BeastMaster (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 20 - Game of Death - full transcript
Dar infiltrates the city of Chalka to free the sacred tigers and release Queen Lyoka from her reign of death.
[ CHEERING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ CHEERING ]
THE GAME IS HARD, KING ZAD,
BUT IT IS JUST.
IS IT JUST FOR MEN TO DIE
FOR THE PLEASURE OF A MOB?
MEN OFTEN DIE FOR
MUCH LESS, QUEEN NYOKA.
AT LEAST THESE MEN HAVE A CHANCE
TO CONTROL THEIR DESTINY.
IN OTHER CITIES, CRIMINALS
ARE SIMPLY EXECUTED.
IN CHALKA, WE ALLOW
THE GODS TO DECIDE.
IT'S BRUTE FORCE
THAT DECIDES.
BRUTE FORCE HAS ITS PLACE.
THIS GAME INSTILLS
THEY'RE THE ENVY OF ALL THOSE
WHO APPRECIATE TRUE GRIT.
YEAH!
TWO POINTS!
YOUR CHAMPIONS ARE VICTORIOUS.
THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN.
SEEMS A SHAME TO SACRIFICE
SUCH FINE SPECIMENS.
MEN LIKE THESE
WOULD ASSURE SUCCESS
IN MY CAMPAIGN AGAINST VODEN.
YOU HEAR THAT, NYOKA?
KING ZAD WOULD USE
OUR DREGS FOR HIS ARMY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIE
TO SERVE ANOTHER CAUSE.
[ ROARING ]
THEY AWAIT YOUR SIGNAL,
QUEEN NYOKA.
OUT OF MY WAY, DAGAN.
THESE MEN STOLE TIGERS
FROM THE ROYAL COMPOUND.
YOU NEED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE.
NOMAR, SEE TO MY TIGERS.
YES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
THE LAWS OF CHALKA
FORBID PARDONING THESE MEN.
I WON'T SEND OTHERS
TO DIE IN YOUR WAR WITH VODEN.
RECRUIT YOUR
WARRIORS ELSEWHERE.
IF YOU ARE IN CHALKA
AFTER SUNSET,
YOU MAY FIND
YOUR OWN GRIT TESTED.
[ CHEERING ]
IN AN AGE WHEN NATURE
AND MAGIC RULE THE WORLD...
THERE IS
AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGEND:
THE STORY OF A WARRIOR
WHO COMMUNICATES WITH ANIMALS,
WHO FIGHTS SORCERY
AND THE UNNATURAL.
HIS NAME IS DAR,
LAST OF HIS TRIBE.
HE'S ALSO CALLED...
SORRY, RUH, THERE
WAS A STREAM HERE.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME
WATER UP AHEAD.
DAR, THAT'S NOT
A GOOD IDEA.
ACCORDING TO MY
MAP, THIS RIVERBED
LEADS ALL THE
WAY TO CHALKA.
WHAT'S CHALKA?
IT'S A...A PLACE
EIRONS TRY TO AVOID.
IT'S ANOTHER CITY.
THE PEOPLE OF CHALKA ARE
WAR-LIKE AND UNFRIENDLY.
THE TOTAL OPPOSITE
TO THE PEOPLE OF XINCA.
TAO, NO PEOPLE
ARE COMPLETELY UNFRIENDLY.
DAR, TRUST ME.
CHALKA IS DIFFERENT.
WHERE'S HE GOING?
HE DOESN'T CARE
WHICH WAY WE GO.
HE JUST WANTS
A DRINK OF WATER.
HE'LL CATCH UP.
WELL...WHICH WAY
DO YOU WANT TO GO?
I DON'T WANT TO SEE
ANOTHER CITY.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
NOW WE WAIT.
QUEEN NYOKA WILL HAVE
HER NEW TIGERS SOON ENOUGH.
GET HIM...KILL HIM!
KINGS AND QUEENS OF CHALKA
RULE WITH AN IRON HAND.
THEIR PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM
OR JOY IN THEIR LIVES.
WHAT IF YOU
GOT TO KNOW THEM?
IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
THEY DON'T LIKE STRANGERS.
THEY DON'T TRADE
OR SHARE KNOWLEDGE.
THE ONLY THING THE PEOPLE
OF CHALKA EMBRACE IS CRUELTY.
[ SHRIEKING ]
RUH'S HURT.
OH...
THE QUEEN'S LOYAL
TIGER STEWARD.
YOU'LL PAY DEARLY
FOR THIS, NOMAR, HA, HA...
RUH!
IT'S POISONED.
HE'S STILL BREATHING --
THE POISON MUST HAVE BEEN MEANT
TO KNOCK HIM OUT, NOT KILL HIM.
SOMEONE WANTS
TO TAKE HIM ALIVE.
CAREFUL, THEY MAY
STILL BE OUT THERE.
I HOPE SO.
[ SHRIEKING ]
HELLO.
DAR, LOOK!
HE'S COMING TO.
CAN HE TELL YOU ANYTHING?
SOME MEN AMBUSHED HIM.
THEY WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, ONLY
SOMEONE ELSE WARNED HIM IN TIME.
-WHO?
-I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'VE TAKEN HIM PRISONER.
WHERE TO?
TO THE FOOTHILLS.
[ SIGHING ]
CHALKA.
TAO, HE SAVED RUH.
WE HAVE TO HELP HIM.
WHAT ABOUT RUH?
IF THEY'RE HUNTING TIGERS,
HE'LL BE SAFER HERE.
SO WOULD WE...
NOT THAT IT MAKES
ANY DIFFERENCE.
MY QUEEN...
WHAT IS IT NOW, DAGAN?
I HAVE CAPTURED THE LAST OF
THE MEN WHO RELEASED
YOUR SACRED TIGERS.
HE AWAITS.
WHAT IS IT?
AN ICON.
THE SYMBOL OF CHALKA.
TIGERS ARE REVERED
IN THE CITY.
THEN WHY DO THEY CAPTURE THEM?
TO SHOW THE WORLD THEIR
POWER -- SEE, IT TELLS THEIR
ENEMIES THAT IF THEIR
WARRIORS CAN SUBDUE TIGERS,
SOMETHING ELSE YOU
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHALKA.
PEOPLE TO HER OWN TIGERS
JUST TO KEEP THEM IN LINE.
NOMAR?
WE WERE HUNTING NEW TIGERS,
WHEN HE HELPED
ONE OF THEM ESCAPE US.
NOMAR, IS THIS TRUE?
I HAD NO CHOICE.
THE MAN YOU ENTRUSTED
WITH YOUR TIGERS
BETRAYS THAT TRUST.
YOU HELPED THE OTHERS FREE
THE SACRED TIGERS, DIDN'T YOU?
I KNEW THAT.
THE TIGERS ARE UNHAPPY.
THEY WHITHER AWAY IN DESPAIR,
PREFERRING DEATH TO HAVING TO--
TO SERVING CHALKA?
THE SACRED TIGERS ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY.
AND THE RESPECT OF OUR QUEEN.
THEY SHOW OTHERS
THAT WE ARE STRONG!
