1 00:00:41,076 --> 00:00:46,976 02 The Scorpion King 2 Rise of a Warrior- Action 2008 English 2 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,530 [GRUNTING] 3 00:00:57,010 --> 00:00:58,530 [ARI] In ancient times 4 00:00:58,610 --> 00:01:02,670 there arose in the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 5 00:01:02,750 --> 00:01:06,120 a powerful kingdom called Akkad. 6 00:01:08,820 --> 00:01:10,150 [MEN SHOUTING] 7 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:13,560 [SCREAMING] 8 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:21,070 And for generations her elite warriors called the Black Scorpions 9 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:24,260 held sway over all the neighbouring tribes. 10 00:01:31,410 --> 00:01:35,850 Bound by their code of honour to fight and die to the last man 11 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,110 rather than abandon their master 12 00:01:38,190 --> 00:01:42,950 they became prized as the personal bodyguards of princes and emperors. 13 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,240 Most renowned among the Black Scorpions was Ashur. 14 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:05,540 But as for his own son Mathayus 15 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:08,520 Ashur refused to allow the boy to compete 16 00:02:08,590 --> 00:02:11,560 for the honour of joining the Black Scorpions. 17 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:17,260 [ASHUR] I must follow my faith and I forbid you to go to the games tomorrow. 18 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:20,630 You think it's all honour and glory. 19 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,190 Well it's not. 20 00:02:24,540 --> 00:02:27,630 I've done some things that were not noble. 21 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:30,540 I promise you that my son. 22 00:02:30,610 --> 00:02:32,510 [ARI] But like many boys his age 23 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:35,980 Mathayus paid no heed to his father's warnings. 24 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:47,380 You 24 boys are here to show your skills 25 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,130 in the art of fighting. 26 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:55,000 Only 12 of you will be chosen to move ahead 27 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,930 and train for six long years to become the pinnacle of a warrior. 28 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:09,910 A Black Scorpion! 29 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,820 Ready! 30 00:03:14,890 --> 00:03:16,260 [ALL GRUNT] 31 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,890 Advance to combat! 32 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,090 [ALL YELLING] 33 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:39,720 Show some mettle if you want to be Scorpions. 34 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,210 Mercy is weakness! 35 00:03:49,660 --> 00:03:51,060 [GRUNTING] 36 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:52,150 Layla? Mathayus? 37 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:53,250 I thought your father... 38 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:55,200 I snuck out. You're crazy. 39 00:03:55,270 --> 00:03:56,730 I'm crazy? 40 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:00,070 I can fight as well as any boy. 41 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:01,570 Oh really? 42 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,770 Prove it! Hold! 43 00:04:20,990 --> 00:04:23,550 Girls are forbidden from the games. 44 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:27,430 [EXCLAIMING] 45 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:30,360 Leave her alone! 46 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:31,740 Little vermin! 47 00:04:32,610 --> 00:04:33,900 Get him! 48 00:04:37,650 --> 00:04:40,980 Get him back here! Where do you think you're going? 49 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:07,000 You dare dishonour the games by interfering? 50 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,410 Lay a hand on him and you won't live to regret it. 51 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:13,640 Arm yourself. 52 00:05:15,090 --> 00:05:17,780 I'm not in the mood for killing today. 53 00:05:19,990 --> 00:05:21,250 [YELLING] Father! 54 00:05:37,710 --> 00:05:39,410 Arrest them both! 55 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:42,440 And the girl. [HAMMURABI] Wait! 56 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,250 [SARGON] King Hammurabi! 57 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,380 They make a mockery of the ancient games and insult me 58 00:05:47,450 --> 00:05:48,850 the commander of your armies. 59 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,720 That may be Sargon. 60 00:05:51,390 --> 00:05:55,020 But Ashur has earned himself some forbearance. 61 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:58,490 I am in your debt My Lord. As always. 62 00:05:58,570 --> 00:06:00,400 And you may repay it 63 00:06:00,940 --> 00:06:04,230 by sending your boy to the Scorpions for training. 64 00:06:04,340 --> 00:06:07,400 If he makes half the mercenary his father was 65 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:10,100 he'll serve the nation well. 66 00:06:16,020 --> 00:06:18,080 You will pay for this. 67 00:06:18,620 --> 00:06:20,050 I promise. 68 00:06:31,330 --> 00:06:35,170 [ARI] The king's general Sargon had always resented Ashur's fame. 69 00:06:35,810 --> 00:06:38,770 And now his hatred knew no bounds. 70 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:07,630 [ASHUR GRUNTING] 71 00:07:12,910 --> 00:07:14,680 [ASHUR YELLS] Father! 72 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:15,980 Father! 73 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,840 [ASHUR GROANING] 74 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,380 [INANNA SCREAMS] 75 00:07:25,890 --> 00:07:27,760 [INANNA CRYING] 76 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:32,260 [ARI] Though he had no proof Mathayus knew in his heart 77 00:07:32,330 --> 00:07:33,960 who had done this to his father. 78 00:07:34,030 --> 00:07:37,730 He vowed to master the ways of the warrior. 79 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,140 [TRAINER] You fight like a woman. 80 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:22,650 [ARI] Six years had passed. 81 00:08:23,190 --> 00:08:27,450 Mathayus had left Nippur a boy and he returned a man. 82 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:32,390 And as he would shortly learn much had changed while he was gone. 83 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,770 [SHOUTING] 84 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,920 For these six years past you have seen neither kinsman nor any friend 85 00:10:01,790 --> 00:10:04,020 but blade shield and shaft. 86 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:06,230 You have trained hard. 87 00:10:07,470 --> 00:10:09,900 Some have fallen by the wayside. 88 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:12,700 Those who yet stand before me 89 00:10:13,670 --> 00:10:17,840 represent the pinnacle of generations of Akkadian fighting prowess 90 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:20,640 the Order of the Black Scorpions. 91 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:24,470 Go forth proudly to wherever your king may send you. 92 00:10:25,420 --> 00:10:27,180 Fight nobly! 93 00:10:28,620 --> 00:10:30,920 Bring gold to our nation's coffers 94 00:10:30,990 --> 00:10:33,550 and honour to your family names! 95 00:10:53,550 --> 00:10:54,910 Oh Mom! 96 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,660 Look at you. You're a man now! 97 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:05,790 I barely recognised you. 98 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,190 [NOAH] Mathayus! Mathayus! 99 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:11,290 Mathayus! Noah! 100 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 [EXCLAIMS] 101 00:11:14,710 --> 00:11:17,300 What do they feed you rock stew? 102 00:11:17,370 --> 00:11:18,860 I see you've grown too. 103 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:21,640 He eats Enki's portions as well as his own. 104 00:11:21,710 --> 00:11:24,150 Where is Enki? Why didn't he come? 105 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,540 He ran away from home last year. 106 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:28,590 He's left to find his fortune. 107 00:11:28,650 --> 00:11:30,250 He'll be back. 108 00:11:37,260 --> 00:11:40,490 Well well look at the proud new Black Scorpion. 109 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:44,030 I see you've come to pay your respects Layla. 110 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:47,000 I can take you on and don't you forget it. 111 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:53,100 [EXCLAIMS] Does that sting? 112 00:11:53,180 --> 00:11:54,650 Only if you dare touch it. 113 00:11:55,420 --> 00:11:57,210 [OFFICIAL] All turn and hail 114 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,050 Sargon your king! 115 00:12:02,990 --> 00:12:06,050 Present King Sargon! 116 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:12,190 I heard rumours. 117 00:12:12,270 --> 00:12:13,630 You heard the truth. 118 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,430 Hammurabi's death was no accident. Sargon killed him. 119 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,530 [HUSHING] 120 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:19,230 Such talk is dangerous. 121 00:12:49,410 --> 00:12:51,430 [MAN] Careful with your words. 122 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,530 Our top graduate Sire. 123 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,070 You look familiar. Do I know you? 124 00:13:18,370 --> 00:13:20,070 I think not Sire. 125 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,840 Ashur was his father. 126 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:24,040 Ah. 127 00:13:25,710 --> 00:13:28,980 Your father was a skillful warrior and a patriot. 