, ATREYU!
RUN! NOW!
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
He made it! He made it!
He made it!
(SpIutters )
(Laughs ) He made it!
He made it!
Arggh!
You couId do with
a dose of juicy vitamins too!
He made it!
Atreyu! He made it
through the Sphinx Gate!
I aIways said he couId do it.
Oh, good!
But that's no reason for you
to faII out of the basket again.
Oh. (Scoffs )
I knew he wouId be safe.
Nonsense!
You don't understand anything!
The worst one is coming up.
Next is the Magic Mirror Gate.
Atreyu has to face his true seIf!
So what?
That won't be too hard for him.
(ExasperatedIy ) Oh!
That's what EVERYONE thinks.
But kind peopIe
find that they are crueI.
Brave men discover
that they are reaIIy cowards!
Confronted with their true seIves,
most men run away screaming!
( WIND HOWLS )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
This is going too far.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
What if they...
..reaIIy DO know about me
in Fantasia?
( TENSE MUSIC )
The Southern OracIe?
( EERIE MUSIC )
WOMEN: Do not be afraid.
We wiII not harm you.
We have been waiting for you
a Iong time, Atreyu.
Are you the Southern OracIe?
Yes. We are.
Then you must know
what can save Fantasia!
Yes. We do.
WeII, what is it?
I have to know!
The Empress needs a new name.
A new name?
That's aII?
But that's easy!
I can give her any name she wants!
No-one from Fantasia can do it.
OnIy a human chiId
can give her this new name.
( STONE THUDS )
A human chiId? Where can I find one?
You can onIy find one
beyond the boundaries of Fantasia.
If you want to save our worId,
you must hurry!
We don't know how much Ionger
we can withstand the Nothing.
FALKOR!
FALKOR!
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
Hurry, FaIkor!
The Nothing's everywhere!
Don't worry.
We'II reach
the boundaries of Fantasia.
Do you know where they are?
I have NO idea. (ChuckIes )
Then how do we find a human chiId?
With Iuck! (Laughs )
Faster, FaIkor. Faster!
We have to hurry!
AIright! Hang on tight!
(BeIIows )
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Yeah!
Whoa!
Wahoo!
Wow! Whoa!
Yes!
(GiggIes )
What a shame they don't ask me.
My mother, she had
such a wonderfuI name.
(Reads ) ``On and on they fIew,
``untiI they reached
the Sea of PossibiIities,
``where they couId go no further.''
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
FALKOR: Look, Atreyu. The Nothing!
(Screams )
Hang on! (Screams )
( WIND HOWLS )
(YeIps )
FaIkor!
Atreyu! Atreyu!
(Screams )
(Sighs )
Atreyu!
( WAVES ROAR )
FALKOR!
FALKOR! WHERE ARE YOU?!
FaIkor!
( TENSE MUSIC )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
Atreyu! Where are you?!
Atreyu!
FaIkor!
(Sobs ) FaIkor.
Atreyu!
( ROCK RUMBLES )
(Groans )
(Groans )
(Moans )
They Iook Iike big, good,
strong hands, don't they?
I aIways thought
that's what they were.
(Sighs ) My IittIe friends.
The IittIe man
with his racing snaiI.
The Night Hob.
Even the stupid bat.
I couIdn't hoId on to them.
The Nothing puIIed them
right out of my hands.
I faiIed.
No, you didn't faiI.
I'm the one who faiIed.
I was the one chosen
to stop the Nothing.
But I Iost the AURYN.
I can't find my Iuckdragon.
So I won't be abIe to get
beyond the boundaries of Fantasia!
( EXPLOSION )
Listen.
The Nothing wiII be here any minute.
I wiII just sit here
and Iet it take me away too.
They Iook Iike good,
strong hands, don't they?
Mm-hm.
(SniffIes )
( TENSE MUSIC )
MorIa?
Artax!
Artax!
( ROCKS FALL )
( LOW SNARLING )
( SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
If you come any cIoser...
..I wiII rip you to shreds.
(GrowIs )
Who are you?
I am Gmork.
And you, whoever you are,
can have the honour of being
my Iast victim.
(Sniffs )
I wiII not die easiIy.
I am a warrior.
Ha!
Brave warrior.
Then fight the Nothing.
But I can't!
