Crossbow?
Dino sized...
just the thing to ruin a raptors day.
Roxton we're losing daylight.
Is this what you had in mind?
Straight enough for arrows.
Start sharpening the ends into points.
Fine I'll do the survey by myself.
Only a fool would go off by himself.
Roxton we need to find a way off this plateau...
not be playing around with bows and arrows.
There's only one way off this plateau Challenger, alive.
What was that?
Hey you ugly son of a bitch over here.
Nice kitty.
Come on it's me you want.
This'll do me.
At the dawn of the century
A band of adventures
set out to prove the impossible
The existence of a prehistoric world
The Visionary
The Heiress
The Hunter
The Scientist
and The Reporter
All chasing the story of a lifetime
Stranded in a savage land
Befriended by an untamed beauty
Together they fight to survive
In this amazing world of lost civilizations
and terrifying creatures
Always searching for a way home
A way out of...
the Lost World
Look what I found.
He's alright. But where the hell is he?
Does anybody else feel that?
Somebody's on their way back for the main course.
It's a whirlpool!
Where are the women? Challenger!
Swim for the edges!
Are you all right?
Take it easy Summerlee.
Oh my, that was rather invigorating.
Good are we all here.
Except for Roxton.
Like a bad penny.
I'll take it over a T-Rex.
Tracks...
animal tracks here in the sand.
Hoof prints from a horse...
look there wheel tracks.
A horse drawn carriage here?
Must be some sort of civilization near by.
So let's follow the tracks they've got to lead somewhere.
Somewhere with food and dry clothes.
There's less than an hour of daylight left...
and we've got one knife between us.
She's right...
let's keep the water at our back and build a fire.
We'll strike out at first light.
What the hell?
It's a thigh bone...
femur if I'm not mistaken.
It's human.
It's going to be dark soon let's get that fire going.
Do you think your editor will believe any of this?
I just hope he gets a chance to read it.
So Roxton just curious...
why did you risk your life for me with that dinosaur?
Umm
Must have thought you were someone else.
What can you see?
My father...
the day he taught me to swim.
Your parents have been gone a long time.
Eleven years.
I will find them.
What if we were to find a way off this plateau would you leave?
Oh yes.
I'm beginning to see how this place could grow on one.
Run they're coming! Run!
Split up!
Run!
Good Lord, his larynx is crushed poor devil.
Can you understand me?
Easy, easy don't strain your breathing.
How long have we been traveling?
Judging by the heat of the sun it's midday.
Ten or twelve hours can't be.
Did anyone have a good look at our captors?
No but they're obviously intelligent.
They have tools, they have the wheel...
sort of.
And domesticated animals.
Quiet, I think we're slowing.
Keep moving, human
Release them!
Quite a catch.
We mean you and your people no harm.
Guards seize him!
Tribune here he is.
This is the one who lead the escape.
Human...
what would you do in the world on your own?
Run rampant like a savage...
until you starved...
or perished in the belly of a beast?
Here you had purpose...
your life had meaning.
But now... kill him.
First lesson human...
defiance will not be tolerated.
Tribune?
He's strong he will be useful.
This one he is too old to work in the mines.
No wait! Please he's harmless.
Oh for Pete sake. Tribune,
you look like a reasonable man.
Trust me...
he'll be more valuable to you alive...
we all will.
Noru? Put the men in the cells
including the old one.
Guards to the cell!
Tribune...
what about the women?
I have something more interesting in mind for them.
Lizard men what the hell are those things.
They're our masters...
descended from the noblest of all beasts...
the dinosaurs.
I'm Solomon, are you from the empire?
Professor Summerlee and if you mean the British Empire you're entirely correct
British?
He doesn't.
We're strangers I'm Challenger...
this is Roxton and Malone.
Those creatures you call them masters?
They rule and we serve.
Slaves?
It is the way.
Your way, not ours.
It's our only food for today.
There's got to be a way out of here.
Not unless you're a champion of the pit like me.
The pit?
A battle between two men...
to the death.
Three more kills I'll be free.
Hey.
Don't bruise the merchandise.
What is this?
Looks like our ticket out of this place.
If that lizard man!
Tribune
If he thinks I'm going to put this on he's crazy.
Look...
the Tribune may be half lizard but he's also half man.
Near as I can work it there are two ways out of here: alive or dinner.
Solomon your saying you kill people, men...
for sport.
No not sport, to survive.
The winners are granted life...
so they can fight again.
And what happens to the losers?
You're eating them.
For the champion...
and the new challenger.
Challenger?
Tomorrow...
when the sun reaches it's zenith...
the warriors will do battle...
to the death.
There that's better.
Better than what.
Being dead
Here comes the competition.
I've never seen you before are you from a nearby village?
- We're from... - Yeah you could say that.
Quickly.
I've been thinking about you.
I detest spies.
Spies?
Unless they're on a spit roasting slowly.
Look we're here by mistake.
Silence!
You were sent by the empire...
clever of my political enemies to use human spies this time.
We weren't sent by anyone.
The names...
Cassius...
and Melchior...
they mean nothing to you?
No.
I swear.
Do you know what they mean to me?
Two years...
in this blasted...
waist land.
Perhaps I shouldn't kill you.
Perhaps I should send you back with a message for them.
You may tell them...
that I will return to the Empire and when I do it will be as their ruler
as their emperor.
Tribune...
personally I'm in favor of a little ambition.
Human...
the only reason you're still alive...
is that you may please the warriors.
And who I wonder...
pleases you?
If I didn't know better...
I'd swear your blood was as cold as mine.
Interesting.
I say Malone are you feeling perfectly well?
I'll tell you in a minute.
How illuminating.
A little trick I picked up in New York.
