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Relic Hunter
Tell the men
Ahuitzotl's chamber must be
completed before sunset.
NIGEL: Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
This is it.
I told you I would
get you here.
No rebels, no
troubles.
I know this
jungle like
How you say?
The front of
my hand?
The expression is the back of my hand.
And the front of
your hand
Is where half of our bank account went
When we hired you.
CARLOS: If you want
the best,
It don't come
cheap, no?
No.
SYDNEY: These blocks
of stone correspond
To this point
on the map.
the right period.
Well, I'll give you that but finding
A chamber underneath
an Aztec pyramid
You saw the images.
Satellite photos
taken to monitor
Guerrilla activity
in the area.
They weren't focusing in
on geological anomalies.
This is the national security
agency we're talking about.
Yes, that don't know
what they're looking at
Unless it came
maim,
Shoot or kill.
I know.
NIGEL: Besides,
the Aztecs always
Built up towards
the heavens.
There's no evidence of
them ever digging down
Although that
does look
Like a bit of
an entrance.
CARLOS: This place
give me the crepes.
Creeps.
That, too.
Touch the most harmless-looking thing
And it could be the
trigger for a death trap.
Okay.
Okay.
Nigel.
CARLOS: What do
they all mean?
I don't know.
My ancient Aztec's a little rusty.
But I'd say,
"go no further or face certain death.
"
Sydney, this is amazing,
An actual
Aztec chamber below ground,
Completely out
of character
For a people whose
whole way of life
Was based on
the sun.
NIGEL: What is it?
SYDNEY: There's cut
stones on the floor.
Yeah, the patterns have changed.
There were no diamond shapes before.
CARLOS: A trap?
Could be.
NIGEL: If it is an
Aztec burial chamber.
We can't be too careful.
Follow close behind me
And avoid the
stones.
Sorry, amigos.
It's time for
us to
How do you say?
Get out of chevy?
Dodge.
Sorry, Carlos,
But we didn't
come 8000 miles
To turn back now.
So come along.
[rumbling]
Freeze!
NIGEL: Sydney.
Sydney, you
all right?
We're okay,
Nigel.
Just a little
dusty.
Listen very
carefully.
I want you to stand
here, very still.
Do not move from
this spot.
As a matter of
fact,
Don't move at
all.
If you must
breathe,
Breathe with
extreme caution.
You got me?
"Death is buried behind this door.
"
How inviting.
I'm guessing your
ancient Aztec
Is a little less
rusty than mine.
NIGEL: It says,
"the kings of Eztui,
Yucatan, Ochocoa
And Cuzco bind
him in.
"
Those are all
names of cities.
Looks like this lock
is a series of colors.
NIGEL: Well, the ancient Aztecs believed
That the world was
shaped like a cross
And had four
corners to it,
Each of them represented by a color.
Well, those cities
are laid out
In a pattern roughly
representing a cross.
Eztui was the
furthest east.
In ancient mythology,
East was often
represented by red.
SYDNEY: Yucatan was
the furthest west
And Ochocoa was
north.
That'd make white
and black.
Now, Cuzco was the
southernmost,
Which would make
that yellow.
So the order would be
red, white, black, yellow.
Okay.
SYDNEY: Red
White
Black
Yellow.
[rumbling]
God, what is
that smell?
Almost like
rotting corn.
NIGEL: It's too
small for a burial.
SYDNEY: Maybe
for a child.
Doesn't look like it's
attached to anything.
It's a doll.
Well, it's not exactly Malibu barbie.
SYDNEY: Look
at the eyes.
Rubies.
Look at the
size.
I've heard of stones like these.
NIGEL: There's some
writing here.
Might take a
while to decipher.
Why don't you
take a rubbing?
We'll decipher it when
we get out of here.
It's okay if
I move now?
Not unless you
want that thing
To sink its teeth
into your neck.
What did you
find?
A doll.
A doll?
Not just any doll.
NIGEL: It's got
rubies for eyes.
Madre de dios.
I'm going to
call Karen,
Have her notify
professor Anderson.
[phone dialing]
[beeping]
Oh, come on.
Ahuitzotl.
What is that?
Not what.
Who.
Ahuitzotl was a
diabolical
emperor.
Legend says he
sacrificed 60,000
Of his subjects
in one year.
SYDNEY: Ah,
it's no use.
I can't get a good
signal in this footprint.
Knife.
Now, I take
the doll
While you two
How do they say?
Dead as a doorman.
That's doornail.
Yeah, okay,
thanks.
Bye.
Is professor
fox here?
I'm sorry.
She
won't be back
In the office
until Tuesday.
I don't have that
kind of time.
It's important I
speak with her.
Look, sir, I don't
know who you are,
But I can't make
Sydney fox appear
When she's 8000
miles away.
I'm her assistant.
I'm not a magician.
Ancient studies.