I can't get beyond
the boundaries of Fantasia.
(Laughs )
What's so funny about that?
Fantasia has no boundaries.
(Laughs )
That's not true!
You're Iying!
FooIish boy.
Don't you know anything
about Fantasia?
It's the worId of human fantasy!
Every part,
every creature of it,
is a piece of the dreams
and hopes of mankind.
Therefore, it has no boundaries.
( LOUD RUMBLING )
But why is Fantasia dying, then?
Because peopIe have begun
to Iose their hopes,
and forget their dreams.
So the Nothing grows stronger.
What IS the Nothing?
It's the emptiness that's Ieft.
It is Iike a despair
destroying this worId,
and I have been trying to heIp it.
But why?!
Because peopIe who have no hopes
are easy to controI.
And whoever has the controI
has the power.
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
Who are you reaIIy?
I am the servant...
..of the power behind the Nothing.
I was sent to kiII the onIy one
who couId have stopped the Nothing.
I Iost him in the Swamps of Sadness.
His name...was Atreyu.
( VIOLENT RUMBLING )
(Shouts ) If we're
about to die anyway,
I'd rather die fighting!
Come for me, Gmork!
I am Atreyu!
( VIOLENT RUMBLING )
(SnarIs )
(Grunts with effort)
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
FaIkor!
FaIkor!
Atreyu!
Got you!
(Gasps )
( SINISTER MUSIC )
(Bastian reads )
``That was the end of Fantasia.
``OnIy a few fragments
of this once rich and beautifuI worId
``had been Ieft by the Nothing.''
ATREYU: Good oId FaIkor.
Can you see anything?
Anything at aII?
No.
AII the Iand is gone.
I know.
And aII because I faiIed.
You tried.
Do you suppose the Ivory Tower
is stiII standing?
Let's hope so, Atreyu.
Let's hope so.
Let the AURYN guide you.
If the Ivory Tower stiII stands,
take us there.
( WIND WHISTLES )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
FaIkor!
The Ivory Tower!
( TRIUMPHANT MUSIC )
(Whispers ) The Empress.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Go on.
Atreyu.
Why do you Iook so sad?
I faiIed you, Empress.
No, you haven't.
You brought him with you.
Who?
The earthIing chiId.
The one who can save us aII.
You knew about the earthIing chiId?
Of course. I knew everything.
My horse died. I nearIy drown.
I just bareIy got away
from the Nothing!
For what? To find out
what you aIready knew?!
It was the onIy way
to get in touch with an earthIing.
But I DIDN'T get in touch
with an earthIing!
Yes, you did.
He has suffered with you.
He went through
everything you went through.
And now he has come here with you.
He is very cIose,
Iistening to every word we say.
WHAT?!
( LOUD RUMBLING )
( DISTANT EXPLOSIONS )
Where is he?
If he's so cIose,
why doesn't he arrive?
He doesn't reaIise he's aIready
a part of the Neverending Story.
The Neverending Story? What's that?
Just as he is sharing
aII your adventures,
others are sharing his.
They were with him when he hid
from the boys in the bookstore.
But that's impossibIe!
They were with him
when he took the book
with the AURYN symboI on the cover,
in which he's reading
his own story right now.
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
I can't beIieve it!
They can't be taIking about me.
What wiII happen
if he doesn't appear?
Then our worId wiII disappear.
And so wiII I.
How can he Iet that happen?!
He doesn't understand
that he's the one
who has the power to stop it.
He simpIy can't imagine
that one IittIe boy
couId be that important.
( WIND HOWLS )
Is it reaIIy me?
Maybe he doesn't know what to do!
What do I have to do?
He has to give me a new name.
He's aIready chosen it.
He just has to caII it out.
But it's onIy a story.
It's not reaI!
It's onIy a story!
Atreyu, no!
Atreyu!
( EXPLOSION )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
( TENSE MUSIC )
Bastian.
Why don't you do
what you dream, Bastian?
But I can't! I have to
keep my feet on the ground!
CaII my name!
Bastian! PIease!
Save us!
AIright!
I'II do it! I'II save you!
I wiII do what I dream!
( DRAMATIC MUSIC )
Moon ChiId!
( SILENCE )
(Bastian whispers ) Why is it so dark?
EMPRESS: In the beginning,
it is aIways dark.