128 00:13:29,250 --> 00:13:31,770 I trust you will honour his memory. 129 00:13:33,420 --> 00:13:35,720 Send him to the palace later. 130 00:13:36,660 --> 00:13:39,420 I may have a special assignment for him. 131 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:13,590 [MUSIC PLAYING] 132 00:14:16,930 --> 00:14:19,030 [INDISTINCT CHATTERING] 133 00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:21,860 [WOMAN LAUGHING] 134 00:14:52,770 --> 00:14:54,360 [MAN GRUNTING] 135 00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:05,610 [SARGON] You call yourself a fighter? 136 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:08,890 Get up! 137 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,320 You better show me some skills. 138 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,930 Is that all you've got? 139 00:15:19,830 --> 00:15:21,890 [MAN GRUNTING] 140 00:15:28,780 --> 00:15:30,440 You're nothing. 141 00:15:38,090 --> 00:15:40,320 [YELLING] 142 00:15:40,420 --> 00:15:41,650 [BONES CRACKING] 143 00:15:42,090 --> 00:15:43,580 [GROANING] 144 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:50,670 Don't just stand there. 145 00:15:50,730 --> 00:15:52,220 Come to me. 146 00:16:03,010 --> 00:16:07,610 There's no place for timidity now that the scorpion rides on your shoulder. 147 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,150 You're wondering about their tattoos. 148 00:16:11,590 --> 00:16:14,020 One for each man they've slain. 149 00:16:16,430 --> 00:16:18,400 You'd like a few of your own wouldn't you? 150 00:16:21,270 --> 00:16:24,900 If they deserve to die yes. 151 00:16:25,470 --> 00:16:26,940 We all deserve to die. 152 00:16:27,010 --> 00:16:29,870 The only question is in what manner and how soon. 153 00:16:29,940 --> 00:16:31,640 As a member of my personal bodyguard 154 00:16:31,710 --> 00:16:35,940 it'll be your job to insure that you die long before I do. 155 00:16:38,350 --> 00:16:40,220 Your personal bodyguard? 156 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:42,520 It's a great honour Mathayus. 157 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:46,660 Beyond the skill and strength I'm told you possess 158 00:16:46,730 --> 00:16:50,860 the first requirement is an absolute and unwavering loyalty to me 159 00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:52,760 your king. 160 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,190 Show him what I mean. 161 00:16:58,670 --> 00:17:00,140 Hail Sargon! 162 00:17:05,050 --> 00:17:07,920 Are you capable of such loyalty Mathayus? 163 00:17:08,450 --> 00:17:09,450 I... 164 00:17:14,460 --> 00:17:15,580 Yes 165 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,150 Sire. 166 00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:20,620 Good. Then riches and glory will be yours. 167 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,200 But Mathayus betray me even once 168 00:17:25,270 --> 00:17:28,240 and you will pray to the gods for a quick death. 169 00:17:28,310 --> 00:17:30,710 We'll talk again in the morning. 170 00:17:55,570 --> 00:17:58,200 [GUARD] Pick one for the night. Or two or three. 171 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:02,370 Don't wear yourself out. 172 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,040 [CONCUBINE] Or three. 173 00:18:04,110 --> 00:18:05,870 [CONCUBINE LAUGHING] 174 00:18:13,550 --> 00:18:14,780 [GULPS] 175 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,580 I hear you're quite the swordsman. 176 00:18:43,090 --> 00:18:46,850 I'm not quite polished yet Sire but I'm a quick learner I hope. 177 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,910 I like you Mathayus. 178 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,930 Bring in the prisoner. 179 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:55,360 He was overheard slandering my name. 180 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:00,990 And the punishment is death. 181 00:19:03,140 --> 00:19:05,370 Wait. But this is my... I know. 182 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,040 You do the deed yourself 183 00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:09,770 you prove your loyalty to me beyond a shadow of a doubt. 184 00:19:11,020 --> 00:19:13,480 I'll permit you to make it quick. 185 00:19:16,290 --> 00:19:18,090 Mathayus! I'm sorry. 186 00:19:21,890 --> 00:19:23,380 Is this true? 187 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:27,120 Did you slander the king? 188 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,360 Mathayus! Please! 189 00:19:28,430 --> 00:19:29,530 Answer me! 190 00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:32,870 Are the charges true? 191 00:19:33,710 --> 00:19:34,900 Yes. 192 00:19:35,410 --> 00:19:37,740 Then you deserve what's coming to you. 193 00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:41,610 You've not only betrayed your king but your family as well. 194 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,050 And you've disgraced our father's name. 195 00:19:48,390 --> 00:19:50,720 Whatever you do don't flinch. 196 00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:04,670 Run Noah! 197 00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:13,580 I said run! 198 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:15,980 No! Go. 199 00:20:16,050 --> 00:20:18,040 We stand and fight together. 200 00:20:26,630 --> 00:20:28,460 Mathayus behind you! 201 00:20:46,850 --> 00:20:48,750 You killed my father. 202 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,580 This is for him. 203 00:20:54,190 --> 00:20:55,780 [YELLS] 204 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,620 Your father was a traitor. 205 00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:02,960 As are his sons. 206 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,830 Turnabout's fair play. 207 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:08,830 [EXCLAIMS] 208 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:18,240 Let's go! Out the window. 209 00:21:23,190 --> 00:21:24,280 [GROANS] 210 00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:26,460 [SARGON] Kill them! 211 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,760 Noah come on! 212 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,290 [GUARD] Come back! Stop! 213 00:21:36,370 --> 00:21:37,630 [URGES HORSE] 214 00:21:53,390 --> 00:21:57,490 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 215 00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:42,570 [MATHAYUS] Go! Go! 216 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:44,870 [URGES HORSE] 217 00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:51,050 Hold on! 218 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:57,560 Noah what's wrong? 219 00:22:58,460 --> 00:22:59,980 Just hold on. We're almost safe. 220 00:23:00,930 --> 00:23:01,930 Noah. 221 00:23:02,860 --> 00:23:05,030 What's wrong? What's wrong? 222 00:23:05,530 --> 00:23:06,530 Noah! 223 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:09,300 Noah! 224 00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:13,300 Hang on! Hang on! 225 00:23:14,780 --> 00:23:16,010 Noah! 226 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:17,540 Noah! 227 00:23:17,950 --> 00:23:19,210 [GROANS] 228 00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:21,950 Noah. 229 00:23:42,870 --> 00:23:44,710 [SCREAMS] 230 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,790 [ARI] Now with his brother's blood on his hands 231 00:23:59,860 --> 00:24:03,230 vengeance had branded itself in Mathayus' heart. 232 00:24:08,430 --> 00:24:11,030 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 233 00:24:24,150 --> 00:24:27,210 Shall we kill him now or bring him back alive? 234 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,680 Neither. I have special plans for this one. 235 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:13,830 [GROANS] 236 00:25:15,810 --> 00:25:19,440 You idiot! Now I'm gonna stink of fish for the next week. 237 00:25:20,210 --> 00:25:21,540 What are you doing here? 238 00:25:21,610 --> 00:25:23,380 [EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST] And I hate mackerel. 239 00:25:24,450 --> 00:25:26,350 Next time I'll use tuna. 240 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:27,980 Layla why are you following me around? 241 00:25:28,050 --> 00:25:30,960 First of all I am not following you around. 242 00:25:31,020 --> 00:25:32,750 I'm escaping too. 243 00:25:33,130 --> 00:25:37,030 My parents pledged my hand to that fat sheep merchant Muktil. 244 00:25:37,430 --> 00:25:39,160 We're due to be married in a week. 245 00:25:39,230 --> 00:25:40,820 [CHUCKLES] Congratulations. 246 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:42,960 You think it's funny. 247 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,490 Well I don't know who smells worse him or his sheep. 248 00:25:46,910 --> 00:25:50,040 Mathayus I just want a life of adventure. 249 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,580 And battle. Like a man. 250 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,140 There's one small problem. 251 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:56,950 You're not a man. 252 00:25:57,020 --> 00:25:58,320 Thanks for noticing. 253 00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:00,450 Hey! 254 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,480 I heard you tried to kill Sargon. 255 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,090 Hey listen. I will kill that bastard some day. 256 00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:09,720 Everyone knows he makes sacrifices to the dark gods 257 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,890 and they've given him black magical powers. 258 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:13,940 You're gonna need all the help you can get. 259 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,876 Layla that's nice but a girl would only get in the way. 260 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:17,060 I'm not just a girl. 261 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:20,170 Look we're not kids anymore playing games. 262 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,610 I see your Black Scorpion training also included lessons 263 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,540 on how to become an arrogant jerk. 264 00:26:24,610 --> 00:26:27,640 Congratulations on passing with flying colours. 