HOLDING THOSE TIGERS...
MAKES OUR ENEMIES FEAR US.
IF WE LOSE THE TIGERS,
OH, THEY'RE ONLY ANIMALS.
THEY HAVE NO POWER--
SILENCE!
I MEAN NO DISRESPECT MY QUEEN.
BUT CAGING THOSE
TIGERS IS WRONG.
NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK.
DAGAN.
THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINALS
FALLS TO MY OFFICE,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
THE GAME
AND THE GODS
WILL DETERMINE HIS FATE!
[ CHEERING ]
HE IS RIGHT, NOMAR.
OUR DUTY --
YOURS, MINE
AND THE SACRED TIGERS --
IS TO THE WELFARE OF CHALKA.
I'M SORRY.
[ COUGHING AND SPITTING ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'RE INSIDE THESE WALLS.
BEING HERE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL.
ASKING THESE PEOPLE ONLY
MAKES THEM MORE SUSPICIOUS.
YOUR FRIEND COUNSELS WISELY.
IN CHALKA, THE SAFE COURSE
IS TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A MAN
NOMAR, THE QUEEN'S STEWARD
OF THE SACRED TIGERS.
NOMAR...
YES...THEY'VE TAKEN HIM
TO WAIT HIS TURN AT THE GAME.
WHAT GAME?
I'VE HEARD OF THIS GAME.
PLAYED BY CRIMINALS
IN THE ARENA.
THE LOSERS ARE EXECUTED.
SACRIFICED...TO
THE SACRED TIGERS.
THE WINNERS LIVE,
BUT ONLY TO FIGHT THE NEXT DAY,
BUT AT LEAST THEY LIVE...
A LITTLE LONGER.
WITH NO HOPE OF FREEDOM.
IT'S BABARIC!
I WONDER IF YOU COULD
GET ANY LOUDER?
THERE ARE EARS
EVERYWHERE IN CHALKA.
TO SPEAK AGAINST THEIR WAYS
IS THE QUICKEST WAY
TO PLAY THE GAME YOURSELF.
WHO ARE YOU?
THEY CALL ME BARZO.
[ COUGHING ]
WHATEVER YOU NEED
BARZO CAN PROVIDE.
FOOD, LODGING...
WOMEN?
INFORMATION.
OHH...
THAT DEPENDS.
ON WHAT?
WHAT YOU
WANT TO KNOW...
AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PAY.
AHHH! PERNICIOUS DEVIL!
WOULD I COULD PLUCK YOU
FROM MY HEAD.
YOU HAVE AN
INFECTED TOOTH.
IT EXISTS ONLY TO TORTURE ME.
HERE, CHEW THESE.
THEY DEADEN THE PAIN.
FRESHEN THE BREATH.
[ DAR ]: I DOUBT
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
IF THIS WORKS,
BARZO WILL HELP GET YOU
ANYTHING YOU DESIRE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
A MAN SO GRATIFIED
BY A SIMPLE HERBAL REMEDY.
IF BARZO'S TELLING THE TRUTH,
THE CELLS SHOULD BE
BEHIND THIS COURTYARD.
HE DIDN'T TELL US THERE'D
BE THIS MANY GUARDS.
NOMAR SAVED RUH'S LIFE, TAO.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW MANY GUARDS THERE ARE.
COME ON.
WHY NOT?
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
THE SACRED TIGERS OF CHALKA.
THEY DON'T
LOOK VERY HAPPY.
KEEP WATCH. I'LL TRY
TO FIND THE CELLS.
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
NOMAR FIRST.
[ DOOR OPENING ]
I'M SORRY, MY QUEEN.
I HEARD A DISTURBANCE.
LEAVE US.
THEY SEEM RESTLESS.
NOMAR WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO COULD CALM THEM WHEN
-THEY GOT LIKE THIS.
-IS THAT WHY YOU WERE
RELUCTANT TO SEND HIM
TO HIS PUNISHMENT?
HE MAY HAVE BROKEN OUR LAWS,
BUT HE DID WHAT HE DID
FROM COMPASSION.
NYOKA...PERHAPS YOU COULD
SHOW SOME COMPASSION
TO KING ZAD.
HE WOULD MAKE
A POWERFUL FRIEND.
KING ZAD'S ONLY FRIEND
IS HIMSELF.
HE'D SEND OUR MEN
TO THEIR DEATHS
FOR NOTHING
BUT HIS OWN VANITY.
AND HE MAY NOT DEFEAT
VODEN WITHOUT THEM.
THEN WE WOULD BE
THE BOY KING'S
NEXT TARGET.
I'M TIRED OF REIGNING
OVER SO MUCH DEATH.
THE CROWN OF CHALKA
IS A HEAVY BURDEN.
YOU KNOW YOU'VE ONLY
TO SAY THE WORD
AND I WOULD GLADLY
SHARE YOUR TROUBLES.
RID YOURSELF OF THAT FANTASY,
DAGAN, YOU ARE MY ADVISOR.
NOT MY CONSORT.
I WAS ONLY
THINKING OF OUR PEOPLE.
IF SOMETHING SHOULD
HAPPEN TO YOU--
IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN,
YOUR FAMILY STANDS NEXT IN LINE.
DON'T OVERSTEP YOUR PLACE AGAIN.
HUMBLEST APOLOGIES.
GUARDS....GUARDS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
-SILENCE.
SEIZE HIM!
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
YOU'LL KILL US BOTH.
WHO ARE YOU?
MY NAME IS DAR.
THE ONLY WAY
YOU COULD
REACH THIS COURTYARD IS BY
DELIBERATELY
AVOIDING THE GUARDS.
THIS IS A CRIME
OF THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE.
BUT YOU MADE THE TIGERS OBEY.
NO...SHE WAS
JUST FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED.
I JUST...JUST CALMED HER.
HE BROKE INTO
THE SACRED PRECINCT.
HE MUST BE PUNISHED.
HE SAVED
MY LIFE, DAGAN.
WHILE YOU ARE IN CHALKA,
YOU SHALL BY MY GUEST.
SEE TO IT.
THE QUEEN MAY BE TAKEN IN...
BUT I AM NOT.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
YOU, FIND BARZO. ASK HIM WHAT
HE KNOWS OF A MAN CALLED DAR.
[ LAUGHING ]
AH!
YOUR FRIEND IS A GUEST
IN THE SACRED
PRECINCT.
GUEST? IS HE IN DANGER?
OH, DIFFICULT TO SAY.
YOU'VE DRIVEN
THE DEMONS
FROM MY MOUTH.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DAR?
OH....WELL...
THEY SAY THE QUEEN
FAVOURS HIM...
BUT DAGAN DOESN'T.
DAGAN USUALLY GETS HIS WAY.
CAN YOU HELP
ME FIND HIM?
MMM...IT COULD BE ARRANGED.
I'VE GOT CONTACTS
AMONG THE GUARDS.
OF COURSE, THERE WOULD BE
A LITTLE CONSIDERATION.
PSST, NOMAR.
WHO ARE YOU?
