Time Raiders (2016) - full transcript

A writer for writing material, search to an antique shop boss called Wu Xie, and Wu is preparing to leave the city. Before he left, wu told about his strange tomb-raiding family stories, and spoke for the first time with the family adventure of bizarre events. That an occasional access to their family because a special bronze ware, traced back, found buried in the basin of northwest China west country, they recruited a batch of grave robbers to ancient city ruins, into the queen's mausoleum is located in the ancient city of underground, found the king mu and the queen asks the immortal truth. Writer after hearing the story of Wu, only to find that there are a lot of doubt, Wu had said that this was his fantasy, or is it a terrible truth that is more complicated. A truth that Wu left that became the eternal mystery of Wu.

The Himalayas, Nepalese Border

Go

Fall back

Fall back

Do you really believe in God

Such faith is a blessing

In the 30 years at Coral Scientific

God never showed his face

I've spent my entire life

pursuing this Chinese secret to immortality

And now all I need is the last one



of the 24 divine pieces

Your Reverence

if your God's unavailable today

Please

Mr Hendrix

When you are my age

You realize death is certain

Really

Very interesting

If that's What you want

Let's fight them

The gods have spoken

We'll be saved

I have no time to deal with you



You guys go out and check

Zhang Qiling

The last divine piece is beneath the statue

The method of its destruction
can be found on it

We're running out of time

Hurry up and find it

To avoid a disaster to mankind

You have to take an oath

You have to complete your mission
even in hell

Wait

Who are you

House of Wu, the warehouse

Mr Wu, What are you

I'm waiting for a friend

Open the third blind

Only half open

Go ahead

One, two, three

Who are you

I'm a writer

Someone referred me here

I heard you have a fascinating story

And want to turn it into a novel

My memories to others are stories

I hope to do it before I can't tell Whether
it's my memory or a story

You can help me record it

Wonderful

Let's begin

This should be a story about me and him

When did it begin

How did it end

Should he tell it about me

Or me about him

I tell it about him, he about me

Or I tell the story about him

Let's do this

You know the maternity ward of
the Wu hospital

Do you know when it prohibited smoking

My birth

Was a matter of impedance to my family

But I didn't know

Why was I important

But on the day I was born

Everyone

They seemed to have
prepared for a long time

As if my birth

Would bring an incredible
change to the family

Wu Yiqiong, your Wife has given birth

It's a boy

He's born

Father, it's a boy

What a pristine child

Our family

Finally has a pristine member

I'll name him Wu Xie

Pristine and innocent

Yes, Wu Xie

Grandfather thought the name Wu Xie

Could have brought me a relatively
ordinary life

But

To have someone who hasn't experienced
the extraordinary

to sing the praises of ordinary

The result would often be bitter

Lower

Wu Xie, lower

Wu Xie, how come the butterflies
have flown away

I did it on purpose

Which one of you believe

We don't believe

No problem

Let's play hide and seek

Wu Xie

Wu Xie

How come it's me again

Relief

The Ninth Family

I'll give this back to you

Life is a dream

What is unreal would be real

Life is a mirror that shows your reflection

But I hope the reflection doesn't show
the mundane

Every month in this family

A member dies

It was after a long time

did I realize my elders

are tomb raiders

Flowers bloom and flowers Wilt
are a way of life

Family such as mine were originally nine

They were called The Nine Families

The top three families were aristocrats

the middle thieves

and the lower three families were merchants

The Nine Families declined in influence
eventually

And their descendents gradually drifted
away from the family businesses

How can life be as you Wish

Autumn leaves fall and Winter snow comes

Sixteen Years Later

Museum of the Warring States Period
Widow's Grave

The wealth and sickness markings on
the Luban ruler

The corner of separation and altruism

The emperor is in the heavens

Countless offerings to the ancestors

It's strange

This Widow's Grave is a
commoner's cementary

How come it uses the measurements for
royal architecture?

Boss

Who cares if it's commoners or royals?

What does it matter to us?