265 00:26:29,050 --> 00:26:32,040 Go home Layla. Make the sheep merchant's life miserable. 266 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:35,420 Fine! If that's how you want it. You're on your own. 267 00:26:35,790 --> 00:26:37,190 Fine. Fine. 268 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:47,870 Ticket to Egypt please. Ten pieces. 269 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:49,300 Ticket to Egypt for one. 270 00:26:49,370 --> 00:26:50,810 Ten pieces. 271 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,310 Ten? That's pretty steep. 272 00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:55,210 Plus one for insurance. 273 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,410 And I highly recommend it because there are pirates 274 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,040 hostile natives and hurricanes. 275 00:27:01,050 --> 00:27:02,710 Just the ticket. 276 00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:08,590 Piracy has already started if you ask me. 277 00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:10,150 Egypt. For one. 278 00:27:10,230 --> 00:27:11,420 Ten pieces. 279 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,860 Pardon me. Excuse me. 280 00:27:16,940 --> 00:27:18,060 Don't push in! 281 00:27:18,140 --> 00:27:19,300 What are you talking about? 282 00:27:19,370 --> 00:27:21,256 I left the line for 10 seconds to relieve my bladder. 283 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,830 Liar. Greek. 284 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,440 Madam I would caution you never to mix those two words together. 285 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,840 Cretin. 286 00:27:31,290 --> 00:27:33,650 To the land of the pharaohs my good man. 287 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,160 Ten pieces. 288 00:27:39,230 --> 00:27:40,520 Ticket. 289 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,510 You are following me. 290 00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:00,040 Admit it. 291 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,420 You know this may come as a shock to you 292 00:28:02,490 --> 00:28:05,920 but not everything in the world happens because of you. 293 00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:07,580 Then why are you going to Egypt? 294 00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:08,990 Because... 295 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,550 Everyone should go and see the pyramids once in their lives. 296 00:28:14,070 --> 00:28:16,300 Why are you going to Egypt? 297 00:28:16,930 --> 00:28:18,130 Personal matters 298 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:20,600 which don't concern you. 299 00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:24,930 Don't play coy with me. You know I'll get it out of you anyway. 300 00:28:28,250 --> 00:28:29,250 All right. 301 00:28:29,310 --> 00:28:32,680 My father once fought for the Pharaoh's private guard and saved his life. 302 00:28:32,750 --> 00:28:35,280 So I'm going to ask if in return he'll let me borrow 303 00:28:35,350 --> 00:28:38,350 the Spear of Osiris to help me defeat Sargon. 304 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:41,250 The Pharaoh of Egypt 305 00:28:42,430 --> 00:28:45,230 is going to lend one of the most fabled weapons in history 306 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:48,360 to a 19-year-old kid he's never even heard of? 307 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,276 I don't remember asking your opinion. 308 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:51,930 Actually 309 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,370 I'm afraid she's right. It wouldn't work. 310 00:28:56,210 --> 00:28:59,010 But mainly for the simple reason that the Spear of Osiris 311 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,980 is only effective against Egyptian monsters. 312 00:29:02,050 --> 00:29:05,580 Such as the winged scarab sphinxes and cursed mummies. 313 00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:08,850 And you know this how? 314 00:29:09,390 --> 00:29:11,950 Let's just say I'm well connected. 315 00:29:12,030 --> 00:29:14,360 Really? And who are you exactly? 316 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,790 Aristophanes of Naxos. 317 00:29:17,870 --> 00:29:21,500 Not to be confused with the Aristophanes from Corinth. That hack. 318 00:29:21,570 --> 00:29:24,560 I speak 20 languages fluently and another 20 passably. 319 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,510 So if you need any translation services... 320 00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:29,740 Yes yes. How did you learn about the Spear of Osiris? 321 00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:33,210 I am a poet and playwright by trade and sometimes a musician. 322 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,980 And was most recently court poet to the king of Elam. 323 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:42,120 Petty despot. May he rot in the underworld for his lack of aesthetic taste. 324 00:29:42,190 --> 00:29:45,390 And learned of it from one of his high priests. 325 00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:48,400 But you are thinking along the right path. 326 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,200 To defeat a man like Sargon well-versed in the black arts 327 00:29:52,270 --> 00:29:55,100 one would require a potent weapon indeed. 328 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:57,770 Like? 329 00:29:58,380 --> 00:29:59,780 Let's see. 330 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,010 There's the Hammer of Zeus. No too unwieldy. 331 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,740 The Shield of Cronos. That's completely discredited. 332 00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:07,150 The Cloak of... 333 00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:11,750 I've got it! The Sword of Damocles! 334 00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:14,090 The what? 335 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,090 Damocles. You know. 336 00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:19,776 The one condemned to die a thousand deaths 337 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,630 by the very hand of the sword that he used to kill King Philpman. 338 00:30:25,140 --> 00:30:26,570 [GROANS] 339 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:29,540 What do they teach you in Akkadian schools these days? 340 00:30:29,610 --> 00:30:32,040 Not to touch other men's swords. 341 00:30:32,550 --> 00:30:34,610 Well in any case 342 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,670 according to Book Five of Herodotus' Histories 343 00:30:37,750 --> 00:30:41,650 Damocles' infamous sword was transformed by a lightning bolt from Zeus 344 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,750 into a wondrous weapon whose blade could cut through anything. 345 00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:47,850 Mortal or immortal. 346 00:30:47,930 --> 00:30:51,460 And presented as a gift to the Queen of the Underworld. 347 00:30:51,530 --> 00:30:54,330 You're saying this sword can cut through anything? 348 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,840 Oh please. 349 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:57,870 Anything. 350 00:30:59,110 --> 00:31:01,470 And you know where this sword is? 351 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:04,140 This has to be the most harebrained scheme I've heard yet today 352 00:31:04,210 --> 00:31:06,340 and that is saying plenty. 353 00:31:06,420 --> 00:31:08,780 Oh and you have a better idea. 354 00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:12,850 Okay. I've decided. 355 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,490 We're gonna continue on our journey to Knossos. 356 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,650 And you're gonna lead me to the Sword of Damocles. 357 00:31:19,730 --> 00:31:23,360 My friend such a journey would be fraught with perils. 358 00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:26,460 The Underworld is a grim and dangerous place of condemned souls 359 00:31:26,540 --> 00:31:27,540 suffering unspeakable... 360 00:31:27,610 --> 00:31:29,600 How much do you want? 361 00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:32,800 Exclusive rights to compose an epic ode of your quest 362 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,900 and one hundred silver staters for expenses. 363 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:36,040 Wait. A hundred? 364 00:31:36,110 --> 00:31:38,780 For risking my life it's a pittance. 365 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,950 A lady doesn't part with her dowry that easily. 366 00:31:46,490 --> 00:31:47,490 Here we go. 367 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,260 First of all I'm coming along. 368 00:31:49,330 --> 00:31:50,420 Wait. Forget it. 369 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:54,130 Second you will treat me with respect and as your equal. 370 00:31:54,570 --> 00:31:56,500 If not your superior. 371 00:32:04,310 --> 00:32:08,870 [LAYLA] Thirty-fifth you will launder my undergarments daily in fresh rosewater. 372 00:32:10,150 --> 00:32:14,750 Forty-seventh you will bathe and rub my feet with olive oil once a day. 373 00:32:14,820 --> 00:32:16,380 Don't push it. 374 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,620 Hey Greek. 375 00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:20,960 Call me Ari my sweet. 376 00:32:21,030 --> 00:32:23,160 In case you get any funny ideas about losing us 377 00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:25,360 or making off with my money just remember this. 378 00:32:25,430 --> 00:32:28,340 Akkadian women are just as handy with a dagger as Akkadian men. 379 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,640 I'm sure that's not the only thing you're handy at fair maiden 380 00:32:31,710 --> 00:32:34,910 whose beauty makes even goddesses blush with envy. 381 00:32:34,980 --> 00:32:37,670 Hey save your flowery words for your scribblings. 