What is that?
One grain of sand.
That is aII that remains
of my vast empire.
( SOMBRE MUSIC )
Fantasia has totaIIy disappeared?
Yes.
Then...everything's been in vain.
No, it hasn't.
Fantasia can arise in you.
In YOUR dreams and wishes, Bastian.
How?
Open your hand.
What are you going to wish for?
I don't know.
Then there wiII be
no Fantasia anymore.
How many wishes do I get?
As many as you want.
And the more wishes you make,
the more magnificent
Fantasia wiII become.
ReaIIy?
Try it.
Then my first wish is...
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Yeah!
FaIkor, it's even more beautifuI
than I thought!
Like it?
FaIkor, it's wonderfuI!
FaIkor, it's Iike
the Nothing never was!
(Sighs )
Atreyu! Artax!
(Neighs )
(Laughs )
What wouId you
Iike to wish for next?
(Whispers )
(Laughs )
( CAR HORNS BLARE )
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
(Roars )
Yeah!
Yeah!
Look, there they are!
It's a monster!
Get 'em, FaIkor!
Let's see how you Iike it, chickens!
Down here!
(Crowd screams )
(FaIkor roars )
We're gonna get you guys!
(Laughs )
NARRATOR: Bastian
made many other wishes,
and had many other
amazing adventures,
before he finaIIy returned
to the ordinary worId.
But that's another story.
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Solomon Kane

There was a time when the world was
plunging into darkness and chaos.
A time of witchcraft and sorcery.
A time when no-one stood against evil.
Fire!
Yes?
Where is the throne room?
No?
Good lad. Good lad.
Now...
...let not one of these
putrid heathens live.

There's something in here with us.
No treasure is worth this.
Silence, you dogs.
Hold steady!
Captain, there's devilry here,
I knew it.
I said, "hold steady".
I am the only devil here!
Now...
...follow me!
Here it is, boys!
I've found it.
Malthus!
Solomon.
Solomon.
Killer.
Solomon.
What-- are you?
I am the Devil's Reaper.
I am here to claim you,
Solomon Kane.
Your deal is done.
What deal?
I made no deal.
There was a deal...
...and your soul is the price.
Your life of murder...
...and greed is over.
You cannot take my soul.
Bow your head before me.
The Devil will have his due.
No!
You can tell your master
that I am not yet ready for Hell.
The Lord protects me.
Fool! He has abandoned you.
On your knees.
Never!
You'll never take my soul!
Take his soul.
Never!
You cannot escape us.
Your soul is damned!
Solomon?
Who's the novice?
This is Brother Thomas.
He joined us only a few days ago.
Those marks, do they--
--really protect you from Satan?
Mind what you name
in this holy place.
I would like to speak
with Solomon alone.
Once again we heard
your cries at matins.
My dreams.
My dreams do haunt me still.
You would do well to listen to
what your dreams tell you.
I do.
My dreams tell me only
that I am damned.
God protects His own.
I am not one of His own...
...am I?
My enemies are...
...are ever watchful of me.
But this place...
...this place and these prayers...
...symbols...
...they are all that hide me
from its gaze.
Solomon...
...these months you've been here...
...I've felt a shadow growing over us.
These are dark times.
I prayed for guidance--
and I was answered.
Solomon-- you must leave us.
Why? I...
...I live here in solitude.
I do no harm.
I've renounced my evil ways,
my power.
I'm learning...
learning to be a man of peace.
I know you are, but your future
is not here with us.
How could you do this to me?
I have given all my wealth to the Church.
We're grateful for your generosity,
but you must understand...
No. Father.
Do not-- do not make me beg.
This place is a--
is a sanctuary to me.
Where would you have me go?
You must go home.
Home?
You're of noble birth...
...you have lands in the west,
you must return to your inheritance.
Solomon...
No! I cannot return home.
Nor can you remain.
I was told in my dreams
he was to be sent from here.
I listen to what I'm told.
Does Kane know his purpose?
Every man must discover
his own destiny.
Kane must find his purpose.
There are many paths to redemption.
Not all of them peaceful.
Pilgrim!
Offer you a ride?
Thanks, friend, but no.
Well, the road ahead should
not be travelled alone.
Again, I'll thank you
for your offer.
I'll be walking.