Let's hurry and go back

We can't leave the shop unattended

No

The years I've spent learning about
ancient architecture

If I don't put it into practice

It would be a waste

As I see it

There is a problem with this Widow's Grave

But if I want to know the answer

I'd have to dismantle it

To understand its true nature

Boss

I don't understand at all

Why don't you tell me

Why don't you let your Uncle
Three take you to a tomb

Let me tell you

My family would never want
to see me go into a tomb

Especially my Uncle Three

This

Should never reach his ears

You didn't tell him, did you

Uncle Three

How many times did I tell you

Not to come here

Not to come

Who the hell let you in

Uncle Three, please
listen to my explanation

This is a political assignment sent from
my school

I came down here to

restore the structure

Restore the structure

What doesn't come apart in your hands

In order to restore, I have to dismantle it

The restoration is for the purposes of
dismantling

Is this your logic

Something like that

Let me tell you

The vampire moths in this tombs are fierce

Hurry up I saw a lot of moths just now

Wait, let me take a photograph

Don't

You're crushing me, you son of a bitch

Don't blame me

How are you doing

I'm fine Did you get hurt

If you're fine, then

Inside this Widow's Grave

What else is hiding

This is to borrow other
people's Dragon Vein

To nurture one's corpse

In the desert hills in the west

There was an ancient kingdom of
the western desert

called Tamutuo

It's ruled by the Snake Empress

I was captured by King Xiang

And was forced to offer my services
as a craftsman

To build the tomb of the Snake Empress

It's three thousand metres deep

Filled with the finest gold and jade

I left after 18 years,
and all was suspicious

Iron Mask recorded this on a stele

The Tomb of the Snake Empress

That was the ancient kingdom
in the Gobi Desert

Who is Iron Mask

What has he got to do with the Widow

How come they are lain in upper
and lower decks

Iron Mask must be an architect

You said he could build

tombs on the scale of that of
the Snake Empress

He must have been the best craftsman of
the time

You torch is bright enough

Which way are you running

Go, hurry

Stan the car Go

We witnessed the extraordinary phenomenon
of moths rushing out of a well

And the video sent by a passerby

It was shot in the place behind me

Scan it Yes sir

We found it

Can't you hear it, Uncle Three

What can't I hear

What should I hear

Listen to this

Uncle Three, take this

I'm going to take it apart Take it apart

Why are you taking something apart again

What would happen if you break it

Don't try to tear it apart,
you little smart ass

Don't you want to see inside

I do

Hammer

Tweezers

Turn it around

Crane plier

We have to take the first plug out

Mission accomplished

I'm going to take the second one out

Wipe my sweat

Use some force

I did Harder

Screwdriver mallet

Circlip pliers

Look

It's moving

This should be from the
Warring States Period

I don't think so

Over two thousand years ago

How would they have made clocks?