Wayne Nugent, national
security agency.
I need to get in touch
with professor fox now.
I've been having a
hard time reaching her.
Uh huh.
Our agency provided
professor fox
With some recon photos of
a possible hidden temple.
In central America.
Yeah, that's where
she is.
Right.
Well, one
of our satellites
Has detected
some mercenary-led
Guerrilla activity
In close proximity
to the temple.
If you reach her
before I do,
Tell her to get the
hell out of there.
Thank you.
[phone dialing]
[phone ringing]
OPERATOR: The satellite
customer you are trying
To reach is currently
out of the footprint area
Or has turned off
their equipment.
[struggling]
NIGEL: Why did he have
to hit me over the head?
Could've been
worse.
I don't see how.
He left us here
to starve,
Rot, be bitten by
poisonous snakes.
I don't see that as
an act of kindness.
There are no
poisonous snakes
In this part of
the jungle.
Just the kind that
suffocate
And swallow you.
Thank you very
much.
I feel a lot
better now.
Just thought I'd take
your mind off the headache.
Can you give me
your feet?
What?
Throw them over
your head.
Over my head?
Look, you're a lot more flexible than I.
All right.
Sydney.
Sorry.
All right,
again.
Almost had it.
Okay.
One more time.
I've got it.
I've got it.
Hurry.
Carlos to base.
Carlos to base.
Hey, Carlos.
CARLOS: I've got something
from the treasure hunters.
What is it?
An Aztec doll,
Could be worth
millions.
A doll?
CARLOS: With rubies
for eyes.
It could buy a lot
of guns, no?
What about the
relic hunters?
Good as dead.
Muy bien.
Nice work,
Carlos.
Get back here
pronto, huh?
Rubies for
eyes.
[laughing]
How's it going?
Oh, just another
minute or two.
I hate to
alarm you
But I think I just saw
one of those snakes
We were talking about
coming our way.
You know, I used
to be a boy scout.
Not as good as
an eagle scout
Like my brother
Preston.
Always brown-nosing
Mrs Baden-Powell,
Just a couple
more
Nigel, I'm not
that flexible!
NIGEL: Almost
got it.
I did it.
Two half-hitches.
A bowline and we'd
have been done for.
Somehow, I don't think
Carlos was ever a boy scout.
What now?
I think I have
an idea.
Okay.
Just relax.
You ready?
Ready.
[screaming]
Relax.
This'll only
take a second.
It better, otherwise I'm
going to need an ambulance.
Trust me?
Yeah.
[moaning]
Oh, this is good.
What's wrong.
Nothing other than
you've just
Dislocated my
shoulders.
Oh, come on,
Nigel.
Yoga, remember?
Breathe.
Yeah, well
Well, one class.
I was in a wheelchair for a week.
What?
What are you
doing?
If I can just get my
hands from behind my back.
Hold still.
Ow.
What's going on?
Hold still.
I've almost
got it.
[moaning]
NIGEL: Maybe I
should loosen up
With a few more
classes.
I wonder if they have
any below novice level,
Maybe something for people
coming out of traction.
If you find one
of those,
You might let
Carlos know.
He'll need one
of them
Once I get through
with him.
SYDNEY: These look
fairly fresh.
Oh, my head
is throbbing.
Well, the Aztecs
had several
Natural remedies
for headaches,
Ingredients
they found
Right here in
this jungle.
Oh, well, let me know what to look for.
I could really use a few about now.
There was a potion
called nazactol.
Of course, you'd have to boil the venom
From one of the
deadliest snakes
On the planet to
make it.
I thought you said there were no snakes
In this part of
the jungle.
That was five
clicks back.
Here
Oh, there is
another remedy.
How do you feel
about eating bugs?
Is that?
Carlos.
SYDNEY: Smell
that?
NIGEL: It's the
same odor
As at the burial
chamber.
Industrial strength
corn incense.
This face remind
you of anything?
I'd really rather
not.
What do you
reckon?
Snake bite?
Tarantula
sting?
Don't see
any marks.
He won't be
needing this.
Well, one thing's
for certain.
He wasn't ambushed.
They would've
stolen the idol.
Do you notice
the foliage
And the ground
cover?
Some sort of incredibly localized
Micro-burst
blew in here.
RADIO: Carlos?
Carlos, do
you copy?
Where the hell are
you with that doll?
You were supposed to
be back an hour ago.
Come in.
Carlos, come in.
Who's that?
Chances are whoever they are,
They're going to come looking for Carlos
And the doll
some time soon.
Let's get to
the train.
None too soon for
me, I'm afraid.
If I never see
another jungle,
It won't be soon
enough.
Keep your eyes
open.
Any one of these
characters
Could've been
Carlos' contact.
Idiota.
BIRD: Idiota.
Sydney, that parrot
just insulted me.
You speak macaw?