As you wish.
God be with you.
And with you too, sir.
Ma'am.
- He'll hear us.
- I don't care.
Let him hear me.
Move and you die.
I don't want any trouble.
Well, that's too bad.
Because you've already got it!
Let's have a look.
Nothing worth stealing.
Nothing? You got nothing?
- Are you a priest?
- Just take what you want.
Oh, don't you worry,
pilgrim, we will.
Stay still.
Look at this.
These are magical symbols.
I say he's a sorcerer.
What shall we do with you, eh?
Shall we burn you as a witch?
Burn him! Burn him!
There's murder
in your eyes, traveller.
Would you kill me? Eh?
Huh? Would you?
No.
What?
You won't kill the man
who steals from you?!
I will not fight another man.
I have renounced violence.
Well, that's a shame
because we haven't.
You will do as I say, Solomon.
Don't forget your place.
You are the second son only.
Marcus is my heir.
He will be master of these
lands on my death.
But, Father,
Marcus is a brute and a bully!
You will take holy orders and
join the Church as I command.
But I do not want to be a priest.
What you want is of no importance.
Father Simnal is here to
take you to the abbey.
I won't go.
If you defy me,
you will have nothing.
I will cut you off.
You will be a landless vagrant.
Is that what you want?
Walk out now and
you may never return.
Do not defy me!
Be calm.
Be calm, sir.
Be calm, you are safe.
He's awake.
Father!
Father, that man, he's awake.
Here-- take a drink
of water if you can.
Careful. Careful.
Meredith.
His fever has broken, Father.
Thank the Lord, sir.
You will be well.
My name is Crowthorn.
William Crowthorn.
My daughter Meredith
has been tending you.
The good Lord must be
watching over you, sir.
He guided us to your rescue.
Edward, pull over.
We'll find a place to make
camp for the night.
Shall I put these down here, Mother?
Yes, thank you, Meredith.
Step lively, Meredith.
Samuel.
Water the horses.
Why me?
Your older brother
has given you a task.
See you set to it.
Master Kane.
You should be resting.
I can hardly repay
your hospitality.
...with idleness, Ma'am.
Give me a few moments to clean up,
I'll come and help you as I can.
You've regained your appetite,
Master Kane.
It's a fine meal,
Mistress Crowthorn.
My Katherine can make
anything taste good.
Leather boots and nettles last Sunday.
It certainly was not!
Tasted like it.
William tells us you were
Captain of a ship.
Yeah.
That I was.
Did you fight the Spanish?
I did.
Who else?
Seem to have fought
everyone at some time.
I've had many masters.
Once voyaged with Admiral Drake.
Admiral Drake!
That did not end well.
Must have been so exciting.
Seeing the world and
learning new things.
Why do you think
a life of violence
and bloodshed is
so admirable, Meredith?
You know that's not what I meant.
Why do you always argue with me?
Because you need to learn what to...
- I fought in the Queen's Army once.
- Yeah?
Before I found my faith.
Taking another man's life,
that's not an easy thing to do,
don't you agree?
I must confess, Mr Crowthorn...
...I was never more at home
than I was in battle.
Killing-- came easily to me.
If you defy me,
you will have nothing.
Walk out now and
you may never return.
Do not defy me!
Stop!
Please!
- Please, help me! No!
- Shut up!
Stop!
Marcus, what are you doing?
Solomon, I thought you'd run away.
Fleeing the life of a holy man.
- Solomon, he tried to...
- Quiet!
- I gave you no leave to speak!
- Sarah, run!
This is not your concern,
little brother.
Since you're going away,
here's something to remember me by.
Come here and look at this!
I am the first-born!
All this will be mine and
you'll have nothing!
Take your bags and leave this land.
Marcus!
Friend. Friend.
Please, sit down. Join me.
Thank you.
How are you feeling?
Aches, bruises. Nothing.
Your daughter has a healer's gift.
She does indeed.
Just like her mother.
Two most beautiful women
in this world, Master Kane.
My family is all and everything to me.
You are blessed.
Do you have kin?
I had a brother.
But that was a lifetime ago now.
We've lost loved ones.
To plague, persecution and bigotry.
Well, Edward, now.
He-- had a wife and child once.
But the Lord saw fit to embrace them.
So-- now you sail
for the New World, huh?