Uncle Three, this is not a clock

You see, there are the markings of the year
and date

Every time it revolves
it touches the trigger

And it moves forward a grid

Until there is no more grid at the bottom

This is a countdown

There aren't that many grids left

There are eight days left

Eight days

But What do you think

it's counting down to

Good question

Now I remember, in grandfather's notebook

There was a record of Fox Face

In the Warring States Period

There was a kingdom in the west called
Kunlun Qucha

It was overthrown by the Black Khan

I followed King Xiang into Tamutuo

When King Xiang saw the Snake Empress

They fell in love

The Empress gave the king armor made of
meteorites

And passed him the secret of immortality

Mankind is pathetic

They are too scared to change
their own destiny

I know the secret to eternal life

But they took me for a succubus

The Snake Empress said

Seven stars in the sky converge
every 2000 years

If one takes the magical herb,
one will sleep for 2000 years

And wake up when the seven stars
converge again

And then live forever

King Xiang ordered the best craftsman
Iron Mask

to bring six tribes of craftsmen from the
Western Region

To construct the tomb of the Snake Empress

in order for her to work her magic

2000 years later

We will meet again

Iron Mask was suspicious of the magic
of the Empress and was imprisoned

So he carved What he knew on
24 copper pieces

And took with him the key to the tomb

And fled

Key

We have to find Tamutuo in eight days

And enter the Tomb of the Snake Empress

I'm definitely going on this raid

Hurry up and make some calls

Is the equipment ready for going down into
the tomb

All ready

Screw steel pipe

Collapsible shovel

And nylon rope and bandages are ready

What about night vision and
waterproof mining lamps

Master Three,
you didn't give us enough money

You're so stupid. Get up

What's the point of saving a little money

Let me tell you,
we'll learn a lot when we get there

Forget this small amount of money

We'll give everything that we've got

Endure the hardships and get this done

This old, black metal sword was made of
meteorites

Left by the Black Back of the
Ninth Family 30 years ago

We're following the old rules

We'll let Whoever can
pick it up come join us

The first challenger, Li Tiezhu

The way he picks up the sword is wrong

Next

Wang Kai

Looks like only Pan Zi can pick it up

Yo, bro

Can you do it or not

If you can't do it, go home to your farm

Who is this

Hey

Da Kui

This guy's got mad skills

Don't be late tomorrow morning

Here you go

The Western Regions, the Border

Old Man

Step on the gas

We have three days left,
and you're going so slowly

Please, hurry up Yes, there's no time

Are we going mining

In the tombs here are slabstones made with
iron water

If you don't use this
What are you going to use

Nail clippers

What you have there is a grenade

With little ball bearings inside

When you pull the trigger

Bang

Everyone in the truck becomes holey

Holey

Holy balls

Yes, Holy balls You're holy balls

Little Master Three

Here, Da Kui

Master Three, how come we never saw you
bring your nephew out to the tombs

He's all grown up now

When I was studying
psychology in university

My professor said

There are two kinds of people who love
looking at mirrors

The first are ones that
don't know themselves

The other are those that know themselves
very well

Which one are you

Can you not look at the sky
at 45 degrees all the time

Nicholas Zhaosi once said

If you keep on staring at the sky

you'll forget the taste
of beer and fried chicken

My name is Wu Xie, What is yours?