382 00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:39,370 Focus on the task at hand 383 00:32:39,450 --> 00:32:42,080 which is getting us into that. 384 00:32:44,490 --> 00:32:45,780 Alive. 385 00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:50,560 Of course. 386 00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:19,950 [WHISPERING] Perhaps Layla here might use her feminine wiles 387 00:33:20,030 --> 00:33:23,220 to distract the guards whilst we slip past them. 388 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,240 This I have to see. 389 00:33:31,310 --> 00:33:33,500 Hi boys. Nice night isn't it? 390 00:33:33,570 --> 00:33:35,200 [GUARD] Concubines around back. 391 00:33:39,410 --> 00:33:41,210 Nice. She is quite the charmer 392 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,370 isn't she? 393 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,250 You should see her in a bad mood. 394 00:33:50,430 --> 00:33:51,480 Hmm. 395 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:52,720 [LAYLA] Guys! 396 00:33:53,230 --> 00:33:54,960 Come on let's go. 397 00:34:00,270 --> 00:34:02,570 These keys should get us into the palace. 398 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,630 But then we need to find the labyrinth. 399 00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:07,440 The portal to the Underworld lies within the labyrinth. 400 00:34:07,510 --> 00:34:08,840 Get down! 401 00:34:09,750 --> 00:34:11,610 [GUARDS CHATTERING] 402 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,250 Let's go. 403 00:34:23,930 --> 00:34:25,950 [GUARD] Intruders in the palace! 404 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:27,100 Stop them! 405 00:34:29,630 --> 00:34:30,630 Intruders! 406 00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:42,540 [LAYLA] Hurry up. 407 00:34:42,610 --> 00:34:43,950 Come on. Come on. 408 00:34:46,990 --> 00:34:48,510 I'm in! 409 00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:50,350 [LAYLA] Come on! 410 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:52,690 Come on! 411 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,030 Ow! Watch your sword. 412 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:57,306 [ARI] I think I've found something. 413 00:34:57,330 --> 00:34:58,350 I think it's a lever. 414 00:34:58,430 --> 00:34:59,646 [MATHAYUS] Hey don't touch that. 415 00:34:59,670 --> 00:35:02,530 [ALL SCREAMING] 416 00:35:18,590 --> 00:35:19,650 Are you all right? 417 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:20,750 Yeah. 418 00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:24,350 I'm fine too. Thank you. 419 00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:27,860 Who are you people? 420 00:35:31,570 --> 00:35:33,800 Why are you imprisoned here? 421 00:35:37,540 --> 00:35:39,130 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 422 00:35:51,460 --> 00:35:53,820 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 423 00:35:54,790 --> 00:35:57,260 He says they are captives from many lands. 424 00:36:05,670 --> 00:36:08,200 All brought here to be fed to the Minotaur. 425 00:36:08,270 --> 00:36:09,570 The what? 426 00:36:10,380 --> 00:36:13,900 What do I expect from people who write on clay tablets? 427 00:36:18,180 --> 00:36:19,740 The Minotaur. 428 00:36:20,790 --> 00:36:23,380 A creature half man half bull. 429 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:28,130 A crazed monster whose appetite must be satisfied daily with human flesh. 430 00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:32,320 King Minos believes that the Minotaur protects the city 431 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,870 and as long as it lives 432 00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:37,430 his reign will be secure and the people will prosper. 433 00:36:38,970 --> 00:36:40,870 And you were going to tell us when? 434 00:36:40,940 --> 00:36:42,530 [ROARING] 435 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,480 At the appropriate moment. 436 00:36:51,550 --> 00:36:55,350 Speak up sooner next time. We don't even know who this guy is. 437 00:36:57,830 --> 00:37:00,760 Who will join me in battling this monster? 438 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:08,900 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 439 00:37:08,970 --> 00:37:10,870 [LAUGHING] 440 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,170 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 441 00:37:22,290 --> 00:37:24,080 You'd rather sit here in terror 442 00:37:24,150 --> 00:37:26,030 and squeeze out a few more wretched days of life 443 00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:28,220 than die fighting honourably for a chance at freedom? 444 00:37:28,290 --> 00:37:32,960 My friend you are wasting your breath. Most men are slaves to their fears. 445 00:37:33,430 --> 00:37:35,330 Then it's the three of us. 446 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:36,730 [STAMMERS] 447 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:39,600 I would just get in the way. 448 00:37:39,670 --> 00:37:41,000 No doubt. 449 00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:51,740 [MATHAYUS] At least she came strapped. 450 00:37:51,820 --> 00:37:52,940 Nice. 451 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:04,190 This way. 452 00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:16,270 [MATHAYUS] Stay behind me. 453 00:38:17,650 --> 00:38:19,140 [LAYLA] As you wish. 454 00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:22,650 I've never heard those words from your mouth before. 455 00:38:51,050 --> 00:38:53,170 You're not scared are you? 456 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,580 [SCOFFS] 457 00:38:55,290 --> 00:38:57,190 Don't be ridiculous. 458 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,050 You? 459 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,120 Please. 460 00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:18,500 [ROARING] 461 00:39:18,580 --> 00:39:19,580 [GASPS] 462 00:39:20,180 --> 00:39:22,170 Did you hear that? Yeah. 463 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,610 [ROARING] 464 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:24,980 [BOTH GASP] 465 00:39:25,650 --> 00:39:27,310 Which way is it? 466 00:39:29,090 --> 00:39:30,320 [RUMBLING] 467 00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:37,830 Let's go this way. 468 00:39:40,130 --> 00:39:41,290 Okay. 469 00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:51,170 [GASPS] 470 00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:55,240 That Akkadian looked familiar to me. 471 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,950 Who was his father? 472 00:39:59,950 --> 00:40:02,320 A famous mercenary named Ashur. 473 00:40:06,460 --> 00:40:08,360 I was afraid of that. 474 00:40:13,170 --> 00:40:14,330 Men. 475 00:40:16,810 --> 00:40:18,930 Illyrian honour calls. 476 00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:30,640 Yeah I was afraid of that. 477 00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:22,300 I feel like we're going in circles. Weren't we just here? 478 00:41:26,510 --> 00:41:28,380 [MATHAYUS] What the hell is this? 479 00:41:28,450 --> 00:41:30,350 [LAYLA] It smells like death. 480 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,380 [WHIMPERING] 481 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,210 [EXCLAIMING] 482 00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,510 What? 483 00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:02,420 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 484 00:42:02,490 --> 00:42:03,710 What? 485 00:42:07,690 --> 00:42:09,130 Stay back. 486 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:12,720 Here. 487 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:14,970 Where are you going? 488 00:42:15,030 --> 00:42:16,630 Now I'm scared. 489 00:42:17,540 --> 00:42:18,870 Let's go. 490 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:20,300 Now! 491 00:42:22,010 --> 00:42:23,500 Shouldn't we be following him? 492 00:42:23,580 --> 00:42:25,410 He's out of his mind. 493 00:42:25,740 --> 00:42:27,040 Or not. 494 00:42:29,850 --> 00:42:31,150 [SNORTING] 495 00:42:31,220 --> 00:42:33,550 [ROARING] 496 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,080 You've gotta be kidding me. 497 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,560 [SCREAMS] 498 00:42:57,210 --> 00:42:59,370 [GRUNTING] 499 00:43:00,420 --> 00:43:01,510 [EXCLAIMS] 500 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:11,520 [SCREAMS] 501 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:13,360 [MATHAYUS] Layla! 502 00:43:13,430 --> 00:43:15,120 [ROARING] 503 00:43:19,370 --> 00:43:21,060 Ugly old slab of beef! 504 00:43:21,140 --> 00:43:22,500 Your mother was a cow! 505 00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:34,020 [YELLING] 506 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,890 [FLUTE PLAYING] 507 00:44:03,550 --> 00:44:05,920 [GROANING] 508 00:44:28,410 --> 00:44:30,810 [CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 509 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,150 [MATHAYUS] Don't worry. 510 00:44:37,690 --> 00:44:39,450 It didn't go too deep. 511 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,890 A little higher up and you would have been in trouble. 512 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,090 A little higher up and you might be in trouble. 513 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,230 [SIGHS] 514 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:52,990 You'll be okay. 515 00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:55,100 Wait here. 516 00:45:03,150 --> 00:45:05,550 Your silence is praise enough. 517 00:45:11,090 --> 00:45:12,580 That was you? 518 00:45:14,190 --> 00:45:17,250 Music has charms to soothe the savage beast. 519 00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:19,990 Say that's good. 520 00:45:27,770 --> 00:45:29,740 I'm sorry for your loss 521 00:45:29,810 --> 00:45:32,040 but most grateful for your help. 522 00:45:32,250 --> 00:45:34,710 It was a debt I owed your father. 523 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,880 We fought together in the war against the Hittites. 