Yes, indeed, we do.
Sometimes...
...we all need to start again.
You might consider joining us.
Well, that's a--
that's a kind offer, William.
Thank you. Very kind.
I should be honest with you.
You should know the kind of man
you're thinking about taking in.
I've done bad things.
Terrible things.
Cruel things.
I am a...
No, I was...
...was an evil--
--evil man.
But the Lord speaks of redemption
and forgiveness.
No. My soul is damned.
Satan's creatures will take me
should I stray from the path of peace.
Then do not stray...
...Master Kane.
Do not stray.
Captain Kane?
Yes, Miss?
I made these clothes-- for you.
Your others are a little...
A little what, Miss?
A little...
...worn.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you.
Now there stands a fine figure of a man.
Don't you think, William?
It's better than those rags
you were wearing, and that's a fact.
I'm glad you approve, Ma'am.
Finally, you're respectable.
Been a long time since anybody said
that about me.
Thank you.
Are you coming to America with us?
I'm not so sure, Samuel.
Why?
Well...
...you and your family are
beginning a new life.
Whereas I need to undo an old one.
Those men who hurt you,
you could have killed them
if you wanted, couldn't you?
There was a time when I...
...would have ripped their
still-beating hearts from their chests.
Would you fight me?
I will if you continue
with your infernal questioning.
Fight me.
I have no reason to fight you,
young man.
- Samuel, stop it!
- Now you have a reason!
To save this beautiful maiden from me.
Samuel! Don't scare the horses.
Solomon. Save me. Help!
Come, sir.
Come on.
Samuel...
...get back to the cart. Go on.
Who could have done this?
The Devil.
The Devil was here.
No, there was no Devil.
There was a witch burning here.
The creature must have broken free.
...taken vengeance, my Lord.
Show thyself.
We should leave.
We can't just leave
these people for carrion.
Keep her well stoked, Edward.
We got to keep the shadows
at bay tonight.
Child-- can you tell us what happened?
Oh, let the poor girl be, William.
They tried to burn a witch.
People came to watch her die, but...
...the flames, they didn't hurt her.
She just laughed and--
she said...
...she said--
that all the Devil's children...
...were free to walk the earth now.
And then...
...she killed them all.
She burnt out their eyes...
...because they came to watch.
We should pray.
I'm tired.
Just a moment more.
For our prayers.
I don't want to pray.
It's all right, it's all right.
I'm so tired. Please?
Of course you are.
You poor thing.
Let's find a place for you to sleep.
Edward, I think the child
should wear your cross tonight.
For protection.
Of course.
Here.
Thank you.
Here, child.
Wear this tonight.
It will keep you safe.
Solomon...
It's you we want.
What did you do?
Here, child.
Her, this is the witch!
The Devil is waiting for you, Kane!
Bring them.
Get off me!
More recruits for Malachi, my Lord.
Are you ready to
serve your Overlord?
Better than the alternative.
To serve us you have to join us.
Well...
...just tell us what to do.
What are you doing?!
It's good.
Father, I have the firewood.
Well done, Samuel.
Break it up now.
Let me help you with that.
Give it a pull.
- There we are.
- Thank you.
Here-- let me see.
Does that hurt?
No. I can't feel anything.
Why did that creature mark me?
I don't know.
Evil has its own reasons.
Are we safe?
Don't you worry.
There is no evil in you, Meredith.
Trust me.
I trust you.
Come along with that wood, Samuel.
Bigger pieces than that, please.
Bigger pieces. We want hot soup.
William.
You might wanna set a
smaller fire tonight.
Don't wanna attract
any unwanted attention.
Solomon!
What's the matter?
- I heard something.
- Where?
Over there.
Beyond those trees.
Wait here.
Samuel, Samuel, keep down!
Keep down, keep quiet!
Who are they?
Solomon-- what are they?
I want you to go back to your father.
Tell him to move out immediately.
Go!
Leave her!
Meredith!
Mother!
Solomon! Solomon!
Samuel!
Solomon!
This is the one.
No! Stop! Stop!
Solomon! Help us!
- No!
- Samuel!
No, leave him be.
Leave him be.
Don't you hurt him.
I am unarmed.
Solomon, help him!
- Solomon, kill them!
- Silence, Samuel!
Kill them all!
