Post by Belle Fan 4 Ever on Nov 13, 2008 20:57:49 GMT -8
During their wedding ceremony, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine find themselves the targets of a raid by the infamous Forty Thieves, led by a man named Cassim. Although Aladdin, Jasmine and the rest of their gang successfully stop the raid and drive the thieves away, they are unable to prevent the wedding from being ruined. Determined to learn what the thieves were after, Aladdin finds an unusual staff (which The King of Thieves tries to steal) among the treasures given as wedding presents. The staff contains an oracle, able to see into the past or the future, but is only able to grant an answer to one question asked per person. Aladdin knows his future is being married to Jasmine but can't remember most of his past. But he remembers that his mother died when he was a kid and he never knew his father. The oracle reveals that his father is still alive.
Aladdin chooses his question and asks "Where is my father?". The oracle answers "Follow the trail of the Forty Thieves. Your father is trapped within their world." Believing him to be their prisoner, Aladdin tracks them down and stows away into their hideout (the leader opens the cave with the words "Open Sesame", the same words Ali Baba used). He is shocked to find that his father is not their prisoner at all, but their leader: Cassim, the King of Thieves, the very man he fought during his wedding's invasion. But, family or not, Aladdin has trespassed in their lair and the Forty Thieves are eager to have him punished for it. Cassim, however, suggest that Aladdin instead face "the Challenge" - an initiation ritual - where he must defeat another one of the Forty Thieves and take his place. Aladdin eventually defeats Cassim's right-hand man Sa'luk in battle which ended with Sa'luk falling into the ocean, Afterwards, this gains Aladdin a place among the Forty Thieves. Sa'luk is revealed to be alive as he emerges from the ocean.
It is then that he learns the true motives behind the raid, and his father's leave of absence from his family: he had discovered evidence of the existence of the Hand of Midas, a powerful artifact that can transform anything it touches into solid gold. Cassim believed that, with the Hand, he could return to his family and give them the life they deserved instead of one living out in the streets, and had instigated the raid so he could capture the oracle's staff so he may question the seer as to the precise whereabouts of the artifact.
Aladdin convinces Cassim to come back with him to the Palace as his guest and, for a while, he is happy to spend quality time with his son.
Sa'luk reveals himself to Razoul and sells out his fellow thieves by telling Razoul the password to their hideout. After thirty-three of the thieves were captured, Sa'luk reveals to Razoul that Cassim is the King of Thieves.
But the pull of Cassim's obsession with the Hand is too great, and he ends up stealing the Oracle's staff and getting captured by the guards of the palace. When Aladdin wonders where Cassim is, Razoul enters the throne room and reveals to the Sultan that Cassim is the King of Thieves. With no other choice, the Sultan has Razoul incarcerate Cassim and Iago in the dungeon with a life sentence.
Later that night, Aladdin helps his father escape, but is recognized by Razoul forcing him to flee the city with Cassim and Iago after Razoul is knocked out. Rather than abandon Jasmine (like his father had left him), Aladdin angrily confronts Cassim and returns to Agrabah to take responsibility for his actions.
Sa'luk convinces the 7 remaining thieves that Cassim sold them out to the palace guards and was to blame for the recent raid upon their hidden fortress. Iago and Cassim return to the thieves' cave to find that Sa'luk is still alive and is now the leader of the remaining thieves. Cassim, desperate to prove his loyalty, is forced to use the stolen oracle in order to find the location of the Hand of Midas and then lead his men there. The Oracle directs them to The Vanishing Isle, a great marble fortress built on the back of a gigantic undersea turtle that periodically dives to the bottom of the ocean, taking the golden Hand with it.
Iago manages to escape from the group, and goes off to lead Aladdin and Jasmine to his imprisoned father. Aladdin and Cassim reconcile, and retrieve the Hand just as the turtle is beginning to submerge when they are attacked by Sa'luk. Then, after struggling to escape the flooding fortress, Cassim throws the Hand of Midas to Sa'luk, who doesn't know the legend of the Hand. Foolishly grabbing it by the gold hand (instead of the wood handle), Sa`luk turns into gold, dropping the hand and falling backwards into the rising water. Aladdin and Cassim manage to escape with the Hand but, finally realizing how much pain his obsession with the item had caused, Cassim decides to toss it into the sea. Before that he had realize that the Hand wasn't the treasure of his life but it's was Aladdin and tell him that he sorry to not realize how much he loved him. However, it hits the thieves' ship instead, turning it into solid gold. As the movie closes, Aladdin and Jasmine finally get married, and Cassim accepts Iago as a traveling companion as he goes off once again to see the world.