My Spanish is
a little rusty,
But I'm pretty sure
he called me an idiot.
He was talking
to you?
He was looking
straight at me.
Excuse me.
Are you waiting for the
train to Tegucigalpa?
There appears to be
a one-hour delay.
Thank you.
BIRD: Idiota.
[phone ringing]
Ancient studies.
Karen, it's Sydney.
KAREN: Finally.
Listen, Wayne Nugent
from the NSA
Said a satellite
picked up
Some guerrilla activity
in your area.
You've got to get out of
there as fast as you can.
Yeah, we're on
our way out.
Now, I need for you to
call professor Anderson
And tell him that we
confirmed the existence
Of an underground
Aztec chamber
And that we have
discovered
An ancient idol
That might've belonged
to Ahuitzotl.
Spell it phonetically.
Okay, I'll let
him know asap.
Let me know if you
need anything else.
SYDNEY: Thanks.
Ow.
Ow!
BIRD: Idiota.
What is going
on?
It bit me.
Nigel, we are almost out of here.
Let's not call any more
attention to ourselves
Than we have to.
This one.
[snoring]
[♪]
[rumbling]
[screaming]
The bag's gone.
What?
There's a hole
in the wall.
Can I help you?
Sorry.
They all
look alike.
The nun.
Looks like she was trying
to pry the eyes out.
That's the
end of it.
No wounds,
visible marks.
Localized wind like
back in the jungle.
And there's that
smell again.
Yeah, just
like Carlos.
Nigel, they both
touched the doll.
We took it out of the
Aztec chamber, sure,
But we touched the
outside of the box.
Maybe that's why this
happened to them and not us.
[whistling]
We're not supposed
to stop here.
SOLDIER 1: Nobody
gets off the train.
SYDNEY: Men
with guns.
Big guns.
RADIO: I want a man at the
exit of each train car
And no one leaves
Until you search everyone for that doll.
Comprende?
You're not suggesting
we take it with us?
SYDNEY: We can't
just leave it here.
We should, with a big sign on it saying
"friends of Carlos,
pick this up.
"
[speaking Spanish]
SYDNEY: Were
you hit?
NIGEL: No.
Thanks.
What?
Twisted my ankle.
Can you walk?
Fast hobble,
at best.
It'll have
to do.
[speaking Spanish]
BIRD: Idiota.
Wise-***,
huh?
MARIA: It's probably
local Indian.
And I don't speak
the dialect.
Idiota.
You know,
I actually
like birds,
Especially with a
little hot salsa.
Uh oh.
MAN: I don't know what
you are looking for.
A woman adventurer
and her brit sidekick.
Well, there was a very
suspicious-looking
Couple poking around
my compartment
A few moments ago.
They went to the
rear of the train.
Good.
You may live.
Maria, what the hell happened to her?
He
He's a local
thief.
I've seen him in
centehuel before.
Well, something scared
the hell out of him.
Maybe a mirror.
Javier is missing
from his post.
I've got
to stop,
Got to stop,
got to stop.
My ankle is
killing me.
All right, but
not for long.
It's definitely
broken.
Can you put that
thing away?
It's giving me
the crepes.
Can you make it back to the pyramid?
What?
We've got to put
the idol back.
Over the ground
we've just covered,
That's suicide.
Since we took it
from the temple,
Two people have
died.
Two people that were
willing to kill us for it,
As I recall,
and we don't
Even know if the
idol's responsible.
You and I have
witnessed too many
Ancient powers to ignore
the evidence we've seen.
Can't we just
leave it here?
That won't stop its next
victims from finding it.
We'll be the
next victims
If we go back through
those mercenaries.
Nigel, we brought him
back into the world.
We ignored the
warnings.
I'm betting that
we haven't
Even seen Ahuitzotl's
full power.
But I've seen
enough to know,
We've got to put
him back.
[phone ringing]
Ancient studies.
Karen, it's Sydney.
Hey, did you make
the train?
We did but we had
to get off.
KAREN: Why?
Long story.
I need your help.
Sure, but I'm
I need you to call
Wayne Nugent at the NSA.
Tell him I need
a big favor.
Sydney?
Hello?
[♪]
WAYNE: I'm not so
sure about this.
I could get into
a lot of trouble.
KAREN: Yeah well, Sydney's
in a lot of trouble.
Forget it.
NASA's already
using the satellite.
Can't you just
go online
And get it back?
No, no, sorry,
I can't.
No.
You were the one
that gave her
The information in
the first place.
Yeah, I was trying
to help her out.
I'm sure it'll do
wonders for your career
When the press
finds out
You led a world-
renowned scholar
And relic hunter into the
jungles of central America
And then left her and
her assistant there
At the mercy of a
hostile band of guerrillas.
Look, she went there
by her own choice.
Tell it to the senate
subcommittee, Wayne.
Fine.