Listen to him, Samuel. Listen.
Don't struggle, lad.
If you don't struggle,
he'll let you go.
Won't you?
Kill him. You know you can.
Just be quiet, Samuel!
You.
Are you their master?
What is it you want?!
I'll do anything.
Kill me.
Can you?
No, I...I cannot.
I am--
--a man of peace.
Don't you hurt that boy.
This boy...
...this child has more heart
than any of you.
Help me.
He is the only man here.
- No, listen to me.
- Solomon, stop him!
No!
Samuel!
My son!
Take the marked one.
Solomon-- do something!
Help us! Kill them!
Kill them all!
Solomon, please help us!
What is it you want from me?
What is it?
Is this-- all I am to you?
Then so be it.
If I kill you...
...I am bound for Hell.
It is a price-- I shall gladly pay.
Meredith!
Leave her!
No! William!
Get off her!
Meredith!
Meredith!
Go, go!
- Solomon.
- Yeah.
Get her back.
Oh, I will.
Get her back. Swear on oath...
...to get her back-- for me.
These are my last words on earth.
I know God in Heaven hears.
If you save our child...
...your soul, too, will be saved.
You can redeem yourself, Solomon.
I know this to be true.
Swear it to me.
Swear.
I swear.
I swear it, William.
I will find her.
Find her.
Go.
Get him!
Meredith, are you in there?
Have you seen this girl?
No, no. Look at it, please.
Have you seen this girl?
I don't know her, sir. Please...
Where are they taking you?
Have you seen this girl?
I don't know.
There are raiders everywhere.
Please!
No, look at this!
Have you seen this girl?!
Please don't hurt me.
I just wanna go home.
Forgive me, child.
Forgive me.
Go, go. Go in peace.
Move along.
- Clear out the dead.
- They're no use to Malachi.
Where are you taking us?
What do you want?
Make your peace, child.
There's no way out for us.
Slavery or death.
That's our only way out.
God will not deliver us from this.
We'll find a way out.
Take my hand.
We'll find the strength to survive this.
Quiet!
Bring her here.
Dear God.
Dear God...
...I beg you to listen to me now.
I have failed you.
I cannot find her.
I am lost...
...and I need your light--
to help me find my way.
Forgive me, Father.
Such times we live in.
I wished only for some refuge
and a moment of prayer.
Praise God in His sanctuary.
Praise Him in the firmament
of His power.
I've seen such terrible things.
So this is your home?
I need nowhere else.
I have nowhere else.
You come far?
Three days' hard ride
have brought me here.
But where 'here' is I know not.
These are the borderlands of
Somerset and Devonshire.
My home, too.
Sad homecoming for you, then.
Have those Raiders been here?
Those black-eyed lapdogs of Malachi?
Aye...
...they passed through here.
Now they hold sway over
all the lands to the west of here.
Then I shall be riding westward.
Then you shall ride to your death,
my son.
Who is this Malachi?
A servant of the Devil.
A sorcerer.
No-one ever sees him.
He hides away in his castle...
...and sends forth that
masked warrior to do his bidding.
His army make slaves of the weak...
...and soldiers of the strong.
But God will save the faithful.
It's here...
...it's here, here.
I have read it.
I have read it.
This is the end of days.
You truly believe that?
Every foul thing that the light
of Christ kept at bay...
...is crawling up out of the pit
to curse the land.
I think Christ and all his angels
have been asleep...
...whilst we are left to suffer.
You mind your blasphemy!
It can only be as God ordains it.
How can it be right...
...that this evil is left to walk the earth...
...whilst all we have to
protect ourselves is what?
Simple faith?
It is written in the scriptures.
What was that?
I heard something outside.
No, my son.
There is nothing evil out there.
Evil is already here.
What do you mean?
Come.
See?
"Satan has desired to have them...
...that he may sift them as wheat."
My God...
What was I to do?
You should destroy them, man!
I cannot destroy them.
They were men and women once.
People I knew.
Malachi's curse that
changed them is no fault of theirs.
This is my flock.
I keep them.
Care for them.
I feed them.
Feed them?
With what?
What do you feed them?
Flesh!
I deliver you unto Satan's creatures
for the destruction of your flesh...
...that your spirit may be saved.
May God have mercy on your soul.
Friend of yours?