Aladdin chooses his question and asks "Where is my father?". The oracle answers "Follow the trail of the Forty Thieves. Your father is trapped within their world." Believing him to be their prisoner, Aladdin tracks them down and stows away into their hideout (the leader opens the cave with the words "Open Sesame", the same words Ali Baba used). He is shocked to find that his father is not their prisoner at all, but their leader: Cassim, the King of Thieves, the very man he fought during his wedding's invasion. But, family or not, Aladdin has trespassed in their lair and the Forty Thieves are eager to have him punished for it. Cassim, however, suggest that Aladdin instead face "the Challenge" - an initiation ritual - where he must defeat another one of the Forty Thieves and take his place. Aladdin eventually defeats Cassim's right-hand man Sa'luk in battle which ended with Sa'luk falling into the ocean, Afterwards, this gains Aladdin a place among the Forty Thieves. Sa'luk is revealed to be alive as he emerges from the ocean.
It is then that he learns the true motives behind the raid, and his father's leave of absence from his family: he had discovered evidence of the existence of the Hand of Midas, a powerful artifact that can transform anything it touches into solid gold. Cassim believed that, with the Hand, he could return to his family and give them the life they deserved instead of one living out in the streets, and had instigated the raid so he could capture the oracle's staff so he may question the seer as to the precise whereabouts of the artifact.
Aladdin convinces Cassim to come back with him to the Palace as his guest and, for a while, he is happy to spend quality time with his son.
Sa'luk reveals himself to Razoul and sells out his fellow thieves by telling Razoul the password to their hideout. After thirty-three of the thieves were captured, Sa'luk reveals to Razoul that Cassim is the King of Thieves.
But the pull of Cassim's obsession with the Hand is too great, and he ends up stealing the Oracle's staff and getting captured by the guards of the palace. When Aladdin wonders where Cassim is, Razoul enters the throne room and reveals to the Sultan that Cassim is the King of Thieves. With no other choice, the Sultan has Razoul incarcerate Cassim and Iago in the dungeon with a life sentence.
Later that night, Aladdin helps his father escape, but is recognized by Razoul forcing him to flee the city with Cassim and Iago after Razoul is knocked out. Rather than abandon Jasmine (like his father had left him), Aladdin angrily confronts Cassim and returns to Agrabah to take responsibility for his actions.
Sa'luk convinces the 7 remaining thieves that Cassim sold them out to the palace guards and was to blame for the recent raid upon their hidden fortress. Iago and Cassim return to the thieves' cave to find that Sa'luk is still alive and is now the leader of the remaining thieves. Cassim, desperate to prove his loyalty, is forced to use the stolen oracle in order to find the location of the Hand of Midas and then lead his men there. The Oracle directs them to The Vanishing Isle, a great marble fortress built on the back of a gigantic undersea turtle that periodically dives to the bottom of the ocean, taking the golden Hand with it.
Iago manages to escape from the group, and goes off to lead Aladdin and Jasmine to his imprisoned father. Aladdin and Cassim reconcile, and retrieve the Hand just as the turtle is beginning to submerge when they are attacked by Sa'luk. Then, after struggling to escape the flooding fortress, Cassim throws the Hand of Midas to Sa'luk, who doesn't know the legend of the Hand. Foolishly grabbing it by the gold hand (instead of the wood handle), Sa`luk turns into gold, dropping the hand and falling backwards into the rising water. Aladdin and Cassim manage to escape with the Hand but, finally realizing how much pain his obsession with the item had caused, Cassim decides to toss it into the sea. Before that he had realize that the Hand wasn't the treasure of his life but it's was Aladdin and tell him that he sorry to not realize how much he loved him. However, it hits the thieves' ship instead, turning it into solid gold. As the movie closes, Aladdin and Jasmine finally get married, and Cassim accepts Iago as a traveling companion as he goes off once again to see the world.