SOMEONE WHO'S GETTING YOU OUT.
COME ON, MOVE IT.
COME ON,
ON YOUR FEET.
YOU'RE TO JOIN YOUR TEAM.
WHAT TEAM?
FOR TOMORROW'S GAME.
[ CHUCKLING ]
[ HUMMING ]
PARDON ME, MY QUEEN, BUT THIS
STRANGER, THAT YOU INSIST ON
TREATING WITH GRATITUDE,
IS NO SIMPLE TRAVELLER.
DAGAN,
HE IS KNOWN AS THE BEASTMASTER.
INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ANIMALS.
HE ALSO TRAVELS WITH A MAN
CALLED TAO, WHO'S WELL-STEEPED
IN ANCIENT LORE.
WHAT OF IT?
THEIR PRESENCE HERE
CAN BE NO COINCIDENCE.
THEY COME TO FREE
THE TIGERS AND TO OVERTHROW
YOUR THRONE.
THEN WHY DID HE SAVE ME?
DID HE REALLY?
OR DID HE
CAUSE YOU TO
BE THREATENED IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
DOESN'T IT STRIKE YOU
AS ODD THAT THE TIGERS
BROKE FROM THE CAGE
AT THE PRECISE
MOMENT HE ARRIVED?
BRING HIM TO ME.
AT ONCE, MAJESTY.
I'M ALREADY HERE.
-GUARDS!
-NYOKO, LISTEN TO ME.
-STAY AWAY FROM ME.
-I MEAN NO HARM.
STAY BACK.
OI, FACE-ACHE.
THE SACRED PRECINCT'S IN UPROAR.
YOUR FRIEND
ATTACKED QUEEN NYOKA.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY'VE ALREADY
GOT HIM IN THE CELLS.
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
NO, YOU CAN'T.
[ BELCHING ]
NOT WITHOUT ME.
BACK OFF!
WHY HAVE YOU COME TO CHALKA?
TELL ME THE TRUTH.
TO SAVE A MAN FROM
YOUR KIND OF JUSTICE.
-WHICH MAN?
-HE'S CALLED NOMAR.
NOMAR?
NOMAR BETRAYED MY TRUST
HE SAVED A FRIEND OF MINE
FROM YOUR CAGES.
A FRIEND?
A TIGER.
THEN IT'S AS DAGAN SAYS.
YOU ARE THE BEASTMASTER.
DO YOU HAVE POWER
OVER THE ANIMLS?
I HAVE POWER OVER NO ONE.
IS DAGAN RIGHT?
DID YOU FREE THE TIGRESS
TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR MAGIC
-AND WIN MY CONFIDENCE?
-I DON'T HAVE MAGIC EITHER.
WOULD YOU HAVE MY THRONE?
NO.
BUT DAGAN WOULD.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
HE'S THE ONE WHO RELEASED
THE TIGER FROM THE CAGE.
-HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
-SHE TOLD ME.
SHE'S ALSO SEEN HIM
PLOTTING AGAINST YOU,
BECAUSE HE THINKS YOU'VE CHANGED
THE WAY CHALKA'S RULED.
AND THAT MEANS
TAKING AWAY THE GAME.
AND YOU BELIEVED HER?
AN ANIMAL?
ANIMALS DON'T LIE.
IS WHAT NOMAR SAID ALSO TRUE?
THAT THE TIGERS
ARE UNHAPPY IN MY COURTYARD?
THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN CAGES.
BUT THE RULERS OF CHALKA HAVE
HAD TIGERS FOR GENERATIONS.
THEY SHOW THE WORLD
THAT WE ARE STRONG...
AND NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH.
THEY SHOW THE WORLD
THAT YOU HAVE NO HEART.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU
HAVE ME BELIEVE?
THAT I'M NO THREAT TO YOU.
BUT YOU ARE.
YOU ARE.
GUARD.
HE WON'T SEE US.
YOU'RE SURE?
WOULD I BE HERE
IF I WASN'T SURE?
[ HACKING AND COUGHING ]
I DIDN'T SAVE YOUR LIFE
JUST TO SPEND IT THE NEXT DAY.
I DO FOR HIM, HE DOES FOR ME.
WHAT A WORLD.
IT'S TRUE...
I DO WANT TO END THE GAME.
AND I STRUGGLE
WITH MANY OF OUR WAYS.
-I UNDERSTAND.
-BUT THE TIGERS ARE PRIVILEGED.
LAVISHED WITH ATTENTION.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING BUT THEIR FREEDOM.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE NOMAR.
WHY AM I EVEN
DISCUSSING THIS WITH YOU?
BECAUSE YOU ASK YOURSELF
THE SAME QUESTIONS.
DON'T CRY OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
I'N GOING TO
SHOW YOU THE TRUTH.
CALL THE GUARDS.
THE CELLS ARE UP AHEAD.
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN
WHEN WE FIND HIM?
I'M NOT SURE.
HERE, TAKE THIS.
I DON'T NEED
A WEAPON.
TAKE IT --
YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE OF CHALKA
WOULD AS SOON KILL
AS ASK QUESTIONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE GUARDS.
TAKE IT.
I JUST HOPE THEY
DON'T FIGURE OUT
THAT I WON'T
REALLY USE IT.
PERHAPS SIMPLY HAVING IT
WILL SERVE THE PURPOSE.
THEY CAN'T FEEL WHAT WE FEEL.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE US.
BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME LONGING
TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
AND YOU DENY THEM THAT.
CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT THEY FEEL
WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THEIR EYES?
OF COURSE I CAN.
SHE KNOWS THAT I LOVE HER
AND I GIVE HER THE BEST I CAN.
WHEN ALL SHE WANTS
FROM YOU IS HER FREEDOM.
BUT WHAT MY DUTY
TO MY PEOPLE?
I MEAN, YOU'RE
ASKING ME TO DENY
EVERYTHING THAT
HAS MEANING TO ME.
NO, I'M ASKING YOU TO SEE
THAT THE WAY OF CHALKA
IS THE WAY OF DEATH.
IT HAS TO END...
AND YOU CAN DO IT.
I DON'T HAVE
THAT POWER.
YOU'RE THEIR QUEEN.
IT'S NOT THAT
SIMPLE. MY PEOPLE--
YOUR PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND.
-STOP IT!
-YOU CAN SHOW THE WAY.
I'M SORRY.
[ SOBBING ]
WAIT HERE.
BARZO.
SEIZE THE...
ASSASSIN.
[ CHUCKLING ]
[ GROWLING ]
WHAT IS IT?
SOMEONE'S COMING.
YOU MUSTN'T BE FOUND HERE.
STAY BACK.
THIS MAN MEANS ME NO HARM.
STEP AWAY
FROM THE QUEEN.
FORGIVE ME,
MY QUEEN.
YOU HAVE BEEN
BADLY USED.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-BRING HIM IN.
THIS MAN IS A FRIEND
OF THE BEASTMASTER.
HE WAS FOUND IN THE CORRIDORS
OF THE SACRED PRECINCT...
WITH THIS.
