Troy the Odyssey

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[thunder crashes]

[war cries]

[agonized scream]

[swords clash]

[grunts]

Agamemnon calls you for

a war council.

I shall join you.

Give me one more moment.

NARRATOR:
Tell me, oh, muse,

of that ingenious hero

who traveled far and wide

after he sacked

the famous town of Troy.

After 10 years of

Agamemnon's bloody siege,

it is only wise Odysseus

who could bring down

the golden civilization.

I love you, Penelope,

my little Bastet cat.

[Penelope laughs softly]

I love you more than

the air, and the wind.

I love you more

than life itself.

And I you, my handsome

husband, my pirate.

[both laugh]

He's strong like his father.

We shall name him Telemachus,

to a great warrior.

Oh, better to teach him

how to use his mind

like his father does.

[distant fanfare]

It is Agamemnon.

It is too soon.

When he calls to war,

it is my duty

to fight alongside him.

In the name of Athenae,

promise me you will come back.

That is up to the gods.

But I do promise, as long

as there is breath

left in my lungs, I shall

strive to return to you.

The time for

bedding your wife is over.

It's time to prepare for war.

[Odysseus sighs]

Should I not return,

give this to my son

when he becomes king.

Oh. Wait.

May the gods give you fortune.

Goodbye, my love.

The next time you see her,

your name will be sculpted

in the stones of history.

I wouldn't worry

about your wife.

With your Ithacan troops

and my Greek forces,

we'll have over 1,000 ships.

Troy will fall.

You'll be home in a month.

Oh! [gasping]

Ohh!

Ohh! Ohh!

[screams]

[panting, screaming]

King Agamemnon!

We must return home.

The Trojan wall

cannot be penetrated.

I'll never surrender!

I'm a cuckold on

this flamboyant nation!

My Helen, my bride,

my property,

lies with the dirtiest,

slimiest creature of them all.

We cannot breach the gates

with a frontal attack.

If it is your wish to die to

quell your shame, Agamemnon,

then why don't you charge

the wall like your men

and face the slings and arrows

of these flamboyant Trojans?

[laughs]

Achilles, I am a king.

- It's 10 years of war!

- The gods must love you so.

If the gods loved me,

I'd be home with my wife.

Maybe if you fought with

your heart and your testicles!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

The wall is impenetrable!

I see the Trojans ride

in and out all day!

If they can do it,

so can we!

Is there a brain

inside that head?

Achilles...

...he does make

a good argument.

And you've lost your

brain as well?

No.

We have to figure a way

to get in with the Trojans.

And how do you suggest

we do that?

Perhaps there is a way.

The Trojans are

a vain people, yes?

Extremely vain.

They build these statues

and put them in their plazas.

They love their statues,

their trophies.

They use them to signify

their greatness.

What if...

we were to give them a trophy

they could not resist?

It would have to be

a very large trophy.

One that would flatter

them the most.

Exactly.

- What?

- What are you talking about?

Speak plainly.

Agamemnon, if I open

the gates of Troy

to your army,

might I return home

and never be forced

to war again?

If you bring

the destruction of Troy,

I promise you as a king

you can go home to Ithaca

with your family in peace.

- We have a plan!

- Men?

[breathing heavily]

We have been

walking forever.

Where is this great thing

you speak of?

It is just ahead,

Your Majesty.

[insects buzzing]

An offering?

The Greeks have

fled like cowards!

A gift from the Greeks

cannot be trusted.

Let's burn it at the temple

and invoke the curse

of the Kraken.

And then may all these

Greeks sink and drown.

No, Circe.

We will leave the

Greeks to their shame.

Order your man to drag

this trophy into my city

so we may celebrate

our victory around it.

Do as the king instructs!

[wheels rolling]

[roaring sound]

- The Kraken!

- Do you hear that?

It's only a legend.

They say the monster

would never harm any Trojan,

but mercilessly

will hunt every Greek.

Silence your tongue or

I'll take it from your mouth.

If we succeed, Aesus,

we may return home.

We approach a gate!

I have never seen such

gold and jewels.

And soon, it will be ours.

Beware your greed.

Your wandering eye

could get us killed.

Focus on your sword,

the gods, and nothing more.

The hell with the gods!

[crowd cheering]

Hail Priam, King of Troy.

See the gift from

the villainous Greeks.

The gods honor you,

great King.

Great Apollo, God of the Sun,

take this offering

and bring us fortune.

Long live Priam, bearer

of the sword of Troy!

To Troy!

- To Troy!

- To Troy!

- To Troy! To Troy!

- [cheering]

[crowd cheering]

The Trojans feast as if

they won the Olympics.

When shall we spring our trap?

We must wait until

their merriment

takes them into deep slumber.

You should have more respect

for an opponent

who has bested our men

for so many years.

That's why I take pleasure

with their demise.

Shh!

Aesus, you are young.

We kill because

it is our duty.

You should not take

pleasure from it.

[throats slit]

[stabbing sound]

Come on.

[crowd roars in distance]

You have done me

a great deed,

Odysseus,

King of Ithaca.

I've done what you asked.

Let us finish off the Trojans

so I may return home.

Let us take our glory.

[battle cries]

Stop him! Charge!

[swords clash and clank]

Father, the gate is open!

- The Greeks!

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