Post by Kriss on Aug 22, 2009 11:58:19 GMT -5
Summary:
Having seen what he thinks is a ship going aground in the night, Sinbad hastily guides his ship to an island off the coast of Basra. Once ashore, they come across fragments of a ship bearing the insignia of Sinbad's friend -- Omar, the Sultan of Basra. As they inspect the wreckage, a wounded soldier from Omar's army rides towards them. As he dies in Firouz' arms, they see an enormous bloody fingerprint across his chest. They immediately set out to save Omar and his men.
As they search the island, Rongar falls into a pool of quicksand. Just before he is completely submerged, Sinbad and Doubar rescue their fellow shipmate. Suddenly, two of Omar's advisors come out of the fog and tell them about a monster that captured the ship and carried Omar away. As they were hiding below deck, they did not see the monster or know where Omar is.
For as long as they are searching the island, they've heard a bell ringing irregularly. Now the bonging is closer and the ground is shaking. Huddled together under a rocky ridge, the group looks up to see a giant ram pawing violently at the earth above them. If they run out from beneath the ridge, the ram will surely catch them. If they stay where they are, they will be buried alive as the ground begins to collapse around them. Just then, Dermott takes flight and dive bombs the ram causing him to run away.
As they contemplate their next move, they hear the screams of Omar off in the distance. Then growls and screams fill the forest. They come to a clearing where Omar is suspended from a tree in a cage. A number of empty cages hang nearby. The monster has just consumed Omar's men and will return to finish his meal. With an invention of Firouz', Sinbad is able to scale a rope to Omar's cage and set him free. When they hear the approaching monster, they hide behind a rock and see the angry 40-foot Cyclops return to find the empty cage. Sinbad and his crew offer to help Omar rescue a village on the island from the monster.
With the aid of Firouz' invention, the village constructs a huge net and develops an elaborate plan to spring the trap on the giant. During the preparation, Sinbad learns that the mayor of the village, who is in hiding in the forest with his family, is Harun Al-Dizar, a childhood bully from Sinbad's past. When Sinbad was young, Harun and some older boys chased Sinbad's first love, Lea, into the sea. Neither Sinbad nor Lea know how to swim, and Sinbad had to watch helplessly as Lea drowned. He vows to avenge her death by killing Harun. Omar and Doubar worry that if Sinbad kills Harun without provocation, Omar will be forced to arrest Sinbad.
As the Cyclops strides into view, the huge net successfully covers the monster. But when the beast manages to free himself from the ensnarement, Sinbad runs into the forest towards the quicksand pool with the Cyclops in close pursuit. Hopping deftly from mound to mound, Sinbad gets into the midst of the lake just beyond the Cyclops' reach. When the monster wades into the quagmire, he is sucked in and drowns. With one monster down, Sinbad sets out to destroy Harun and the memories of the past. But once he sees that Harun is now a feeble old man with a wife and child he loves, Sinbad realizes that the monster he knew is already dead. He simply tells Harun that the Cyclops is defeated and it's save to return to the village.
Starring:
Zen Gesner (Sinbad), George Buza (Doubar), Tim Progosh (Firouz), Oris Erhuero (Rongar), Dermott (Himself), Jacqueline Collen (Maeve)
Guest Stars:
Brian O'Shaughnessy (Omar), Christo Loots (Advisor #1), Pete Butler (Advisor #2), Andrew Mackenzie (Cyclops), Ricky Rudolph (Harun)
Scripts:
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