ON HIS WAY HERE TO JOIN
IN A CONSPIRACY
-TO MURDER YOU.
-THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, DAGAN.
IF DAR WISHED ME DEAD,
I WOULD BE DEAD BY NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY QUEEN...
THERE IS A WITNESS.
ONE WHO OVERHEARD
THEM PLOTTING.
THEY TRIED TO
ENLIST HIM IN THEIR CONSPIRACY.
IT'S TRUE, MY QUEEN.
THEY INTENDED TO KILL YOU,
AND THEN LOOSE THE SACRED
TIGERS TO CREATE CHAOS.
WHO ARE YOU?
I AM ONE WHOSE WORD
CAN NOT BE DOUBTED.
BECAUSE...MY OWN LIFE DEPENDS
ON YOUR...FRIENDSHIP.
ZAD?
SLAY ME IF YOU WISH,
FOR REMAINING
WITHIN YOUR WALLS,
BUT I HAD TO GAIN YOUR TRUST.
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I'VE CROSSED PATHS WITH THIS
BEASTMASTER BEFORE.
SURELY, SAVING YOUR LIFE
PROVES MY AFFECTION.
KING ZAD, I OFFER YOU THE
PROFOUND GRATITUDE
OF MYSELF, MY QUEEN
AND OF ALL OUR PEOPLE.
I DID NO MORE THAN MY DUTY
TO A FELLOW MONARCH
AND CHERISHED ALLY.
STILL TROUBLED,
MY QUEEN?
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
HE SEEMED SO TRUSTWORTHY.
I'VE ENCOUNTERED
THE BEASTMASTER
MANY TIMES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
HE SHARES THE CUNNING
OF THE BEASTS HE COMMANDS.
YET REFUSES TO COMMAND THEM.
NYOKA?
[ SIGHING ]
MY APOLOGIES, DAGAN.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
I WAS, I WAS FOOLISH.
NO APOLOGY
IS NECESSARY.
I LIVE ONLY
TO SERVE YOU.
WELL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD
DISCUSS HOW MANY OF OUR
SOLDIERS YOU WILL NEED...
AND HOW CHALKA
WILL BE REWARDED
FOR ITS HELP.
I'LL LEAVE THOSE
DETAILS TO YOU, DAGAN.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, KING ZAD.
OF COURSE.
[ GROWLING ]
YOUR PLAN WAS SUPERB.
YOU SHALL HAVE
THE PICK OF
OUR YOUNG MEN
FOR YOUR ARMY.
WHEN VODEN IS GONE,
I'LL RETURN THE FAVOUR
BY GETTING RID OF THAT
ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
[ LAUGHING ]
BARZO SERVED US BETTER
THAN YOU LED US TO EXPECT.
EVEN THE BEASTMASTER
WAS FOOLED.
HE GOES TO THE
ARENA TOMORROW.
WHERE HE WILL, NO DOUBT,
LEAD THE VICTORIOUS TEAM.
THE QUEEN'S CURRENT CHAMPIONS
ARE FORMIDABLE FOES.
THEY'VE YET TO MEET
THE BEATMASTER.
IF HE WINS,
NYOKA WILL THINK HE'S
-FAVOURED BY THE GODS.
-HA, HA, OH, YES.
[ AS BARZO ]: I'VE GIVEN
THAT SOME THOUGHT.
GO ON!
YOU'RE THE MAN ON THE ROOF.
YEAH.
YOU WERE GOING TO GET ME OUT.
THERE'S BEEN
A CHANGE OF PLAN.
I DIDN'T TRUST MYSELF.
THE MOMENT
I LOOKED AT HIS FACE--
ONCE YOU'RE HERE,
YOUR FATE IS DECREED.
WHAT'S DECREED FOR US?
-THE GAME.
-TOMORROW.
THE GAME...
WHAT EXACTLY ARE
THE RULES OF THIS GAME?
WELL, THE OBJECT OF THE GAME
IS TO STUFF THE SHINY ROCKS
THAT THEY TOSS US INTO
THE EYE SOCKETS OF THE ICON.
TWO SCORES WINS.
WHAT IF EACH SIDE SCORES?
THE LAST ROCK MUST BE PLACED
IN THE OPENING
OF THE TIGER'S THROAT.
THE OTHER SIDE WILL DO
ANYTHING TO STOP US.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'LL
BE THE ONES WHO'LL DIE.
[ CHEERING ]
WE SHOULD FORM A PLAN -- ATTACK,
COUNTER-ATTACK -- LIKE WARFARE.
TOA, THEY'RE
GOING TO
KILL US WITH
THEIR BARE HANDS.
FOUR MEN
IN THIS ARENA
WILL SOON BE DEAD.
JUST WHO? THE GODS
WILL DECIDE.
NO.
WE'LL DECIDE.
THESE TWO
MADE AN ATTEMPT
ON OUR QUEEN'S LIFE.
WE SHOULD
SEE THEM AT
EACH OTHER'S THROATS.
PLACE THAT MAN
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT GIVES THE CROWD
GREATER PLEASURE
TO SEE THE CRIMINALS
FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES.
THE BEASTMASTER WON'T
ALLOW HIS FRIEND TO DIE.
YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
LET THE GAME
BEGIN!
THEY'LL KILL YOU
IF YOU DON'T PLAY TO WIN.
WHAT DO WE DO?
PLAY TO WIN.
BEGIN!
GO, I'LL COVER YOU.
HE'S CONDEMNING HIS OWN
TEAM-MATES TO SAVE US.
I KNOW.
ONE TO ONE.
NEXT SCORE WINS.
HE'S ONLY MAKING IT
MORE INTERESTING.
LIFE AND DEATH.
I DO LOVE THIS GAME.
NUMBER THREE!
TIME TO GO FOR THE THROAT.
HE CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO WIN.
KILL THAT MAN!
KILL HIM!
-KILL THEM ALL!
-NO!
-SPARE NO ONE!
-DAGAN, STOP IT!
DAGAN...ARE YOU MAD?
MY, MY QUEEN...
GUARDS!
STAY BACK!
STAY BACK!
[ GROWLING ]
DAR!
AHH!
[ ROARING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
I'M SORRY.
THIS TIME THE GODS
HAVE TRULY SPOKEN.
MY TIGERS WILL GO FREE.
CHALKA HAS SEEN
ENOUGH BLOODSHED.
I KNOW THIS IS
THE RIGHT THING, BUT--
IT'S HARD
TO SAY GOODBYE.
YES.
WHAT'S THE TIGER SAYING?
SHE WANTS YOU TO KNOW
THAT SHE FORGIVES YOU.
ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM.
WILL SHE BE HAPPY?
SHE'S FREE...
THE REST WILL BE UP TO HER.
YOU'VE FREED ME TO,
YOU'VE FREED ALL OF US FROM THE
CAGE THAT WE BUILT OURSELVES.
WILL YOU BE ALL RIGHT?
IT'LL TAKE SOME
GETTING USED TO.
BUT, GIVEN TIME, I GUESS,
PERHAPS, LIKE THEM,
WE MAY FIND OUR WAY.