I remember this one, lads.
He's not a fighter. Remember?
What are you doing here, Puritan?
So-- you've given yourselves
over to this evil, have you?
You should try it.
Malachi will own all this land
here soon enough.
There's no point in you fighting.
The only thing round here is fighting.
But you don't do that...
...do you?
Well, you know...
...I may just have
changed my mind about that.
No! No! What are you doing?!
What are they?!
Now, this girl, your kind took her.
Have you seen her?
I don't know her.
Take a long hard look.
This is your last chance to save
your pitiful life.
- Come on!
- All right, I've seen her.
Where?
Where have you seen her?
She's dead.
Dead?
Don't you lie to me.
No!
I wouldn't lie. I want to live!
Don't you lie to me!
I'm not. She's dead!
Dead!
She's not dead!
For the bag. Leave it all.
Thank you, sir.
Are you sure?
It is him. I knew it.
Sir?
Captain Kane?
I'm Henry Telford.
Do you remember me?
Captain Kane?
I was a mate on the Tiercel
when you captained.
My name's Telford.
Do you remember?
- It's not him.
- It is him! It's Kane.
He can lead us, believe me.
Where to, Henry?
Another tavern? Look at him!
My friend here says you're the
greatest warrior he ever saw.
- I don't believe him.
- You shouldn't.
I know what you can do, Captain.
I've seen it!
Those were distant times.
She's dead now.
And I have...
...forfeit my soul.
- He's no use to us. Leave him!
- No!
Captain Kane, we need a leader.
- We have to fight back!
- Then fight back!
She's lost.
And I lost her.
And I-- I have to pay.
Let them come and get me.
I care not.
Mercy!
Mercy, please!
This is the fate of those
who defy Malachi.
Please have mercy!
There will be no mercy!
This man cannot save you!
He is nothing!
Crucify him!
And burn the town to the ground!
No, no, no!
Solomon!
Solomon!
God help him!
Solomon! Solomon, please!
- Meredith.
- Can you hear me?
Meredith!
Meredith!
God-- save me!
Captain Kane.
...another 20 at Romney Marsh.
He's getting stronger all the time.
That's why we need Kane.
We need him
whatever his past sins were.
But one devil for another
seems like folly.
...Earth, fire, stone, and water...
Keep your filthy pagan magic
away from me.
It is my pagan magic
that has healed you.
There's more power here
than your Christian God.
You'd do well to remember that.
I have done what you asked.
His body is healed.
What do you see of our future?
Your champion will lead you
into blood and darkness.
Are you ready for that?
What are you doing?
You need to rest.
- I'm leaving.
- Why?
Because it's not over yet.
She's still alive.
You're barely healed.
And we're too few to
fight Malachi's men.
Just wait a little.
I do not ask you to come with me
nor do I want you to.
Well, you may not want it but we will.
This lad has promised us you will
destroy this evil...
...and we're here to fight with you.
Promised, have you?
That's what you want, isn't it?
To end this?
Then let us help you.
Malachi was a priest and a healer...
...but he sold his soul to the Devil
for the power he now possesses.
He enslaves our people
and corrupts the land.
And the masked rider...
...he's the iron fist that commands
his army and spreads the poison.
He has no face beneath his mask.
He can possess you with his touch.
It's true, I've seen it.
If we kill him,
Malachi will be vulnerable.
Easier said than done, my friend.
No.
He will fall.
You know where this Malachi is?
That is no secret.
Axmouth Castle.
No-- No, that cannot be.
There is no doubt.
Do you know it?
My father was lord of Axmouth Castle.
I grew up there.
There's no lord there now.
I did not even know he'd died.
Now-- this must end.
All of you... all of you,
gather your weapons!
- We're not ready.
- It's time to take the fight to him.
- We're not ready.
- Neither is he!
- We're too few.
- Oh, come on!
You have seen me taking
cities with fewer.
But how do we get through
the front gates?
You forget, I was born here.
I have no intention of
going through the front gates.
Good God. My home!
You lived here?
That explains a lot.
You!
Welcome home--
Solomon Kane.
Telford! Get your men inside!
We cannot win this!
Men!
Follow me!
Meredith?
- Help us!
- Meredith?
Is there a girl in there called Meredith?
- Please help us...
- Meredith?