If you don't tell me

I'll call you Shtum

Actually, I'm also a reticent and
handsome man

It doesn't matter Whether
you like to talk or not

What is important is that
I know you're a good guy

Look

I said you're a good guy

The Tomb of the Empress is so dangerous

Why do you want to go down there

My family never lets me get down tombs

But the less they want me to go

The more I want to go

What did you grandfather say

He urged you again and again

Don't enter this business

But you insist on going in

But What you mean by going in

Means going out to me

I'm all grown up

I can make my own way

When I was a child

I snuck into a maze-like place

It appeared in my dreams again and again

And I couldn't get out of the maze

People told me this is my demon

You think if you can get out of
the Empress's Tomb

you can get rid of your demons

What about you

Do you know there's a kind of
people in the west

that are divinely inspired bards

After a period of time

They forget the memories of the past

When I look into the mirror

I always doubt Whether I actually exist

Can you cure it

That's Why I treasure everything that I've
experienced

Don't worry

I'll record them for you with my camera

You won't be lost

The world is so enormous

If I come or I go

Who cares

But before I lose myself

I will finish this business

Brothers

We've arrived at the gate of
Snake Empress's palace

Let's get on with it Yeah

Shtum

Don't move

How about it. Was it a good picture

Give me your address

and I'll send it to you when we get back

What is so scary about going into a tomb

Don't worry

I'll look after you

Oh yes, I forgot my two hammers

Go get them for me Hammers

Wait

Give me that key thing

Don't break it

Uncle Three, What are you doing

Good bye to you

Open the door Let's go

Shtum

It's safer for you to stay in the truck

Uncle Three

You promised

What if I need to pee or poo

You sly fox

It's not so easy to lock me in

Mr Hendrix

I think they've found the Tomb

These raiders have some skills after all

I see everything is on track

If it's really that simple

You wouldn't have come looking for me

They have the key

If What you're looking
for isn't in that tomb

Well, that's not my problem

That is the right attitude

What I'm doing isn't about right or wrong

It's about how much

Who are you

No, that's not possible

Keep them alive, Ning

Let's move

Yes, Captain

East is on the left

West is on the right

Ahead is south

And north is behind

You can't see it during Winter

When the tide rises in spring and summer,
the mountain shows itself

I've been to all kinds of mountains before

I know Where the entrance is

Put down the nails

Zhong

Go Hurry

Ready

One, two, three

We're rich

Rich

What's the matter

Get a hold of him

Help

Give me your hand

Hold on tight

Are you sick

Listen

This is King Xiang's welcome gift to us

Be careful, guys

Stay alive to get out of here

What are you doing

Are you possessed

Anesthetic Needle

Go

Dan Dan

Our friends

Lift your lamps higher

Get out our weapons

As they say

It's fate that brought us together

Master Three

Those are foreigners

Do you speak Zhongwen

Chinese

Chinese

So speak Chinese to them

We're the same kind of people

I'm a tomb raider too

As long as you pass us the key
to the tomb gate

Master Three. How did they find out
Then we're a family

Or else

We'll bury you in this place
Go fuck yourself

Get down

Take cover

What the hell

Let's fight them

Move in

Cover me

Give me a gun

Stop it

Stop it

Your weapons are too strong

You want the key, don't you

I'll give you the key

Hold

Catch

Grenade

Retreat

Fall back

Da Kui

Find a way to the tomb

Who is that

Hold on tighter

I can't take it anymore

What to do

lift it

Master Three

Go

Not bad

I know

Fall back

You stay

Not now

Let's go after them

Hold

What sneaky bastards

This team is good

Uncle Three

Shtum

Mr Hendrix

I'm scanning the tomb now

Guys let's go

Yes Captain

What is my name

Wu Xie

That's not too bad

You don't have amnesia

The divinely inspired bards

My name is Zhang Qiling

This should be it

Help him

Pull

Look after him

You little smart ass.
How come you're down here

I saw a bunch of foreigners following your
footsteps

I'm here to give you a warning

Not bad, you little smart ass

You're pretty sharp

What

Give me the key

The key is safe with me

Master Three

I'm a bit scared

You can't fear the ghosts
if you're a tomb raider

This is the Tomb of the Snake Empress

Is this your first time going down a tomb

This is the forecourt

The forecourt to receive guests

Look at it. It looks
more like a funeral hall

I'll record it

I've never seen so many puppets

These are wooden figures
to bury with the dead

Ancient people used them in
ancestral sacrifices

It's called puppet play

Look. It's lit on that side too

Master Three

This boy is good

Way it goes
Little Master Three knows What he's doing

Not bad, you little smart ass

It worked

Record it

Right