CAPTIONS PERFORMED BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING CENTRE
[ GRUNTING ]
[ CHEERING ]
THE GAME IS HARD, KING ZAD,
BUT IT IS JUST.
IS IT JUST FOR MEN TO DIE
FOR THE PLEASURE OF A MOB?
MEN OFTEN DIE FOR
MUCH LESS, QUEEN NYOKA.
AT LEAST THESE MEN HAVE A CHANCE
TO CONTROL THEIR DESTINY.
IN OTHER CITIES, CRIMINALS
ARE SIMPLY EXECUTED.
IN CHALKA, WE ALLOW
THE GODS TO DECIDE.
IT'S BRUTE FORCE
THAT DECIDES.
BRUTE FORCE HAS ITS PLACE.
THIS GAME INSTILLS
THEY'RE THE ENVY OF ALL THOSE
WHO APPRECIATE TRUE GRIT.
YEAH!
TWO POINTS!
YOUR CHAMPIONS ARE VICTORIOUS.
THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN.
SEEMS A SHAME TO SACRIFICE
SUCH FINE SPECIMENS.
MEN LIKE THESE
WOULD ASSURE SUCCESS
IN MY CAMPAIGN AGAINST VODEN.
YOU HEAR THAT, NYOKA?
KING ZAD WOULD USE
OUR DREGS FOR HIS ARMY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIE
TO SERVE ANOTHER CAUSE.
[ ROARING ]
THEY AWAIT YOUR SIGNAL,
QUEEN NYOKA.
OUT OF MY WAY, DAGAN.
THESE MEN STOLE TIGERS
FROM THE ROYAL COMPOUND.
YOU NEED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE.
NOMAR, SEE TO MY TIGERS.
YES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
THE LAWS OF CHALKA
FORBID PARDONING THESE MEN.
I WON'T SEND OTHERS
TO DIE IN YOUR WAR WITH VODEN.
RECRUIT YOUR
WARRIORS ELSEWHERE.
IF YOU ARE IN CHALKA
AFTER SUNSET,
YOU MAY FIND
YOUR OWN GRIT TESTED.
[ CHEERING ]
IN AN AGE WHEN NATURE
AND MAGIC RULE THE WORLD...
THERE IS
AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGEND:
THE STORY OF A WARRIOR
WHO COMMUNICATES WITH ANIMALS,
WHO FIGHTS SORCERY
AND THE UNNATURAL.
HIS NAME IS DAR,
LAST OF HIS TRIBE.
HE'S ALSO CALLED...
SORRY, RUH, THERE
WAS A STREAM HERE.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME
WATER UP AHEAD.
DAR, THAT'S NOT
A GOOD IDEA.
ACCORDING TO MY
MAP, THIS RIVERBED
LEADS ALL THE
WAY TO CHALKA.
WHAT'S CHALKA?
IT'S A...A PLACE
EIRONS TRY TO AVOID.
IT'S ANOTHER CITY.
THE PEOPLE OF CHALKA ARE
WAR-LIKE AND UNFRIENDLY.
THE TOTAL OPPOSITE
TO THE PEOPLE OF XINCA.
TAO, NO PEOPLE
ARE COMPLETELY UNFRIENDLY.
DAR, TRUST ME.
CHALKA IS DIFFERENT.
WHERE'S HE GOING?
HE DOESN'T CARE
WHICH WAY WE GO.
HE JUST WANTS
A DRINK OF WATER.
HE'LL CATCH UP.
WELL...WHICH WAY
DO YOU WANT TO GO?
I DON'T WANT TO SEE
ANOTHER CITY.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
NOW WE WAIT.
QUEEN NYOKA WILL HAVE
HER NEW TIGERS SOON ENOUGH.
GET HIM...KILL HIM!
KINGS AND QUEENS OF CHALKA
RULE WITH AN IRON HAND.
THEIR PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM
OR JOY IN THEIR LIVES.
WHAT IF YOU
GOT TO KNOW THEM?
IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
THEY DON'T LIKE STRANGERS.
THEY DON'T TRADE
OR SHARE KNOWLEDGE.
THE ONLY THING THE PEOPLE
OF CHALKA EMBRACE IS CRUELTY.
[ SHRIEKING ]
RUH'S HURT.
OH...
THE QUEEN'S LOYAL
TIGER STEWARD.
YOU'LL PAY DEARLY
FOR THIS, NOMAR, HA, HA...
RUH!
IT'S POISONED.
HE'S STILL BREATHING --
THE POISON MUST HAVE BEEN MEANT
TO KNOCK HIM OUT, NOT KILL HIM.
SOMEONE WANTS
TO TAKE HIM ALIVE.
CAREFUL, THEY MAY
STILL BE OUT THERE.
I HOPE SO.
[ SHRIEKING ]
HELLO.
DAR, LOOK!
HE'S COMING TO.
CAN HE TELL YOU ANYTHING?
SOME MEN AMBUSHED HIM.
THEY WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, ONLY
SOMEONE ELSE WARNED HIM IN TIME.
-WHO?
-I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'VE TAKEN HIM PRISONER.
WHERE TO?
TO THE FOOTHILLS.
[ SIGHING ]
CHALKA.
TAO, HE SAVED RUH.
WE HAVE TO HELP HIM.
WHAT ABOUT RUH?
IF THEY'RE HUNTING TIGERS,
HE'LL BE SAFER HERE.
SO WOULD WE...
NOT THAT IT MAKES
ANY DIFFERENCE.
MY QUEEN...
WHAT IS IT NOW, DAGAN?
I HAVE CAPTURED THE LAST OF
THE MEN WHO RELEASED
YOUR SACRED TIGERS.
HE AWAITS.
WHAT IS IT?
AN ICON.
THE SYMBOL OF CHALKA.
TIGERS ARE REVERED
IN THE CITY.
THEN WHY DO THEY CAPTURE THEM?
TO SHOW THE WORLD THEIR
POWER -- SEE, IT TELLS THEIR
ENEMIES THAT IF THEIR
WARRIORS CAN SUBDUE TIGERS,
SOMETHING ELSE YOU
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHALKA.
PEOPLE TO HER OWN TIGERS
JUST TO KEEP THEM IN LINE.
NOMAR?
WE WERE HUNTING NEW TIGERS,
WHEN HE HELPED
ONE OF THEM ESCAPE US.
NOMAR, IS THIS TRUE?
I HAD NO CHOICE.
THE MAN YOU ENTRUSTED
WITH YOUR TIGERS
BETRAYS THAT TRUST.
YOU HELPED THE OTHERS FREE
THE SACRED TIGERS, DIDN'T YOU?
I KNEW THAT.
THE TIGERS ARE UNHAPPY.
THEY WHITHER AWAY IN DESPAIR,
PREFERRING DEATH TO HAVING TO--
TO SERVING CHALKA?
THE SACRED TIGERS ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY.
AND THE RESPECT OF OUR QUEEN.
THEY SHOW OTHERS
THAT WE ARE STRONG!
HOLDING THOSE TIGERS...