You're free. All of you.
Get out.
Let's get away from here.
Come on, old man, you're free.
All right, I'll help you, then.
Let's see if I can
loosen these chains.
Even if you do, I'll stay.
What are you talking about, man?
Why?
Because this was my home.
Father?
Solomon?
I thought I had lost you forever.
You were still a boy when...
You will never break them.
They were spun with dark magic...
...as much as with metal.
How will I free you?
You can't, Solomon, don't try now.
My Father...
...I have carried such...
...such guilt for what I did.
I did not mean for Marcus to fall.
I did not mean for him to die.
He did not die, Solomon.
If he had, this nightmare
would never have begun.
He did not...?
Thank God he is alive.
It was not through God's will
that he survived.
Well, what do you mean?
Well...
...he was terribly injured
by the all but he didn't die.
But nor did he wake.
No surgeons or priests could help, so...
...I brought the sorcerer here.
- You?
- Yeah.
You brought Malachi here?
I offered him everything I had.
Just to bring Marcus back to me.
Everything.
And he succeeded, Solomon.
With his mirrors and magic...
...he reached into the darkness
and brought Marcus back. But...
...he was changed.
And his face,
so damaged by the fall...
...he hid behind a mask...
...and obeyed only the will of the sorcerer.
No, he cannot be my brother.
That creature is your brother.
Or what remains.
And now Marcus infects
those who follow him.
One thing you must do for me.
Father, just ask and it shall be done.
We both have our sins to answer for.
And I'm ready to answer for mine...
...now.
No.
You have to.
Because I brought the sorcerer here.
And as long as I'm alive he will remain.
He will never let me die.
Bring it here.
Kane!
Through here!
Kane, for God's sake, help us!
Is this it?
Is this all you have left?
Fletcher, McNess, Hawkstone, maybe.
The rest I don't know.
Just keep them back.
You hold steady now.
This is your folly.
Just a few more moments.
I think I can stop this
with a single blow.
Malachi?
Malachi!
I'm here for you.
Isn't this what you want?
Come on.
Solomon!
Solomon, no, it's a trap!
Long is the road that the pilgrim walks
in the name of his devotion.
Yet longer still is the journey home
to the land of his fathers.
I've been waiting for you.
You are unfit to sit upon
my father's hair.
Your father was a child.
A pathetic fool
who made a pact with the Devil.
He betrayed you.
Your soul is damned.
Get up!
Are you still the good, loyal son?
Malachi?
Malachi!
Malachi, you coward!
Meredith, are you all right?
You came for me.
I swore I would.
Solomon, no, it's a trap!
They only marked me so that
you would come.
No, stop!
The Devil wants you.
The Devil can take me soon enough.
Oh God, Solomon!
Brother, listen to me.
If you can hear me, Marcus,
you do not have to do this.
No!
Listen to me!
Meredith, run!
Where is your master?
Where is he?
Where are you, Malachi?
Hiding in the shadows?
Why should I hide from you?
I want you here.
Every step you took
led you to here.
Every pain you suffered was
punishment for your sins.
My master will have your soul!
See what the Devil
has sent to claim you.
This beast will not fail to drag you
back to Hell.
Your soul is damned!
Oh, dear God!
Marcus...
...our father is dead.
You are lord here now!
Malachi has no control over you!
No!
Brother, stop! Brother!
Solomon!
Rest in peace, brother.
It's time. Only your
innocent blood will release him.
Now you are free!
Get him!
My God.
Only you can help me now.
Stop!
Let her go.
You can have my soul.
Why would you risk everything,
even our soul...
...to save her?
I made a promise.
I must keep it.
Solomon.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, thank God.
It's gone.
Your father told me...
...that if I saved you...
...my soul will be redeemed.
I have.
And it is.
And the Devil's claim on me
is no more.
The guards have fallen.
Father...
...I have kept my promise and
Meredith is returned to her mother.
The demon is gone.
Banished to the shadows along
with the sorcerer who had cursed us all.
But evil is not so easily defeated...
...and I know I will have to fight again.
I am a very different man now.
through all of my travels,
all the things I've seen and all I've done...
...I have found my purpose.
There was a time when the world was
plunging into darkness.
A time of witchcraft and sorcery,
when no-one stood against evil.
That time...
...is over.