524 00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:42,920 And he saved my life. 525 00:45:46,330 --> 00:45:48,420 Your debt is repaid then. 526 00:45:49,700 --> 00:45:52,030 Damn right it is. Let's go men. 527 00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,760 Where we're going we could use some brave fighters. 528 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,470 There's strength in numbers and great riches to be had. 529 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:01,970 Where? 530 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,010 Tell him. 531 00:46:04,850 --> 00:46:06,400 You tell him. 532 00:46:09,420 --> 00:46:10,940 I'll tell him. 533 00:46:11,020 --> 00:46:12,210 The Underworld. 534 00:46:12,290 --> 00:46:14,090 Oh the Underworld. 535 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:18,160 There's a portal inside the centre of this labyrinth. 536 00:46:18,590 --> 00:46:20,560 Well good luck to you. 537 00:46:23,270 --> 00:46:26,390 No one has ever returned alive from that place. 538 00:46:26,470 --> 00:46:28,146 [MATHAYUS] Gilgamesh did it. Never heard of him. 539 00:46:28,170 --> 00:46:29,430 So did Herodotus. 540 00:46:29,510 --> 00:46:30,560 So he claims. 541 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:31,920 Do you know what else he claims? 542 00:46:31,980 --> 00:46:33,856 When he visited the Underworld he saw with his own eyes 543 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:37,250 enough gold diamonds and rubies to fill a thousand arenas. 544 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,250 He was literally crunching on a fortune with every step. 545 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:44,850 But you veteran warriors wouldn't be interested in such a hazardous journey 546 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,720 as that taken by an old Greek historian. 547 00:46:47,790 --> 00:46:52,460 And soon by a poet a young Akkadian lad and a girl. 548 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,590 Greeks. Greeks. 549 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:04,900 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 550 00:47:08,950 --> 00:47:10,070 Okay. 551 00:47:15,290 --> 00:47:16,980 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 552 00:47:20,660 --> 00:47:22,600 Wait. Why is he coming? 553 00:47:23,460 --> 00:47:26,300 Well I thought we could use the extra body. 554 00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:29,960 I told him the Underworld was a shortcut back to China. 555 00:47:51,930 --> 00:47:53,160 Now what? 556 00:47:53,230 --> 00:47:57,070 [ARI] The portal is in here somewhere. 100:48:05799 > 00:48:07790 Where's the door? [LAYLA] What? 557 00:48:10,130 --> 00:48:12,530 The door we just came through! 558 00:48:18,710 --> 00:48:20,770 These must mean something. 559 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:22,470 Look. 560 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,150 The entrance must be here somewhere. 561 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,820 I don't understand it. 562 00:48:40,230 --> 00:48:41,750 Here we go. 563 00:48:44,970 --> 00:48:48,270 Yes! Yes! Yes! 564 00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:54,200 What is it? 565 00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:00,480 [READING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 566 00:49:07,330 --> 00:49:08,450 [RUMBLING] 567 00:49:08,530 --> 00:49:10,790 [ALL EXCLAIMING] 568 00:49:10,930 --> 00:49:12,590 [POLLUX] What's happening? 569 00:49:16,130 --> 00:49:18,600 Somebody tell me what's going on? 570 00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:24,980 [MATHAYUS] Ari what's going on? 571 00:49:28,010 --> 00:49:29,850 [ARI] Herodotus was right. 572 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,180 What's happening? 573 00:50:00,650 --> 00:50:03,480 [BALDO] Don't say it again. Greek! 574 00:50:26,810 --> 00:50:28,870 Step out into your faith. 575 00:50:29,250 --> 00:50:34,340 [ASHUR] Mathayus my son always follow in your faith. 576 00:50:42,330 --> 00:50:46,060 Faith my son. That is your guide. 577 00:51:00,050 --> 00:51:01,910 [CHUCKLES] 578 00:51:02,580 --> 00:51:04,210 [LAYLA CHUCKLES] 579 00:51:14,930 --> 00:51:17,230 [SCREAMING] 580 00:51:17,770 --> 00:51:19,100 [GROANS] 581 00:51:23,740 --> 00:51:25,600 Amazing what faith can do. 582 00:51:25,670 --> 00:51:27,640 [POLLUX] Nice one Akkadian! 583 00:51:27,710 --> 00:51:29,140 How did you know? 584 00:51:30,750 --> 00:51:32,180 I didn't. 585 00:51:42,930 --> 00:51:45,590 Seems like nothing is what it appears to be. 586 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:51,930 What's that? 587 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:54,200 Oh yes. 588 00:51:54,270 --> 00:51:56,970 Herodotus says a living person can only remain in the Underworld 589 00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,530 for one hour before his or her life force drains away 590 00:52:00,610 --> 00:52:02,240 and he or she 591 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:04,810 turns to stone. 592 00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:08,310 Well let's get moving. 593 00:52:08,390 --> 00:52:09,750 [GROANS] 594 00:52:09,820 --> 00:52:11,220 You okay? Mmm-hmm. 595 00:52:14,330 --> 00:52:15,550 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 596 00:52:15,630 --> 00:52:16,630 Yeah. 597 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,830 Nice place to visit but... 598 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,430 We're all gonna die here. 599 00:52:41,590 --> 00:52:43,080 Impressive young one. 600 00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:45,690 Now let's see if he can get back alive. 601 00:52:50,470 --> 00:52:51,760 Wait. 602 00:52:57,640 --> 00:52:59,570 [MATHAYUS] What's happening Ari? 603 00:53:00,310 --> 00:53:01,710 [ARI] Bad omen. 604 00:53:03,150 --> 00:53:04,480 Let's go. 605 00:53:04,810 --> 00:53:07,180 [ALL EXCLAIMING] 606 00:53:30,370 --> 00:53:33,000 This keeps getting better and better. 607 00:53:36,580 --> 00:53:39,680 What fresh hell is this? 608 00:53:41,650 --> 00:53:43,520 [ARI] We should get moving. 609 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:48,650 What in the name of the gods was that? 610 00:53:49,260 --> 00:53:50,920 Did you hear it? 611 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,020 [MAN 1] You can't go back now. 612 00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:54,930 [MAN 2] I can go guard the obelisk. 613 00:53:55,470 --> 00:53:56,590 Ah... 614 00:53:57,640 --> 00:53:58,900 One thing. 615 00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:06,070 [ALL COUGHING] 616 00:54:06,750 --> 00:54:10,340 Herodotus disguised himself as a dead person like this. 617 00:54:12,050 --> 00:54:14,780 As the Underworld is forbidden to the living 618 00:54:14,860 --> 00:54:16,320 I suggest you do the same. 619 00:54:16,390 --> 00:54:18,380 And if we're discovered? 620 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,160 Then we will be dead people. 621 00:54:31,210 --> 00:54:33,770 [BALDO] What are we doing? Dusty Greeks. 622 00:54:37,780 --> 00:54:39,480 He must be stupid. 623 00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:42,110 How do I look? 624 00:54:43,190 --> 00:54:45,280 I think death becomes you. 625 00:54:49,190 --> 00:54:50,420 [SIGHS] 626 00:54:50,930 --> 00:54:53,020 [MAN] Tell me if you see any jewels. 627 00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:01,070 Gold. Some silver. 628 00:55:02,410 --> 00:55:03,410 Anything. 629 00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:11,480 [WHIMPERING] 630 00:55:25,060 --> 00:55:29,690 So it's vengeance for your father you're after eh? 631 00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:34,770 Good. Blood should repay blood. 632 00:55:40,180 --> 00:55:41,840 You knew him well? 633 00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:44,820 We fought many a battle shield by shield. 634 00:55:46,220 --> 00:55:48,280 Burned and sacked cities. 635 00:55:49,090 --> 00:55:53,320 Left the streets running red. Aye. That was a swordsman. 636 00:55:57,570 --> 00:55:59,260 [LOW MOANING] 637 00:56:00,370 --> 00:56:03,030 [POLLUX] What was that? [BALDO] I heard something. 638 00:56:11,580 --> 00:56:14,110 [POLLUX] I think I just stepped in someone. 639 00:56:15,020 --> 00:56:18,510 Buggers must have journeyed here and run out of time. 640 00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:22,160 [POLLUX] Arm yourselves. 641 00:56:22,220 --> 00:56:26,180 With all due respect I don't think we should be stealing from the dead yet. 642 00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,790 [EXCLAIMING] 643 00:56:35,770 --> 00:56:38,830 Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all eh? 644 00:56:40,210 --> 00:56:41,340 Nice. 645 00:56:50,090 --> 00:56:52,150 [ALL MOANING] 646 00:57:31,170 --> 00:57:32,430 [MATHAYUS] Father? 647 00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:34,330 [GRUNTS] 648 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:35,770 [PANTING] 649 00:57:36,910 --> 00:57:38,340 [STAMMERING] Don't look! 650 00:57:38,670 --> 00:57:40,110 Keep moving. 651 00:57:41,610 --> 00:57:43,700 Do not make eye contact. 652 00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:47,980 Don't look them in the eyes. 653 00:57:50,490 --> 00:57:52,980 [SPEAKING EXCITEDLY IN CANTONESE] 654 00:57:53,390 --> 00:57:54,450 What's he going on about? 655 00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,360 He seems dissatisfied with the shortcut. 656 00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:00,290 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 657 00:58:03,470 --> 00:58:05,130 [MUFFLED SCREAM] 658 00:58:08,170 --> 00:58:10,270 I'll take care of the loudmouth. 659 00:58:10,370 --> 00:58:11,900 No you won't! 660 00:58:14,750 --> 00:58:17,210 Save your blade for chopping onions. 661 00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:21,180 Hey! Save your tongue for licking my boots Pollux. 662 00:58:22,290 --> 00:58:23,810 Calm down! Calm down! 663 00:58:24,860 --> 00:58:28,490 Can't you see the effect this place is having on us all? 664 00:58:28,590 --> 00:58:29,720 [CHUCKLES] 665 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,420 Later Akkadian. 