Nothing like the education of a life well spent that's what I always say.
Well actually the trick is professor not getting caught.
Just as I thought, sulfur.
Oh fascinating Challenger absolutely fascinating what a relief...
it is to know the geological composition of our prison walls.
Sulfur, Charcoal...
has basic chemistry failed the all knowing Summerlee.
What is he talking about?
Gunpowder?
Exactly and our ticket out of here.
Yes but aren't you forgetting the Potassium Nitrate?
What did we walk through on the way to this cell?
A field.
And what were the slaves doing in that field?
Fertilizing it.
Saltpeter.
Your shoes man take them off scrape them very carefully...
we need every last speck.
You really think it will work?
It's our only chance. Now hurry up with this lock.
God knows what unspeakable things they're doing to Roxton.
No I can't take anymore.
Best eat your fill it's probably your last.
We don't have to fight each other.
The masters have ordered it.
There is no choice.
Of course you have a choice you're a man dammit not an animal.
Solomon listen to me...
you're obviously a great warrior.
What would happen if you use your skills against the creatures?
No slave can openly defy the empire ...
it is impossible.
How do you know?
Because it's never been done.
That my friend is very different then impossible.
Quiet...
don't speak of this again.
What now?
Now we choose.
Champion goes first.
You!
Now your turn.
If you please.
Cynara your warrior is a good man. Treat him well.
You two know each other?
She's my sister.
I see how your soldiers respect you.
Your talents are wasted here.
You're stating the obvious, my dear.
Baby sitting a bunch of humans in the boondocks.
A man...
reptile...
of your stature and intelligence...
should clearly be ruling the empire.
Unfortunately...
my grotesque little minx.
The magistrates do not agree.
They see one such as myself...
leader of vision and power...
and they quake.
What if I...
could deliver the Empire to you?
You're human...
your uses are breading and mining...
and the occasional hors d'oeuvre.
I can offer you something that will bring your opponents to their knees.
What could you possibly have...
that would be of use to me?
Technology,
I come from a world full of wonders.
With me at your side Tribune...
entire continents will lay themselves at your feet.
The whole Empire will be at your mercy.
The forces of my world:
The politics, soldiers, slaves.
What you speak of...
is magic...
superstition.
Not magic...
...science.
Crude but hopefully effective.
Feels like one deadbolt on the other side.
Quickly.
We only get one chance at this.
Hurry up.
Thats enough, step back quickly!
Success
Let's get out of here.
What's it this?
Not exactly the Marquise of Queensbury old boy but well done.
You see Tribune I told you there were wonders in my world.
What are you doing?
It's time we began.
Oh, no it's not.
You're here for my pleasure.
Let me know when you've had enough pleasure.
Thank you.
And now...
how can I serve you?
what are you doing?
You chose me didn't you?
Yes but not...
there that's better.
Better? You think I'm ugly.
Ugly?
No I wouldn't say that.
Enough!
I could kill you right now.
But then you'd never find a way out.
A way out?
An escape.
We're human...
there is no escape.
Escape?
You're crazy.
Any slave who runs is hunted down killed.
Nothing is worth dying for.
Not even your freedom?
What freedom is there in death?
At least now I'm alive.
Cynara this isn't living.
If you could choose freedom would you?
Yes.
Good I'll need your help.
I'm not a warrior like Solomon what can I do?
You can scream.
You refuse to tell me the secret of this.
Come on Challenger.
You're not going to let a little gunpowder stand between us and the highway.
Well if you don't value your life. Perhaps your friends will.
Quiet. That goes for you too Summerlee.
I refuse to stand by while you...
You must.
We can't allow gunpowder to fall in the hands of this tyrant
imagine what it will do to the balance of power in his world.
You're quite sure of old boy.
You senile charlatan,
this is your chance to finally be rid of me.
As you wish.
Compassion...
and sacrifice...
such nobility in a lower species.
Might almost be touching if it wasn't so pathetic...
but nobility can be a two edged sword.
I seem to be losing my touch.
What do you say now?
Is this creature to be your friend or my dinner?
What's going on seize them!
Solomon how's about giving me a hand?
Human...
you breathe and you die.
Your friend won't get far.
Get these humans out of my site.
Excellent.
I just may keep you alive after all...
What is this?
This slave...
murdered a centurion of the Empire.
The female has escaped.
I should have known better then to consort with the lower species.
Did anyone ever tell you you've got lousy timing.
Take this one to the mines
the rest of them to the pit.
Take them away!
See how they smell the stench of death already.
Fight with me not against me.
Don't worry I'll try to cut clean.
You're a pal.
There now hey.
Back to work, keep working.
This woman is suffering from heat exhaustion.
Back to work.
Halt!
Food for the miners Tribune's orders.
I smell meat.
Let the games begin.
I'm not going to fight you.
Fight me!
No
Fight human!
You may choose whether I live or die but only I choose whether I kill.
Die and your friends die...
win and they live.
Tell them to tie them a little tighter so the gunpowder doesn't leak out.
This is the last batch.
Good
it's time to give Tribune and his men a little lesson in human ingenuity.
No
You must.
We're not animals.
Solomon, choose.
Freedom.
Roxton!
Roxton are you all right?
Nothing that a good whiskey won't cure.
I must say I never thought we'd all make it through alive.
I hope you know that was my plan all along.
Science.
The empire is mine.
Freedom it still sounds strange on my tongue.
You'll get used to it.
It would be easier if I had someone with me.
You have a whole colony.
I meant someone like you.
Goodbye Solomon.
No you've got it turned around, that's the direction.
Once again you're delusional.
There's an ancient Chinese curse that says �May you live in interesting times'.
Really know what I say?
What?
First rounds on me.