They're all
over the place.
Yeah.
What are you
doing?
I don't know.
All of a sudden,
My entire body's
started to itch.
That's because you're
sitting in a bunch of octopal.
Who?
It's a south American
strain of poison ivy.
See the red leaves?
Well, this just keeps
getting better and better.
[cracking]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Sydney, it's
Wayne Nugent.
I can see you're
in a bit of a jam.
That's a bit of an
understatement.
Got you imaged here
up on the satellite.
Looks like you've
got about a dozen
Unfriendlies scanning
the perimeter.
Have you got
a GPS?
Yeah, hang on,
hang on.
He's going
to do it?
WAYNE: Look,
Sydney,
I can get you
out of there.
After we put Ahuitzotl
back in his crypt.
WAYNE: Put
him back?
Okay, it's your
funeral.
All right, the temple's about five k
Northwest of your
current position,
Bearing three-
one-zero,
But you've got a
patrol boat
A quarter click out
that same direction
Heading your way.
So you're going to
have to move southwest,
But not too far
Because you've
got another patrol
About the same distance
down that way.
I need a heading,
Wayne.
Southwest is not
a heading.
All right, set your
heading at two-one-five.
Okay, I got it.
We're on the move.
He does know what
he's doing, doesn't he?
Gee, I hope so.
Sydney, you
You've got two
unfriendlies
Heading for you
from the east.
Wayne, east is
not helpful.
Divert your course
directly west immediately,
Two-seven-zero.
WAYNE: Doing great,
Syd, doing great.
Okay, let's get you back
on course for the temple.
Make your move north
bearing three-six-zero.
Got it.
WAYNE: What?
Damn it.
Sydney, you've got two
patrols looping around
Towards you from the
northeast and the southeast.
Head east.
I repeat, head
east and hurry.
But that's back the
way we just came from.
There must be patrols all around us.
What
What happened?
Sunspots, some kind of
atmospheric disturbance,
I don't know California
didn't pay their hydro bill.
Oh god, do
something.
Sydney, stop
right now.
WAYNE: Do
not move.
Do not speak.
Do not breathe.
You're right on top
of two of them.
I'm not sure
how far.
But if you spit,
It's a good bet
you'd hit one.
What?
SOLDIER 2:Amigo.
Keep your eyes
open, eh.
Hey, listen.
Nigel.
Now there's two less to worry about.
Afraid that's
not good enough.
There's two more
right behind them.
We've got to get these
guys off our tails.
NIGEL: A diversion?
Yeah.
All right,
when I say,
Get ready to haul
it out of here.
Go!
[gun shots]
This way.
Okay.
Great.
Okay, that's it.
Watch it.
Go.
The combination
is red,
White, black
And then yellow.
[rumbling]
Sydney?
Ola, guapa.
You know, I've got to
give you two credit.
That little trick you
pulled with the gun
Threw me off for
a little while.
But then again,
It also told me that
you were still around.
People know
we're here.
We're being tracked
by satellite.
So is half the
damn country.
Good luck getting
anyone
In here to escort
you out.
Nice toothpick.
This must be
the little guy
I've been hearing
so much about.
Don't take it
out of the box.
And why not?
Two people have been
killed already.
Come on, guapa.
A piece of stone?
Okay, you
open it.
Open it!
Let's see those
gorgeous eyes.
Madre mia, Carlos
wasn't lying.
These rubies must
be worth millions.
[rumbling]
Nigel, don't look
into the light!
[rumbling continues]
Come on, come
on, come on.
Uh-oh.
What?
Well, if there
is a mechanism
For re-coding
the lock,
It'll be on the other side of the door.
I'm not going
back in there.
Are you?
No.
I never thought I'd
live to see the day.
Sydney fox defacing
a piece of history?
This is one piece
of history
That doesn't need
to be discovered.
Oh, hey.
Professor Anderson
called
From Latin American
studies.
Oh.
I'll have to
let him know
That we couldn't bring the relic back.
I'm sure he'll
be disappointed.
Yeah, would've
been quite a piece
For the university museum
to add to its collection.
Yeah, not with
this Ahuitzotl
Terrorizing
the campus
And maybe even
the city.
Oh, you didn't tell
Anderson anything
About where we
were, did you?
I just mentioned
central America.
Nothing more
specific.
Good.
I wouldn't want
anyone else
Trying their luck
Recovering that
relic again.
I know the NSA won't be going public
With our secret
any time soon.
[glass breaking]
Sorry about
the door.
Oh, my god,
What happened
to you?
More like what
didn't.
An unfortunate
Hookup with
octopal,
I'm afraid, Karen.
KAREN: I thought you
said it was the Ahuitzotl.
Well, as bad
as he was,
Octopal had a much
longer-lasting effect.
How's the calamine
working for you?
Nigel.
Subtitle by: Kiasuseven