666 00:58:48,780 --> 00:58:53,050 Has anybody seen a single wretched miserable ruby yet? 667 00:58:53,650 --> 00:58:57,390 Gold and diamonds and rubies so your feet can crunch on them. 668 00:58:59,330 --> 00:59:02,520 The only thing my feet have been crunching on are corpses. 669 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:04,060 Patience my friend. 670 00:59:04,130 --> 00:59:05,860 Ari are you sure we're going the right way? 671 00:59:05,930 --> 00:59:08,300 How close are we to the sword? 672 00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:10,540 Hard to say. 673 00:59:11,110 --> 00:59:12,700 Say it anyway. 674 00:59:14,510 --> 00:59:17,450 Well unfortunately Herodotus wasn't exactly explicit. 675 00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:19,150 So you don't know. Well not exactly but... 676 00:59:19,210 --> 00:59:21,050 So you lied to us. Oh no no no no. 677 00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:23,310 Appearances are deceiving. 678 00:59:23,390 --> 00:59:26,910 For example there's this game that we play in Greece. 679 00:59:26,990 --> 00:59:28,080 You play by yourself. 680 00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:32,290 The game keeps changing getting harder as you continue. 681 00:59:32,930 --> 00:59:35,920 And the longer you survive and keep playing 682 00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:38,260 the closer you get to winning. 683 00:59:46,180 --> 00:59:47,256 How are we doing in the game? 684 00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,270 I never played it. Right. 685 00:59:51,820 --> 00:59:53,810 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 686 00:59:53,890 --> 00:59:55,940 It's a bit like Mahjong. 687 00:59:57,020 --> 00:59:58,350 Mahjong. 688 00:59:58,860 --> 01:00:02,390 Double-talking Greeks. Shifty-eyed Chinese. 689 01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:07,670 Insane Akkadians. Dead people! Damn Illyrian honour! 690 01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:22,280 This better be worth my while. 691 01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:28,450 I can't believe I find my fortune in hell. 692 01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:33,320 Things are looking up the Underworld. 693 01:00:40,070 --> 01:00:41,300 Pearls. 694 01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:49,400 [GROWLING] 695 01:00:49,710 --> 01:00:51,200 [SCREAMING] 696 01:00:57,090 --> 01:00:58,990 Where is everyone? 697 01:00:59,590 --> 01:01:00,850 Wait. 698 01:01:02,090 --> 01:01:03,960 We have to go back. 699 01:01:04,030 --> 01:01:05,720 There's no time. 700 01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:08,260 You go then. I'll wait here. 701 01:01:08,330 --> 01:01:10,060 Okay let's move. 702 01:01:26,890 --> 01:01:29,080 Like I was saying the game gets easier. 703 01:01:29,150 --> 01:01:30,920 Yeah I got it. 704 01:01:41,900 --> 01:01:43,960 [MAN CHATTERING] 705 01:02:07,700 --> 01:02:08,890 [LOW GROWL] 706 01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:10,190 [EXCLAIMS] What was that? 707 01:02:10,270 --> 01:02:12,170 [INDISTINCT WHISPERING] 708 01:02:29,190 --> 01:02:30,710 [LOW GROWL] 709 01:03:00,790 --> 01:03:02,410 Who are you? 710 01:03:02,490 --> 01:03:07,520 And by what devious means have you violated my inner sanctum? 711 01:03:13,070 --> 01:03:14,660 Her inner what? 712 01:03:15,340 --> 01:03:17,130 Let me handle this. 713 01:03:19,140 --> 01:03:20,800 My lady we are... 714 01:03:21,540 --> 01:03:25,570 Actually I'm not sure how we got here or where we are. 715 01:03:25,650 --> 01:03:27,810 Because you see we... 716 01:03:28,050 --> 01:03:31,310 [LAYLA] Are humble traders journeying to China. 717 01:03:31,390 --> 01:03:34,120 Yes! This curious-looking fellow's homeland 718 01:03:34,190 --> 01:03:36,350 on a silk-seeking expedition and... 719 01:03:36,420 --> 01:03:39,220 And we must have taken a wrong turn. 720 01:03:39,290 --> 01:03:40,590 Silence! 721 01:03:43,100 --> 01:03:44,620 On your knees. 722 01:03:48,940 --> 01:03:52,770 My friends will have their fun with you. 723 01:03:57,750 --> 01:03:59,480 I prefer to stand. 724 01:04:00,780 --> 01:04:02,050 But thanks anyway. 725 01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,110 I am Astarte 726 01:04:04,190 --> 01:04:08,520 goddess of both love and war. 727 01:04:09,590 --> 01:04:12,060 You will not only kneel 728 01:04:12,900 --> 01:04:16,490 you will grovel before me like a wretched worm. 729 01:04:16,970 --> 01:04:18,700 [GROWLING] 730 01:04:19,540 --> 01:04:22,010 There's no reason to get agitated. 731 01:04:22,070 --> 01:04:24,740 We can handle this like mature adults. 732 01:04:38,790 --> 01:04:40,050 Listen. 733 01:04:42,030 --> 01:04:43,720 And listen well. 734 01:04:47,870 --> 01:04:51,240 I rule this land at my pleasure. 735 01:04:51,740 --> 01:04:56,610 And I could destroy you with a wave of my hand. 736 01:05:01,580 --> 01:05:05,040 Or if it pleased me 737 01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:08,080 seduce you 738 01:05:09,460 --> 01:05:11,690 with a single glance 739 01:05:13,730 --> 01:05:17,670 into obeying my every depraved 740 01:05:20,170 --> 01:05:21,430 whim. 741 01:05:26,580 --> 01:05:31,510 No please! Any woman can do as much by cinching her bust and pouting her lips. 742 01:05:38,820 --> 01:05:41,920 Are you a man or a woman? 743 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:49,020 I daresay you could not seduce a beggar 744 01:05:49,100 --> 01:05:52,660 if you heaped gold coins between your thighs. 745 01:05:53,170 --> 01:05:56,140 Go up there and look for the sword. I'll check down here. 746 01:05:56,210 --> 01:05:58,900 If you didn't have a goddess's powers to deceive men's eyes 747 01:05:58,980 --> 01:06:01,170 they'd no doubt run from you screaming. 748 01:06:01,250 --> 01:06:03,370 Who wants a 5000-year-old bag of bones? 749 01:06:03,450 --> 01:06:04,780 [GROWLS SOFTLY] 750 01:06:04,850 --> 01:06:07,250 You insolent little cur. 751 01:06:08,190 --> 01:06:11,920 I don't need a goddess's powers to tear you apart. 752 01:06:14,390 --> 01:06:16,020 [GROWLING] 753 01:06:16,100 --> 01:06:18,120 You will regret that! 754 01:06:18,930 --> 01:06:22,270 We'll see who regrets what you old cradle snatcher. 755 01:06:22,340 --> 01:06:23,600 [GROWLS] 756 01:06:32,080 --> 01:06:33,810 [MOANING] 757 01:06:47,260 --> 01:06:49,130 I'll tear your face off. 758 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:51,960 Good then I won't have to look at you. 759 01:06:58,040 --> 01:06:59,700 [LAYLA] Best you can do? 760 01:07:13,020 --> 01:07:15,180 [SPEAKING HASTILY IN CANTONESE] 761 01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:18,490 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 762 01:07:22,970 --> 01:07:24,700 Where are you? 763 01:07:29,910 --> 01:07:31,770 Come on you old cow! 764 01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:56,500 That's it! 765 01:07:56,870 --> 01:07:58,570 The Sword of Damocles. 766 01:07:58,670 --> 01:08:02,730 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 767 01:08:25,300 --> 01:08:27,030 Slag! Slut! 768 01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:28,800 [GROWLS] 769 01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:35,440 So you like to play. 770 01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:39,170 What are you doing? 771 01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:40,270 [EXCLAIMS] 772 01:08:40,350 --> 01:08:43,220 It's not fair. You said no magic! 773 01:08:43,290 --> 01:08:44,750 I lied. 774 01:08:45,260 --> 01:08:46,850 [EXCLAIMING] 775 01:08:50,430 --> 01:08:52,990 Get ready for a long fall. 776 01:08:53,060 --> 01:08:54,690 Wait My Lady. 777 01:08:55,370 --> 01:08:58,300 It's not her fault we're here. It's mine. 778 01:08:59,940 --> 01:09:02,270 My arrogance not hers. 779 01:09:03,540 --> 01:09:08,000 I humbly beg your forgiveness for intruding in your domain. 780 01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:13,440 For your beauty and grace are unequalled. 781 01:09:15,390 --> 01:09:17,250 [EXCLAIMING] 782 01:09:17,590 --> 01:09:18,960 Go on. 783 01:09:21,090 --> 01:09:23,790 [BOTH EXCLAIMING] 784 01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:26,620 If you'll accept my apologies and let us leave 785 01:09:26,700 --> 01:09:30,730 I swear on my word as an Akkadian and we always keep our vows 786 01:09:31,140 --> 01:09:33,040 that I will build you a magnificent temple 787 01:09:33,110 --> 01:09:35,510 in your honour when I return home. 788 01:09:36,980 --> 01:09:40,780 I have a thousand temples already. They bore me. 789 01:09:43,650 --> 01:09:45,240 But I must say 790 01:09:46,250 --> 01:09:50,210 you do possess a rare degree of physical appeal. 791 01:09:50,590 --> 01:09:52,420 [LAYLA] Don't listen to her! 792 01:09:53,030 --> 01:09:57,470 Perhaps if you were to stay by my side 793 01:09:58,100 --> 01:09:59,620 as my consort 794 01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:04,230 then I might be persuaded to let the others go. 795 01:10:05,170 --> 01:10:07,570 Except for that vermin. 796 01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:10,410 Let me down! It's so hot up here! 797 01:10:11,010 --> 01:10:13,000 Mathayus! Mathayus! 798 01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:17,520 You would stay young as long as I decided to keep you. 799 01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:19,980 With no duties save 800 01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:26,720 to service my varied and copious needs. 801 01:10:27,500 --> 01:10:29,300 [LAYLA] He'll never agree to that! 802 01:10:29,370 --> 01:10:30,890 He loves me! 803 01:10:30,970 --> 01:10:34,840 Anyway what man would willingly want to lay down with you? 804 01:10:35,340 --> 01:10:36,530 [GRUNTS ANGRILY] 805 01:10:37,010 --> 01:10:38,480 Lady Astarte 806 01:10:39,140 --> 01:10:42,110 I would be a fool to turn down your offer. 807 01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:48,620 However I made a vow to Shamash to avenge my father's murder. 808 01:10:49,490 --> 01:10:52,580 And I'd rather be known as a fool than a liar. 809 01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:55,420 [LAUGHING] 810 01:10:55,900 --> 01:10:58,660 [LAYLA] You don't have the guts to face me! 811 01:11:01,670 --> 01:11:03,930 I knew your father. 