Master Three, look

These are the guardian spirits

This female one is rather good looking

We're rich

Look at that

There are some more over here

This is nothing

Open the coffin

One, two, three

One, two, three

One, two, three

One, two, three

Hold on to it

It stinks

Down, put it down

Watch your feet

Fuck me. What a bundle

But we can spend these things in a lifetime

Do you want to see the one opposite

Where is the corpse

Master Three

The corpse is gone

Cover your ears

Lovely

What a lovely song

Da Kui

Zhong

Why are you following me around

I told you I'm a grown man

I'm not afraid of you

Wu Sanxing

Sorry I offended you

Didn't you say I'm beautiful

Come out

Don't mess around

No more horseplay

Do you want to kiss me

Let me go

Let me go

What do you want

Let me go

Don't come after me

What is going on

Where are they

Where is the lion

What happened

This is called the song of the dead

It's played by the puppets

It will numb your senses

and drive you insane

How come you know it so well

Have you been here before

You're a mole

Zhong

Uncle Three

Calm down

We won't make it if we don't leave now

Hurry

Be careful

Be careful

Help

Swords

Is this the time

How can you still take pictures

Uncle Three. Follow my rhythm

One, two, three

One, two, three

Follow my ass

Come help me

One, two, three

Pan Zi

Follow my rhythm

It's tiring me out

I can't do it anymore

I'll go help them

One, two, duck

One, two, duck

Get ready for a turn

One, two, duck

One, two, go

Be careful

Pan Zi, I'm scared

You weren't scared when you saw the gold

Master Three, how can we get out of here

We can't get out

We hide

Look at this

Uncle Three

Oh my God

How come there are so many skeletons
in this cage

What word is this

This word is pronounced Chai

It is made up of the words for ten thousand
and insects

In ancient times, there was a punishment

called Basin of Ten Thousand Insects

They stripped off the clothes of a criminal

Threw him into a ditch

and let insects bite him

Master Three

I'm sorry

I quit

Hey

I quit

Don't be like this It doesn't
matter how much you pay me, I quit

Let me go

Brother Dan Dan

Dan Dan

Dan Dan

Flesh-eating insects

Help

Help me

Uncle Three, What are you doing

Help him

Uncle Three

Uncle Three, help him

Uncle Three

Didn't you want to get down to a tomb

This is bloody tomb raiding for you

Get on the metal frames

Go

Go

Hurry up

Little Master Three

Give your hand to me

Da Kui

What happened On your clothes

It doesn't matter

No, take a look

Fuck me

Pan Zi, give me your knife

Catch

Little Master Three

Hurry up

Little Master Three

I can't hold on anymore

Be careful

Nephew

What a flute player you are

Your flute has beaten thousands of insects

That's so cool

Go

God damn it

Run

Find the entrance

Go I'll fight him to the death

No, no grenade

The key's inside

Shtum

My judgment tells me
that there's a gate here

I'll find the trigger

Duck

Smoke bomb

We're running out of time

There's no other way

We can only dig a hole

I have a better way

Is it ready yet

Go

Go

Go

Hurry up, catch

Let's go

I'll stick to the rear

Then I'll catch up

Ning, do not follow them

Backtrack and take the
tunnel at your 3 o'clock

and you will intercept them

Good

Guys Move

Come on. Run

Wu Xie

Uncle Three and the guys Don't move

I might not get out

Right, I'll give you your memories

Catch it

I told you not to move

I want you to hand it to me yourself

Walk over slowly

Come on

I'll catch you

Come

I took a photo of you when you
were dozing off in the truck

Can you not speak

I speak when I'm nervous

Give me your hand

I don't regret coming down to this tomb

Wu Xie

Oh my God

This looks like ancient
Persian architecture

Fingers on the trigers, boys

What are these things

Is this the secret of Mu's tomb

No, this is just the beginning

Scan it

That's plant cell

Sir, they're plant, not human

Guys

This armor is worth a lot

They are all made of gold

Position

Don't shoot him

Don't damage my sample

No guns

Shoot him

No

Go now

Don't damage my sample

No way, my people are dying

No

Reconnect me

Heart

Freeze

Little bastard

Give me the key

Or I'll kill you

What are you laughing at

Fatty

Don't mess with me

What age is this. You're
still using a knife

Do you have a gun

To come tomb raiding

How can I not bring a gun

I don't believe you

Try me

Are you scared

Goddamn Fatty

Tried to bluff with me with a knife

Don't you have a gun

I don't have a gun

Damn

Let's help him

We have to

Damn

How come it's so heavy

I got it

I'm exhausted

Damn Fatty

Little friend, I'll see you later

That is a fake

Here

My neck

Master

Shtum

Damn Fatty

The key is here

Boss

Boss, wait for me

Get out of the way

100m, turn left

Next tunnel

There's something waiting for me

Hendrix

What the hell are we really after

Boss

Don't ask him anymore

He's not going to tell you

There's no time

Give me the key

Don't try me

Ning