MAKES OUR ENEMIES FEAR US.
IF WE LOSE THE TIGERS,
OH, THEY'RE ONLY ANIMALS.
THEY HAVE NO POWER--
SILENCE!
I MEAN NO DISRESPECT MY QUEEN.
BUT CAGING THOSE
TIGERS IS WRONG.
NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK.
DAGAN.
THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINALS
FALLS TO MY OFFICE,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
THE GAME
AND THE GODS
WILL DETERMINE HIS FATE!
[ CHEERING ]
HE IS RIGHT, NOMAR.
OUR DUTY --
YOURS, MINE
AND THE SACRED TIGERS --
IS TO THE WELFARE OF CHALKA.
I'M SORRY.
[ COUGHING AND SPITTING ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'RE INSIDE THESE WALLS.
BEING HERE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL.
ASKING THESE PEOPLE ONLY
MAKES THEM MORE SUSPICIOUS.
YOUR FRIEND COUNSELS WISELY.
IN CHALKA, THE SAFE COURSE
IS TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A MAN
NOMAR, THE QUEEN'S STEWARD
OF THE SACRED TIGERS.
NOMAR...
YES...THEY'VE TAKEN HIM
TO WAIT HIS TURN AT THE GAME.
WHAT GAME?
I'VE HEARD OF THIS GAME.
PLAYED BY CRIMINALS
IN THE ARENA.
THE LOSERS ARE EXECUTED.
SACRIFICED...TO
THE SACRED TIGERS.
THE WINNERS LIVE,
BUT ONLY TO FIGHT THE NEXT DAY,
BUT AT LEAST THEY LIVE...
A LITTLE LONGER.
WITH NO HOPE OF FREEDOM.
IT'S BABARIC!
I WONDER IF YOU COULD
GET ANY LOUDER?
THERE ARE EARS
EVERYWHERE IN CHALKA.
TO SPEAK AGAINST THEIR WAYS
IS THE QUICKEST WAY
TO PLAY THE GAME YOURSELF.
WHO ARE YOU?
THEY CALL ME BARZO.
[ COUGHING ]
WHATEVER YOU NEED
BARZO CAN PROVIDE.
FOOD, LODGING...
WOMEN?
INFORMATION.
OHH...
THAT DEPENDS.
ON WHAT?
WHAT YOU
WANT TO KNOW...
AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PAY.
AHHH! PERNICIOUS DEVIL!
WOULD I COULD PLUCK YOU
FROM MY HEAD.
YOU HAVE AN
INFECTED TOOTH.
IT EXISTS ONLY TO TORTURE ME.
HERE, CHEW THESE.
THEY DEADEN THE PAIN.
FRESHEN THE BREATH.
[ DAR ]: I DOUBT
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
IF THIS WORKS,
BARZO WILL HELP GET YOU
ANYTHING YOU DESIRE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
A MAN SO GRATIFIED
BY A SIMPLE HERBAL REMEDY.
IF BARZO'S TELLING THE TRUTH,
THE CELLS SHOULD BE
BEHIND THIS COURTYARD.
HE DIDN'T TELL US THERE'D
BE THIS MANY GUARDS.
NOMAR SAVED RUH'S LIFE, TAO.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW MANY GUARDS THERE ARE.
COME ON.
WHY NOT?
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
THE SACRED TIGERS OF CHALKA.
THEY DON'T
LOOK VERY HAPPY.
KEEP WATCH. I'LL TRY
TO FIND THE CELLS.
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
NOMAR FIRST.
[ DOOR OPENING ]
I'M SORRY, MY QUEEN.
I HEARD A DISTURBANCE.
LEAVE US.
THEY SEEM RESTLESS.
NOMAR WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO COULD CALM THEM WHEN
-THEY GOT LIKE THIS.
-IS THAT WHY YOU WERE
RELUCTANT TO SEND HIM
TO HIS PUNISHMENT?
HE MAY HAVE BROKEN OUR LAWS,
BUT HE DID WHAT HE DID
FROM COMPASSION.
NYOKA...PERHAPS YOU COULD
SHOW SOME COMPASSION
TO KING ZAD.
HE WOULD MAKE
A POWERFUL FRIEND.
KING ZAD'S ONLY FRIEND
IS HIMSELF.
HE'D SEND OUR MEN
TO THEIR DEATHS
FOR NOTHING
BUT HIS OWN VANITY.
AND HE MAY NOT DEFEAT
VODEN WITHOUT THEM.
THEN WE WOULD BE
THE BOY KING'S
NEXT TARGET.
I'M TIRED OF REIGNING
OVER SO MUCH DEATH.
THE CROWN OF CHALKA
IS A HEAVY BURDEN.
YOU KNOW YOU'VE ONLY
TO SAY THE WORD
AND I WOULD GLADLY
SHARE YOUR TROUBLES.
RID YOURSELF OF THAT FANTASY,
DAGAN, YOU ARE MY ADVISOR.
NOT MY CONSORT.
I WAS ONLY
THINKING OF OUR PEOPLE.
IF SOMETHING SHOULD
HAPPEN TO YOU--
IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN,
YOUR FAMILY STANDS NEXT IN LINE.
DON'T OVERSTEP YOUR PLACE AGAIN.
HUMBLEST APOLOGIES.
GUARDS....GUARDS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
-WHAT'S GOING ON?
-SILENCE.
SEIZE HIM!
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
YOU'LL KILL US BOTH.
WHO ARE YOU?
MY NAME IS DAR.
THE ONLY WAY
YOU COULD
REACH THIS COURTYARD IS BY
DELIBERATELY
AVOIDING THE GUARDS.
THIS IS A CRIME
OF THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE.
BUT YOU MADE THE TIGERS OBEY.
NO...SHE WAS
JUST FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED.
I JUST...JUST CALMED HER.
HE BROKE INTO
THE SACRED PRECINCT.
HE MUST BE PUNISHED.
HE SAVED
MY LIFE, DAGAN.
WHILE YOU ARE IN CHALKA,
YOU SHALL BY MY GUEST.
SEE TO IT.
THE QUEEN MAY BE TAKEN IN...
BUT I AM NOT.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT.
YOU, FIND BARZO. ASK HIM WHAT
HE KNOWS OF A MAN CALLED DAR.
[ LAUGHING ]
AH!
YOUR FRIEND IS A GUEST
IN THE SACRED
PRECINCT.
GUEST? IS HE IN DANGER?
OH, DIFFICULT TO SAY.
YOU'VE DRIVEN
THE DEMONS
FROM MY MOUTH.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DAR?
OH....WELL...
THEY SAY THE QUEEN
FAVOURS HIM...
BUT DAGAN DOESN'T.
DAGAN USUALLY GETS HIS WAY.
CAN YOU HELP
ME FIND HIM?
MMM...IT COULD BE ARRANGED.
I'VE GOT CONTACTS
AMONG THE GUARDS.
OF COURSE, THERE WOULD BE
A LITTLE CONSIDERATION.
PSST, NOMAR.
WHO ARE YOU?
SOMEONE WHO'S GETTING YOU OUT.