812 01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:09,900 And he means nothing compared to me. 813 01:11:11,050 --> 01:11:13,310 My father was a hero. 814 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:18,280 Scratch any hero Mathayus 815 01:11:20,620 --> 01:11:24,820 and you will find a monster lurking inside. 816 01:11:31,500 --> 01:11:32,930 One kiss 817 01:11:37,540 --> 01:11:39,340 and you're mine. 818 01:11:42,250 --> 01:11:43,540 Forever. 819 01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:51,750 For the love of Zeus! 820 01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:06,100 Forget it. You're not my type. 821 01:12:06,810 --> 01:12:07,970 [SCREAMS] 822 01:12:12,340 --> 01:12:13,500 [ARI] Mathayus! 823 01:12:13,580 --> 01:12:15,950 Mathayus! Careful it's sharp. 824 01:12:17,780 --> 01:12:19,810 [GROWLING] 825 01:12:20,890 --> 01:12:23,410 Here you can keep this one. 826 01:12:23,490 --> 01:12:26,010 Mathayus we're almost out of time! 827 01:12:29,460 --> 01:12:31,560 Run all you like Mathayus. 828 01:12:31,630 --> 01:12:35,470 I'll have you soon enough. Just as I took your father. 829 01:12:36,270 --> 01:12:38,530 [ASTARTE LAUGHING SINISTERLY] 830 01:12:39,210 --> 01:12:40,640 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 831 01:12:44,110 --> 01:12:46,710 [ARI] Hurry run the same way we came. 832 01:13:00,530 --> 01:13:01,606 We don't have much time. Run! 833 01:13:01,630 --> 01:13:03,560 Aren't you forgetting something? 834 01:13:05,600 --> 01:13:08,000 Where's that treasure you promised? 835 01:13:08,070 --> 01:13:09,916 But it's not my fault that Herodotus took a few... 836 01:13:09,940 --> 01:13:13,340 You sacrificed my men you slippery-tongued worm. 837 01:13:13,410 --> 01:13:15,310 I'll skin you alive. 838 01:13:15,380 --> 01:13:16,640 Look! 839 01:13:29,530 --> 01:13:32,960 [ARI] Quick! Run! We haven't much time! Run! 840 01:13:33,830 --> 01:13:36,560 Come on! Come on! 841 01:13:36,630 --> 01:13:38,690 Come on! Let's go! 842 01:13:39,640 --> 01:13:40,900 Come on! 843 01:13:41,310 --> 01:13:42,860 Hurry come on! 844 01:13:43,310 --> 01:13:45,370 Hurry up! Come on! 845 01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:52,150 Yeah! Yeah! 846 01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:57,820 [LAYLA] Oh my God. Pollux! 847 01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:11,900 We made it. 848 01:14:12,310 --> 01:14:14,000 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 849 01:14:30,830 --> 01:14:32,380 [GROWLING] 850 01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,060 Get off me! You disgust me! 851 01:14:39,970 --> 01:14:41,460 Lady Astarte 852 01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:45,200 you honour me with your presence. 853 01:14:45,710 --> 01:14:48,770 It is not to honour you that I'm here Sargon. 854 01:14:49,980 --> 01:14:53,810 A young friend of yours paid a surprise visit to me recently. 855 01:14:55,290 --> 01:14:58,580 Apparently he's thirsting for revenge 856 01:15:02,360 --> 01:15:03,950 against you. 857 01:15:06,700 --> 01:15:11,100 And he took something of mine with great sentimental value. 858 01:15:14,370 --> 01:15:15,640 A sword 859 01:15:16,240 --> 01:15:20,680 which could wreak great havoc if it's not returned to the Underworld 860 01:15:21,150 --> 01:15:22,840 where it belongs. 861 01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:26,240 I want it back. 862 01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:28,690 And you shall have it I assure you. 863 01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:31,590 Especially if you can increase my powers. 864 01:15:35,130 --> 01:15:37,060 You're greedy Sargon. 865 01:15:39,470 --> 01:15:41,300 I like that in a man. 866 01:15:41,370 --> 01:15:42,800 [EXCLAIMING] 867 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:46,800 You shall have all the powers you need. 868 01:15:46,870 --> 01:15:48,270 But first 869 01:15:48,740 --> 01:15:51,710 you must make me the ultimate sacrifice. 870 01:16:23,910 --> 01:16:27,180 [ARI] Never were any mortals more grateful to see the sun again 871 01:16:27,250 --> 01:16:30,120 than the Akkadian and his companions. 872 01:16:30,190 --> 01:16:33,680 Even Fong content to take the long way home to China 873 01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:35,920 ceased his endless carping. 874 01:16:36,530 --> 01:16:39,520 And Mathayus with the invincible sword in his grasp 875 01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:42,400 looked eagerly to his reunion with Sargon. 876 01:16:42,470 --> 01:16:43,760 Mathayus? 877 01:16:44,340 --> 01:16:48,170 What I said back there to that old battle Axe of a goddess... 878 01:16:49,270 --> 01:16:50,570 You know 879 01:16:50,910 --> 01:16:53,340 about you being in love with me. 880 01:16:54,250 --> 01:16:57,370 Well I only said that to try and distract her. 881 01:16:57,850 --> 01:17:00,410 Cloud her judgement. Stall for time. 882 01:17:01,290 --> 01:17:02,880 That's what I thought. 883 01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:04,180 Clever. 884 01:17:04,890 --> 01:17:07,220 Yeah it was clever wasn't it? 885 01:17:12,930 --> 01:17:14,230 It was. 886 01:17:27,380 --> 01:17:30,280 Do you think what the goddess said was true? 887 01:17:31,020 --> 01:17:34,510 Inside every hero lurks the potential for a monster. 888 01:17:40,730 --> 01:17:42,560 [ALL CLAMOURING] 889 01:17:55,380 --> 01:17:59,180 From this night forward the goddess's protection will insure 890 01:17:59,250 --> 01:18:01,680 that Akkad will be great forever. 891 01:18:01,750 --> 01:18:06,050 Tonight's celebration to Astarte will be like none she has ever known. 892 01:18:06,490 --> 01:18:09,290 My kingdom and powers will know no boundaries. 893 01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:10,850 Hail Sargon. Hail Sargon. 894 01:18:13,870 --> 01:18:15,800 [FONG SPEAKING CANTONESE] 895 01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:25,440 Fong says he's enjoyed our company but he'll be heading back to China now 896 01:18:25,510 --> 01:18:29,170 to return to the simple life of being an acrobat for the emperor. 897 01:18:29,250 --> 01:18:30,840 That's too bad. 898 01:18:31,780 --> 01:18:33,680 We could use another good man. 899 01:18:33,790 --> 01:18:35,690 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 900 01:19:05,350 --> 01:19:07,750 Psst. Come here! Come here! 901 01:19:09,630 --> 01:19:10,960 Where's everyone going? 902 01:19:11,030 --> 01:19:13,620 The king has told us to go to the arena. 903 01:19:13,700 --> 01:19:16,530 Everybody. Keep moving you little rats! 904 01:19:25,580 --> 01:19:27,240 Somethings not right. 905 01:19:27,310 --> 01:19:30,140 You better go to the arena while I go after Sargon. 906 01:19:30,210 --> 01:19:31,680 I'll come with you. 907 01:19:31,750 --> 01:19:34,010 I've never been a big fan of command performances 908 01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:36,520 and I suspect you'll need the moral support. 909 01:19:36,590 --> 01:19:38,420 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 910 01:19:46,260 --> 01:19:49,700 Don't get yourself killed. Not even a good death. 911 01:19:50,970 --> 01:19:52,270 Nor you. 912 01:19:59,480 --> 01:20:00,480 Come on. 913 01:20:05,720 --> 01:20:08,690 Shouldn't we discreetly climb a wall or dig a tunnel. 914 01:20:08,750 --> 01:20:09,750 No time. 915 01:20:09,820 --> 01:20:11,380 Halt! State your business! 916 01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:14,480 I'm here for Sargon's black blood. 917 01:20:15,130 --> 01:20:17,720 Stand aside and I won't have to spill yours. 918 01:20:17,800 --> 01:20:19,376 Trust me you really don't want to do this. 919 01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:20,920 [YELLS] 920 01:20:22,370 --> 01:20:24,530 Impossible! What sorcery is this? 921 01:20:24,610 --> 01:20:28,040 My quarrel is not with you but with that demon Sargon. 922 01:20:28,110 --> 01:20:30,410 Let them pass. Step aside. 923 01:20:30,910 --> 01:20:32,170 Gods be with you. 924 01:20:32,250 --> 01:20:33,540 I'm with him. 925 01:20:34,250 --> 01:20:35,610 I've never seen such a weapon. 926 01:20:44,460 --> 01:20:46,050 [GUARD] Sit down now. 927 01:20:52,600 --> 01:20:54,400 [MAN] Goddess Astarte. 928 01:20:55,840 --> 01:20:57,140 [GUARD] Hurry up! 929 01:21:07,120 --> 01:21:08,810 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 930 01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:11,220 Come on! 931 01:21:11,390 --> 01:21:12,880 [GUARD] Anywhere. Just go. 932 01:21:38,850 --> 01:21:40,220 Wait here. 933 01:21:42,390 --> 01:21:44,050 This is personal. 934 01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:28,670 Where are you two going? 935 01:22:28,740 --> 01:22:32,470 There's no seats this way. Who's the shifty-eyed stranger? 936 01:22:32,740 --> 01:22:35,370 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 937 01:22:35,950 --> 01:22:40,280 He's the entertainment for the crowd. 938 01:22:40,350 --> 01:22:42,840 To keep them from becoming unruly. 939 01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:08,040 King Sargon salutes you citizens of Nippur. 940 01:23:08,610 --> 01:23:13,350 Your great gift insures the glory 941 01:23:13,420 --> 01:23:15,790 and prosperity of Akkad... 942 01:23:15,860 --> 01:23:16,860 Great gift? 943 01:23:16,920 --> 01:23:19,860 And the blessing of the goddess Astarte. 944 01:23:20,530 --> 01:23:22,590 I've got a bad feeling about this. 945 01:23:22,660 --> 01:23:26,060 And rejoice in your new spirit. 946 01:23:26,570 --> 01:23:28,690 [SCATTERED APPLAUSE] 947 01:23:38,750 --> 01:23:39,870 Now. 948 01:23:48,990 --> 01:23:50,790 [CROWD EXCLAIMING] 949 01:23:55,830 --> 01:23:58,100 [CROWD MURMURING] 950 01:24:19,860 --> 01:24:21,590 What's going on? 951 01:24:39,610 --> 01:24:41,310 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 952 01:24:42,950 --> 01:24:44,070 Hmm? 953 01:24:56,060 --> 01:24:58,190 [MAN 1] Get away from the walls. 954 01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:04,340 [MAN 2] Move! Open the gate. 955 01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:09,310 [MAN 3] Move out! 956 01:25:11,010 --> 01:25:12,380 [ASHUR] Mathayus. 957 01:25:22,690 --> 01:25:24,020 Mathayus. 958 01:25:26,300 --> 01:25:27,560 Father? 959 01:25:28,900 --> 01:25:30,560 How can this be? 960 01:25:33,740 --> 01:25:35,500 What magic is this? 961 01:25:35,570 --> 01:25:38,840 No my son it is not the magic that you think. 