He's an old friend

I want to talk to him

Have you find yourself now

No

But I know I'm your opposite

You suffer from fear of aging

Whereas I suffer from never being able to

So you've discovered the
secret of immotality

No

The countdown is ending

It is the last chance to open the Tomb

What is he after anyway

What are you trying to destroy

50 years ago

I bought these 23 divine pieces

and they hold the secret discovered by
Iron Mask

I found that

the Empress's Witchcraft is to

turn human beings into trees that live to a
thousand years

She took the essence of the magical tree

and transfered it into King Xiang's body

to turn it into worms

She also created an immortal army

To be released when the seven stars
converge again

I will be back

If she succeeded

It would be a catastrophe for mankind

You want us to bring this crap to you

You have let your obsession take over you

Okay

There's a path on your right which leads
straight to Mu' coffin

and they will all die

Will you lead them out

or will you let your obsession lead them to
their deaths

It's hard to decide

Since I've been in this business

I've never met a mission
I couldn't complete

No matter it's for money or faith

We're destined to go together

You stay

So you stay

I stay

Are you talking about
opening the Mu's coffin

I've never met a riddle I can't solve

I have to see it for myself

You've seen the Empress's secret

You go back first

I'll handle the rest

No

I said I'd take care of you

You've overestimated your abilities

How dare you interrupt our eternal lives

You are not human nor trees

I have to carry out a divine will

Yeah

It's the Snake Empress of Tamutuo

The designer of this catastrophe

Humans are a lowly life form

But the worms that I bred

are about to change this world

Uncle Three

Nephew

Boss

Look

Harry

Captain

Shtum

Old Man

Don't go

What the hell are they

Let's go

Where the hell are they going

Don't drag me

Don't drag me

You let me go

You bloody let go first

Don't bite me

Stab him with your knife

Stab him

Hurry Stab him

Okay

Stab him in the heart

Move move

Come on, come on

Harry

Go

Chew on this

Don't

Don't come over. Go away

Da Kui

Da Kui

If I totally lost myself one day

There's still someone
who would remember me

Of course I'd remember you

I only want one thing from you

When you return

I'll give it to you

It's a magnetic field

We have to think about retreating

What should we do

What

Flute

I can let you have a taste

of the joy of eternal life

What are we going to do

Mr Hendrix

I know you see all this

If these worms break out

That will be the end of mankind

But I know you can help us defeat them

You want me to defeat my entire life's plan

I think you can achieve something else

What would that be

A true hero

The sorceress relies on the magnetic power
for protection

Destroy the lava pipe

And the heat will destroy
her magnetic shield

Thank you sir

I've already discovered the secret

And What difference does it make

You know you can't do it

Alone

He is not alone

Ning

I hope you can accept my next offer

There's something I want to ask you first

How much

If it's right or wrong

Ning, let's split

Give me the key.
How about me?

This mission is too perilous

No

Even though I'm just a lowly interpreter

I'm still a member of your team

You have to take this out

This is a testament to the most
important day of our lives

My name is Wang

Fatty Wang

My partner

Okay

I swear to you

I'll complete this mission

Help me break this chain

I'm going to ride that Wheel to help Shtum

One

Two

Three

You be careful

No problem

Shtum

I'll come and rescue you very soon

Fuck me

Uncle Three

Duck

Go to hell

Uncle Three

You have to disengage the pipes down below

What

You're still thinking of dismantling things

In order to restore, we have to dismantle

After you bomb the lava pipe

Smash the Wheel

And the chain will lead you out

Set it for 30

Good luck

Hello

Hello

Give it to me

This

You

30 seconds

OK? Partner

OK

I have a way

Zhong

Zhong

Zhong, What the hell are you doing

How can we, the Nine Families

lose to foreigners

You're being silly

Give me your hand

Look

I said I'd take care of you

I learned some truth

from you

Memories aren't everything

Daring to imagine

is What everything is all about

Then you don't regret having me as a friend

I regret not locking you
in the truck myself

It's time for you to go

My mission hasn't been completed yet

Shtum

Wu Xie

We have to go

Shtum

We won't make it if we don't leave now

Don't

Shtum

I will be back

People like me

After a period of time

Would forget the memories of the past

Don't worry

I'll record for you with my camera

This is for you

We don't seek smoke and mirrors

Looking back at the time
when the Wise man rises

It was a time of innocence and purity

This should be a story about me and him

Whether he should tell the story about me

Or me about him

When did it all start?

How did it end?