COME ON, MOVE IT.
COME ON,
ON YOUR FEET.
YOU'RE TO JOIN YOUR TEAM.
WHAT TEAM?
FOR TOMORROW'S GAME.
[ CHUCKLING ]
[ HUMMING ]
PARDON ME, MY QUEEN, BUT THIS
STRANGER, THAT YOU INSIST ON
TREATING WITH GRATITUDE,
IS NO SIMPLE TRAVELLER.
DAGAN,
HE IS KNOWN AS THE BEASTMASTER.
INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ANIMALS.
HE ALSO TRAVELS WITH A MAN
CALLED TAO, WHO'S WELL-STEEPED
IN ANCIENT LORE.
WHAT OF IT?
THEIR PRESENCE HERE
CAN BE NO COINCIDENCE.
THEY COME TO FREE
THE TIGERS AND TO OVERTHROW
YOUR THRONE.
THEN WHY DID HE SAVE ME?
DID HE REALLY?
OR DID HE
CAUSE YOU TO
BE THREATENED IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
DOESN'T IT STRIKE YOU
AS ODD THAT THE TIGERS
BROKE FROM THE CAGE
AT THE PRECISE
MOMENT HE ARRIVED?
BRING HIM TO ME.
AT ONCE, MAJESTY.
I'M ALREADY HERE.
-GUARDS!
-NYOKO, LISTEN TO ME.
-STAY AWAY FROM ME.
-I MEAN NO HARM.
STAY BACK.
OI, FACE-ACHE.
THE SACRED PRECINCT'S IN UPROAR.
YOUR FRIEND
ATTACKED QUEEN NYOKA.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY'VE ALREADY
GOT HIM IN THE CELLS.
I HAVE TO FIND HIM.
NO, YOU CAN'T.
[ BELCHING ]
NOT WITHOUT ME.
BACK OFF!
WHY HAVE YOU COME TO CHALKA?
TELL ME THE TRUTH.
TO SAVE A MAN FROM
YOUR KIND OF JUSTICE.
-WHICH MAN?
-HE'S CALLED NOMAR.
NOMAR?
NOMAR BETRAYED MY TRUST
HE SAVED A FRIEND OF MINE
FROM YOUR CAGES.
A FRIEND?
A TIGER.
THEN IT'S AS DAGAN SAYS.
YOU ARE THE BEASTMASTER.
DO YOU HAVE POWER
OVER THE ANIMLS?
I HAVE POWER OVER NO ONE.
IS DAGAN RIGHT?
DID YOU FREE THE TIGRESS
TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR MAGIC
-AND WIN MY CONFIDENCE?
-I DON'T HAVE MAGIC EITHER.
WOULD YOU HAVE MY THRONE?
NO.
BUT DAGAN WOULD.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
HE'S THE ONE WHO RELEASED
THE TIGER FROM THE CAGE.
-HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
-SHE TOLD ME.
SHE'S ALSO SEEN HIM
PLOTTING AGAINST YOU,
BECAUSE HE THINKS YOU'VE CHANGED
THE WAY CHALKA'S RULED.
AND THAT MEANS
TAKING AWAY THE GAME.
AND YOU BELIEVED HER?
AN ANIMAL?
ANIMALS DON'T LIE.
IS WHAT NOMAR SAID ALSO TRUE?
THAT THE TIGERS
ARE UNHAPPY IN MY COURTYARD?
THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN CAGES.
BUT THE RULERS OF CHALKA HAVE
HAD TIGERS FOR GENERATIONS.
THEY SHOW THE WORLD
THAT WE ARE STRONG...
AND NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH.
THEY SHOW THE WORLD
THAT YOU HAVE NO HEART.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU
HAVE ME BELIEVE?
THAT I'M NO THREAT TO YOU.
BUT YOU ARE.
YOU ARE.
GUARD.
HE WON'T SEE US.
YOU'RE SURE?
WOULD I BE HERE
IF I WASN'T SURE?
[ HACKING AND COUGHING ]
I DIDN'T SAVE YOUR LIFE
JUST TO SPEND IT THE NEXT DAY.
I DO FOR HIM, HE DOES FOR ME.
WHAT A WORLD.
IT'S TRUE...
I DO WANT TO END THE GAME.
AND I STRUGGLE
WITH MANY OF OUR WAYS.
-I UNDERSTAND.
-BUT THE TIGERS ARE PRIVILEGED.
LAVISHED WITH ATTENTION.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING BUT THEIR FREEDOM.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE NOMAR.
WHY AM I EVEN
DISCUSSING THIS WITH YOU?
BECAUSE YOU ASK YOURSELF
THE SAME QUESTIONS.
DON'T CRY OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
I'N GOING TO
SHOW YOU THE TRUTH.
CALL THE GUARDS.
THE CELLS ARE UP AHEAD.
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN
WHEN WE FIND HIM?
I'M NOT SURE.
HERE, TAKE THIS.
I DON'T NEED
A WEAPON.
TAKE IT --
YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE OF CHALKA
WOULD AS SOON KILL
AS ASK QUESTIONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE GUARDS.
TAKE IT.
I JUST HOPE THEY
DON'T FIGURE OUT
THAT I WON'T
REALLY USE IT.
PERHAPS SIMPLY HAVING IT
WILL SERVE THE PURPOSE.
THEY CAN'T FEEL WHAT WE FEEL.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE US.
BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME LONGING
TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
AND YOU DENY THEM THAT.
CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT THEY FEEL
WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THEIR EYES?
OF COURSE I CAN.
SHE KNOWS THAT I LOVE HER
AND I GIVE HER THE BEST I CAN.
WHEN ALL SHE WANTS
FROM YOU IS HER FREEDOM.
BUT WHAT MY DUTY
TO MY PEOPLE?
I MEAN, YOU'RE
ASKING ME TO DENY
EVERYTHING THAT
HAS MEANING TO ME.
NO, I'M ASKING YOU TO SEE
THAT THE WAY OF CHALKA
IS THE WAY OF DEATH.
IT HAS TO END...
AND YOU CAN DO IT.
I DON'T HAVE
THAT POWER.
YOU'RE THEIR QUEEN.
IT'S NOT THAT
SIMPLE. MY PEOPLE--
YOUR PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND.
-STOP IT!
-YOU CAN SHOW THE WAY.
I'M SORRY.
[ SOBBING ]
WAIT HERE.
BARZO.
SEIZE THE...
ASSASSIN.
[ CHUCKLING ]
[ GROWLING ]
WHAT IS IT?
SOMEONE'S COMING.
YOU MUSTN'T BE FOUND HERE.
STAY BACK.
THIS MAN MEANS ME NO HARM.
STEP AWAY
FROM THE QUEEN.
FORGIVE ME,
MY QUEEN.
YOU HAVE BEEN
BADLY USED.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-BRING HIM IN.
THIS MAN IS A FRIEND
OF THE BEASTMASTER.
HE WAS FOUND IN THE CORRIDORS
OF THE SACRED PRECINCT...
WITH THIS.