962 01:25:41,310 --> 01:25:45,110 It is the wondrous power and the miracle of the sword 963 01:25:45,180 --> 01:25:48,380 that you hold that has allowed us to meet again. 964 01:25:49,550 --> 01:25:51,180 But I saw you. 965 01:25:51,620 --> 01:25:53,560 I saw you in the Underworld. 966 01:25:53,630 --> 01:25:55,790 A place you do not belong. 967 01:25:57,360 --> 01:25:59,690 Prove to me this is really you. 968 01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,330 Remember 969 01:26:04,740 --> 01:26:07,000 when you were a very young boy 970 01:26:07,610 --> 01:26:10,270 and sometimes when you were frightened 971 01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:14,840 I would put my arms around you and whisper something in your ear 972 01:26:15,350 --> 01:26:18,280 that only you and I would ever know? 973 01:26:23,790 --> 01:26:26,450 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 974 01:26:32,770 --> 01:26:34,130 Remember? 975 01:26:37,540 --> 01:26:38,840 Father? 976 01:26:39,870 --> 01:26:41,430 You were a hero. 977 01:26:43,010 --> 01:26:44,810 Why were you there? 978 01:26:45,250 --> 01:26:47,580 We cannot escape our fate. 979 01:26:49,450 --> 01:26:51,350 Scratch any hero 980 01:26:53,460 --> 01:26:55,580 and a monster lurks beneath. 981 01:27:02,570 --> 01:27:04,120 [GROANING] 982 01:27:07,670 --> 01:27:10,800 Feeling smaller without your special sword? 983 01:27:17,420 --> 01:27:21,080 You're not the one to talk hiding behind your trickery. 984 01:27:21,790 --> 01:27:23,650 Father always said you were a coward. 985 01:27:32,230 --> 01:27:33,490 [GROANS] 986 01:27:40,270 --> 01:27:41,530 [YELLS] 987 01:27:41,610 --> 01:27:43,010 [GROANS] 988 01:27:44,580 --> 01:27:46,240 [CROWD CLAMOURING] 989 01:27:53,450 --> 01:27:54,450 Shoot that one! 990 01:28:03,130 --> 01:28:04,500 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 991 01:28:09,500 --> 01:28:11,970 [WOMAN] They're gonna set us on fire! 992 01:28:12,940 --> 01:28:14,200 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 993 01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:15,280 What? 994 01:28:15,340 --> 01:28:16,740 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 995 01:28:17,810 --> 01:28:19,910 Okay! Let's split up! 996 01:28:20,580 --> 01:28:21,710 Okay. 997 01:28:22,620 --> 01:28:25,050 We can't let the arrows hit the oil. 998 01:28:27,260 --> 01:28:30,450 You come to avenge your father the great hero? 999 01:28:31,030 --> 01:28:34,120 I fight for more than vengeance now Sargon. 1000 01:28:34,200 --> 01:28:37,220 I fight for what my father once believed in. 1001 01:28:37,800 --> 01:28:40,330 And I fight for what you've corrupted. 1002 01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:42,400 Mark that down scribe. 1003 01:28:42,770 --> 01:28:45,000 Sounds like a good epitaph. 1004 01:29:17,940 --> 01:29:19,940 Ari throw me the sword. 1005 01:29:21,980 --> 01:29:23,680 The sword Greek. 1006 01:29:25,820 --> 01:29:27,050 [MATHAYUS] Ari. 1007 01:29:29,260 --> 01:29:30,780 Jewels first. 1008 01:29:41,770 --> 01:29:43,600 Careful. It's sharp. 1009 01:29:54,420 --> 01:29:56,080 [SARGON] That's right you fool. 1010 01:29:56,150 --> 01:30:00,280 I planned every detail of your little heroic journey into the Underworld. 1011 01:30:02,060 --> 01:30:04,530 This sword makes my power supreme. 1012 01:30:07,160 --> 01:30:09,560 You can never trust a Greek eh? 1013 01:30:10,900 --> 01:30:12,560 Nothing personal Mathayus. 1014 01:30:12,640 --> 01:30:15,500 But a fortune in jewels and a good tale to tell... 1015 01:30:15,570 --> 01:30:17,870 What writer could resist that? 1016 01:30:20,540 --> 01:30:24,570 Write well of my exploits scribe. Or I'll come for your head. 1017 01:30:31,990 --> 01:30:34,120 The king who became a god. 1018 01:31:10,030 --> 01:31:11,690 [BOTH YELLING] 1019 01:31:13,940 --> 01:31:15,100 What? 1020 01:31:15,770 --> 01:31:17,100 Mathayus! 1021 01:31:19,340 --> 01:31:21,000 Never trust a Greek! 1022 01:31:21,080 --> 01:31:23,940 And I'm a poet not a scribe you jackass. 1023 01:31:37,190 --> 01:31:41,860 Now Mathayus as a Black Scorpion you owe your allegiance to your king. 1024 01:31:42,330 --> 01:31:44,270 You took a sacred oath. 1025 01:31:59,220 --> 01:32:02,650 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1026 01:32:13,930 --> 01:32:15,920 And the darkness grows. 1027 01:32:47,900 --> 01:32:49,270 [GASPS] 1028 01:33:15,070 --> 01:33:17,190 [LAYLA] Fong! Stop the arrow! 1029 01:33:27,480 --> 01:33:28,670 [GASPS] 1030 01:33:31,780 --> 01:33:33,180 [CRUNCHING] 1031 01:33:37,020 --> 01:33:38,650 [CREATURE SCREECHING] 1032 01:33:38,720 --> 01:33:40,950 [YELLING] 1033 01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:49,130 [SCREECHING] 1034 01:34:02,920 --> 01:34:04,140 [HISSING] 1035 01:34:05,090 --> 01:34:06,450 [EXCLAIMS] 1036 01:34:09,620 --> 01:34:10,990 [GRUNTS] 1037 01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:43,050 [EXCLAIMS] 1038 01:34:48,870 --> 01:34:50,920 [GRUNTING] 1039 01:35:18,230 --> 01:35:19,460 [GROANS] 1040 01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:52,090 [GROANS] 1041 01:35:52,170 --> 01:35:54,930 [INDISTINCT WHISPERING] 1042 01:36:01,240 --> 01:36:02,640 Get them off the wall! 1043 01:36:08,550 --> 01:36:10,280 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 1044 01:36:12,620 --> 01:36:14,680 [GUARD] Release those arrows! 1045 01:36:15,290 --> 01:36:16,520 Fire! 1046 01:36:30,110 --> 01:36:33,840 Fong! We have to stop the flames from reaching the walls. 1047 01:36:44,620 --> 01:36:46,850 [LAYLA] Fong come on! 1048 01:36:47,190 --> 01:36:48,820 [MAN] Stop the flames! 1049 01:36:48,890 --> 01:36:50,490 Put out the flames! 1050 01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:52,120 Use the sand! 1051 01:36:57,940 --> 01:37:00,530 [INDISTINCT WHISPERING CONTINUES] 1052 01:37:15,290 --> 01:37:16,290 [EXCLAIMS] 1053 01:37:32,370 --> 01:37:35,340 [MAN] Stop the flames from reaching the walls! 1054 01:37:38,610 --> 01:37:39,740 Hurry Fong! 1055 01:37:39,820 --> 01:37:42,410 Don't let the flames reach the walls! 1056 01:37:48,590 --> 01:37:50,580 [SCORPION SCREECHING] 1057 01:37:53,900 --> 01:37:56,420 [CLATTERING] 1058 01:38:26,370 --> 01:38:27,730 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 1059 01:38:30,470 --> 01:38:33,870 Fong hurry get the wall! We got to put it out! 1060 01:38:40,950 --> 01:38:42,810 [SPEAKING CANTONESE] 1061 01:38:44,120 --> 01:38:45,240 [LAUGHS] What? 1062 01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:50,520 [EXCLAIMS] 1063 01:38:56,830 --> 01:38:57,990 [GRUNTING] 1064 01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:00,400 [SCREECHES] 1065 01:39:14,820 --> 01:39:16,750 This is for my father. 1066 01:39:16,820 --> 01:39:18,380 [SHRIEKING] 1067 01:39:38,710 --> 01:39:40,340 [MAN] Layla you saved us! 1068 01:40:19,990 --> 01:40:21,350 [GROWLING] 1069 01:40:39,740 --> 01:40:45,040 And so Mathayus why should I show you any mercy? 1070 01:40:47,420 --> 01:40:50,910 You dared spurn me. 1071 01:40:52,820 --> 01:40:54,410 Not to mention 1072 01:40:55,060 --> 01:40:57,150 you stole my sword. 1073 01:40:58,200 --> 01:40:59,960 Because My Lady 1074 01:41:02,800 --> 01:41:04,700 you know you'll have me soon enough. 1075 01:41:17,010 --> 01:41:18,170 Yes. 1076 01:41:20,950 --> 01:41:22,320 I will. 1077 01:41:56,890 --> 01:41:58,820 [INANNA] Oh Shamash hear my plea. 1078 01:42:00,060 --> 01:42:04,430 For three days and nights my son has slept the sleep of the living dead. 1079 01:42:05,200 --> 01:42:07,030 Bring him back to us 1080 01:42:07,470 --> 01:42:09,800 or take him please I beg you. 1081 01:42:19,020 --> 01:42:20,850 [CHUCKLES] What's that stench? 1082 01:42:30,260 --> 01:42:31,890 I would think I've earned a thank you. 1083 01:42:31,960 --> 01:42:34,450 Of course I never planned on serving that wretch. 1084 01:42:34,530 --> 01:42:37,330 My words will tell your story well my friend. 1085 01:42:37,400 --> 01:42:40,100 In time your exploits will be renowned. 1086 01:42:40,170 --> 01:42:41,870 If you'll just 1087 01:42:42,440 --> 01:42:43,810 let go. 1088 01:42:46,110 --> 01:42:47,270 Hey. 1089 01:42:50,880 --> 01:42:52,410 Welcome back. 1090 01:43:03,400 --> 01:43:06,830 HIGH PRIEST: Citizens of Akkad I give you your new king. 1091 01:43:06,900 --> 01:43:09,530 Son of Hammurabi Shalmaneser. 1092 01:43:16,310 --> 01:43:20,840 People of Akkad we have passed through a very hard time. 1093 01:43:21,620 --> 01:43:24,210 But the sun is rising again. 1094 01:43:26,520 --> 01:43:28,280 Where is the Greek? 1095 01:43:29,090 --> 01:43:32,650 He said something about Olympia and Neptune's Trident. 1096 01:43:33,030 --> 01:43:35,020 But he wanted you to have this. 1097 01:43:35,100 --> 01:43:37,160 He said you'd understand. 1098 01:43:41,900 --> 01:43:43,100 What? 1099 01:43:46,380 --> 01:43:47,670 I think he'll do quite well. 1100 01:43:47,740 --> 01:43:52,040 Our land the people's land will prosper again! 1101 01:43:57,490 --> 01:43:58,610 People of Akkad... 1102 01:43:58,690 --> 01:44:00,450 Should have been you. 1103 01:44:01,120 --> 01:44:04,030 No thanks. Not my cup of tea. 1104 01:44:05,530 --> 01:44:06,790 And us? 1105 01:44:12,840 --> 01:44:14,460 We'll be fine. 1106 01:44:14,770 --> 01:44:17,470 It would have been nice to live in a beautiful palace 1107 01:44:17,540 --> 01:44:20,740 with lots of servants and fine linens. 1108 01:44:22,110 --> 01:44:24,270 I thought you wanted to be a warrior 1109 01:44:24,350 --> 01:44:26,410 roam the world like a man. 1110 01:44:26,480 --> 01:44:30,750 Well I decided I didn't like battles and killing as much as I thought I would. 1111 01:44:31,090 --> 01:44:34,650 [SHALMANESER] That every man may know right from wrong. 1112 01:44:34,730 --> 01:44:36,130 Do you? 1113 01:44:38,500 --> 01:44:39,906 [ARI] But the truth of the matter was 1114 01:44:39,930 --> 01:44:43,460 Mathayus did have a fondness for battles and killing. 1115 01:44:43,540 --> 01:44:46,200 And though he loved Layla the blood of a warrior 1116 01:44:46,270 --> 01:44:50,210 and the scorpion's dark venom still coursed through his veins. 1117 01:44:51,550 --> 01:44:54,310 It would drive him out into the wide world for further adventures 1118 01:44:54,380 --> 01:44:58,440 and further battles until one day perhaps 1119 01:44:59,120 --> 01:45:02,720 he would return to become the Scorpion King. 1120 01:45:04,430 --> 01:45:06,710 That is the subject for another tale.