ON HIS WAY HERE TO JOIN
IN A CONSPIRACY
-TO MURDER YOU.
-THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, DAGAN.
IF DAR WISHED ME DEAD,
I WOULD BE DEAD BY NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY QUEEN...
THERE IS A WITNESS.
ONE WHO OVERHEARD
THEM PLOTTING.
THEY TRIED TO
ENLIST HIM IN THEIR CONSPIRACY.
IT'S TRUE, MY QUEEN.
THEY INTENDED TO KILL YOU,
AND THEN LOOSE THE SACRED
TIGERS TO CREATE CHAOS.
WHO ARE YOU?
I AM ONE WHOSE WORD
CAN NOT BE DOUBTED.
BECAUSE...MY OWN LIFE DEPENDS
ON YOUR...FRIENDSHIP.
ZAD?
SLAY ME IF YOU WISH,
FOR REMAINING
WITHIN YOUR WALLS,
BUT I HAD TO GAIN YOUR TRUST.
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I'VE CROSSED PATHS WITH THIS
BEASTMASTER BEFORE.
SURELY, SAVING YOUR LIFE
PROVES MY AFFECTION.
KING ZAD, I OFFER YOU THE
PROFOUND GRATITUDE
OF MYSELF, MY QUEEN
AND OF ALL OUR PEOPLE.
I DID NO MORE THAN MY DUTY
TO A FELLOW MONARCH
AND CHERISHED ALLY.
STILL TROUBLED,
MY QUEEN?
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
HE SEEMED SO TRUSTWORTHY.
I'VE ENCOUNTERED
THE BEASTMASTER
MANY TIMES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
HE SHARES THE CUNNING
OF THE BEASTS HE COMMANDS.
YET REFUSES TO COMMAND THEM.
NYOKA?
[ SIGHING ]
MY APOLOGIES, DAGAN.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
I WAS, I WAS FOOLISH.
NO APOLOGY
IS NECESSARY.
I LIVE ONLY
TO SERVE YOU.
WELL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD
DISCUSS HOW MANY OF OUR
SOLDIERS YOU WILL NEED...
AND HOW CHALKA
WILL BE REWARDED
FOR ITS HELP.
I'LL LEAVE THOSE
DETAILS TO YOU, DAGAN.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, KING ZAD.
OF COURSE.
[ GROWLING ]
YOUR PLAN WAS SUPERB.
YOU SHALL HAVE
THE PICK OF
OUR YOUNG MEN
FOR YOUR ARMY.
WHEN VODEN IS GONE,
I'LL RETURN THE FAVOUR
BY GETTING RID OF THAT
ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
[ LAUGHING ]
BARZO SERVED US BETTER
THAN YOU LED US TO EXPECT.
EVEN THE BEASTMASTER
WAS FOOLED.
HE GOES TO THE
ARENA TOMORROW.
WHERE HE WILL, NO DOUBT,
LEAD THE VICTORIOUS TEAM.
THE QUEEN'S CURRENT CHAMPIONS
ARE FORMIDABLE FOES.
THEY'VE YET TO MEET
THE BEATMASTER.
IF HE WINS,
NYOKA WILL THINK HE'S
-FAVOURED BY THE GODS.
-HA, HA, OH, YES.
[ AS BARZO ]: I'VE GIVEN
THAT SOME THOUGHT.
GO ON!
YOU'RE THE MAN ON THE ROOF.
YEAH.
YOU WERE GOING TO GET ME OUT.
THERE'S BEEN
A CHANGE OF PLAN.
I DIDN'T TRUST MYSELF.
THE MOMENT
I LOOKED AT HIS FACE--
ONCE YOU'RE HERE,
YOUR FATE IS DECREED.
WHAT'S DECREED FOR US?
-THE GAME.
-TOMORROW.
THE GAME...
WHAT EXACTLY ARE
THE RULES OF THIS GAME?
WELL, THE OBJECT OF THE GAME
IS TO STUFF THE SHINY ROCKS
THAT THEY TOSS US INTO
THE EYE SOCKETS OF THE ICON.
TWO SCORES WINS.
WHAT IF EACH SIDE SCORES?
THE LAST ROCK MUST BE PLACED
IN THE OPENING
OF THE TIGER'S THROAT.
THE OTHER SIDE WILL DO
ANYTHING TO STOP US.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'LL
BE THE ONES WHO'LL DIE.
[ CHEERING ]
WE SHOULD FORM A PLAN -- ATTACK,
COUNTER-ATTACK -- LIKE WARFARE.
TOA, THEY'RE
GOING TO
KILL US WITH
THEIR BARE HANDS.
FOUR MEN
IN THIS ARENA
WILL SOON BE DEAD.
JUST WHO? THE GODS
WILL DECIDE.
NO.
WE'LL DECIDE.
THESE TWO
MADE AN ATTEMPT
ON OUR QUEEN'S LIFE.
WE SHOULD
SEE THEM AT
EACH OTHER'S THROATS.
PLACE THAT MAN
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT GIVES THE CROWD
GREATER PLEASURE
TO SEE THE CRIMINALS
FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES.
THE BEASTMASTER WON'T
ALLOW HIS FRIEND TO DIE.
YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
LET THE GAME
BEGIN!
THEY'LL KILL YOU
IF YOU DON'T PLAY TO WIN.
WHAT DO WE DO?
PLAY TO WIN.
BEGIN!
GO, I'LL COVER YOU.
HE'S CONDEMNING HIS OWN
TEAM-MATES TO SAVE US.
I KNOW.
ONE TO ONE.
NEXT SCORE WINS.
HE'S ONLY MAKING IT
MORE INTERESTING.
LIFE AND DEATH.
I DO LOVE THIS GAME.
NUMBER THREE!
TIME TO GO FOR THE THROAT.
HE CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO WIN.
KILL THAT MAN!
KILL HIM!
-KILL THEM ALL!
-NO!
-SPARE NO ONE!
-DAGAN, STOP IT!
DAGAN...ARE YOU MAD?
MY, MY QUEEN...
GUARDS!
STAY BACK!
STAY BACK!
[ GROWLING ]
DAR!
AHH!
[ ROARING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
I'M SORRY.
THIS TIME THE GODS
HAVE TRULY SPOKEN.
MY TIGERS WILL GO FREE.
CHALKA HAS SEEN
ENOUGH BLOODSHED.
I KNOW THIS IS
THE RIGHT THING, BUT--
IT'S HARD
TO SAY GOODBYE.
YES.
WHAT'S THE TIGER SAYING?
SHE WANTS YOU TO KNOW
THAT SHE FORGIVES YOU.
ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM.
WILL SHE BE HAPPY?
SHE'S FREE...
THE REST WILL BE UP TO HER.
YOU'VE FREED ME TO,
YOU'VE FREED ALL OF US FROM THE
CAGE THAT WE BUILT OURSELVES.
WILL YOU BE ALL RIGHT?
IT'LL TAKE SOME
GETTING USED TO.
BUT, GIVEN TIME, I GUESS,
PERHAPS, LIKE THEM,
WE MAY FIND OUR WAY.
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