Neverland (2011)

Neverland (2011) Full Recap

In the poorest streets of London, a boy named Peter has no mother, no father, and no home of his own. He grew up in a workhouse, and now he lives with a gang of orphan boys who steal for a living. On a busy street, one of them lifts a gold watch right out of a gentleman's pocket. A gold watch.

Peter watches from the rooftops and sends signals on a little pipe. When a policeman catches one of the boys, another boy strolls up to the officer with a friendly smile. A minute later, the officer is shouting about his missing keys. None of these boys knows what happened 200 years earlier in the Caribbean.

A crew of pirates loots a sinking Spanish ship and hauls a heavy chest on board. They're sure it's full of gold. Inside, on red velvet, sits a glass orb, and a face seems to move inside the glass. The pirates think it's haunted. It's possessed. Then the orb flashes and a blinding explosion swallows the whole ship.

Back in London, the boys live in an old warehouse with the man who runs their gang. His name is Jimmy. He teaches them to fight with sticks, and he tells them to watch a man's eyes, never his sword. Jimmy pulled every one of these boys out of workhouses and asylums. One of them was fished out of a canal, tied up in a sack.

One day, Jimmy comes home with a big job. He wants the boys to break into an antiques shop. Curly and some of the others say no because if they get caught this time, they'll go to prison. But Peter reminds them of everything Jimmy has done for them. One by one, the hands go up. Then Jimmy takes Peter aside and changes his mind.

He'll do this one alone. Peter is growing up fast, he says, but he still has a lot to learn. That night, Peter sits on the rooftops with his friend Fox. Fox dreams about a quiet job one day, maybe as an accountant, like an uncle of his. Peter wants more. He's sticking with Jimmy, and one day they'll be partners.

So, he wakes the boys up and leads them to the antique shop that same night without telling Jimmy. At the same time, Jimmy meets a man in a dark office. The man's client wants an object from that shop, and he tells Jimmy to handle it with the utmost care. Jimmy wants money for the job and something more.

He wants back into London's high society, the world that shut its doors on him years ago. The boys keep the night guard busy while Peter slips inside. Everything goes smoothly until Jimmy walks in, too. He's furious. Peter just wanted to show him what they could do. Jimmy tells him that if he wants to be his partner one day, he can never go behind his back again.

Then he lets the boys fill their bags. Jimmy is looking for something in particular. In the back, he finds a hidden box and inside it is a glass orb just like the one the pirates found. Jimmy holds it up and it starts to glow. Then there's a flash of light. When it fades, Jimmy and the boys are gone.

Peter stands alone in the empty shop and the orb is still there. Peter carries the orb home in a bag. The warehouse is empty. Then a man in a hat knocks on the door asking for Jimmy. Peter follows him through the dark streets to a big house and he gets caught. Inside, an old gentleman wants to know where Jimmy is.

Peter tells him Jimmy is gone, blown up with his whole crew. The old man says they weren't blown up. They're in another world, the man says, and a beautiful one. That glass ball works like a door. One little knock and it opens. He wants the orb back. Peter runs for it. Back at the warehouse, Peter sits with the orb in his lap.

The old man's men bang on the door and promise they can help him. Peter doesn't trust them. He's going to get Jimmy out himself. He knocks on the glass and the warehouse vanishes in a flash. Peter wakes up on cracked ice. All around him, giant trees twist up like corkcrews. Then he hears voices.

His friends are here, but a gang of rough men in old clothes gets to them first. The men grab the boys and drag them away. Peter follows them to the shore where a pirate ship sits in the bay. The men row his friends out to it. Then Fox shows up behind Peter. He's the only one who got away.

Peter tells him it's all his fault and he swears he'll get everyone home safe. Then something comes at them across the ice and the two boys run for their lives. On the pirate ship, Jimmy is alive. He's standing in front of the whole crew and their captain, a woman named Elizabeth Bonnie.

An old pirate named Smei tells Jimmy where he's from, and Jimmy can't believe it. These pirates were born in the 1700s. Captain Bonnie opens the watch Jimmy carries and finds a little portrait of a woman inside. Her right-hand man, Starky, stands by while the crew argues about feeding Jimmy to the crocodiles.

Jimmy won't leave his boys, so he fights. High up in the rigging, three pirates come at him, and he beats every one of them with a sword. Then he turns to the captain and introduces himself properly. His friends call him Jimmy, but his name is Hook, James Hook. Somewhere else, Peter and Fox are carried into a village with sacks over their heads.

A tribe of native warriors brought them in through a secret passage. The boys are scared they're about to be eaten. Instead, the warriors feed them. They're the ones who saved them out on the ice. The chief asks the boys to join the tribe, but Peter says they have to rescue their friends from the pirates.

One of the elders tells them where they are. This place is called Neverland because nobody here ever gets older. He says he's 130 years old. Then the chief's daughter walks past. She's almost 100 years old and her name is Ya. On the ship, Bonnie isn't happy. Hook has cost her three of her best men.

And out here, she can't find new ones. She tells him to look at the night sky. There's no North Star, and Orion is in the wrong place. They're on another planet in another galaxy. Bonnie has had almost 200 years to find a way home. There isn't one. He wants to fatten them up. Meanwhile, Bonnie shows Hook why this planet is special.

Strange winged creatures live here, and the tribe calls them tree spirits. They mine a mineral dust that lets them fly. A year ago, Bonnie caught one of them and forced it to tell her about the dust. She sets a pinch of it on the table, and it rises into the air by itself, but she only has enough for that one little trick.

The tree spirits live behind a wall of mountains, and the tribe guards the only way in. Bonnie wants Hook's help to beat the tribe. Together, she says they could rule Neverland like gods. And she makes it clear that she likes him. Up in the mountains, the tribe builds Peter and Fox a hut.

Their village sits close to the tree spirit city, and they protect the spirits from the pirates. Peter asks Ya how to get down to the sea. She warns him that if he tries to save his friends, the pirates will catch him and torture him until he shows them the passage. Peter says he's the one who got his friends into this mess.

He has to get them home. Then Peter spots a group of fishermen leaving the village with their nets. There's no water up here to fish in, so they must know a way down to the sea. Peter and Fox follow them through the woods, find the hidden canoes, and paddle out. That night, they climb onto the pirate ship.

The pirates are fast asleep. Their friends are locked up below deck, but Curly wants nothing to do with Peter. He's the one who got them into this mess, Curly says. Peter tells him he can stay if he wants. If he wants to live, he can follow them. The boys follow, but Peter won't go without Jimmy.

He sneaks into the captain's cabin and finds him there with Bonnie. Peter points a pistol and tells Jimmy that a canoe is waiting below. Hook tells him to put the gun down. Bonnie and her men are their friends now. He says there are people like them and he's staying. Then Starky catches Peter on deck and the whole ship wakes up.

Hook tells Starky to leave the boy alone. Peter breaks free and runs and the boys pile into the canoes, but Fox is still up on the ship. He went back for Peter. Fox jumps. Starky fires his pistol and Hook shouts at him to stop, but it's too late. Fox never makes it to the canoe. Back in the village, the chief is angry.

Peter broke their trust, took two canoes, and used their secret passage without asking. He should be punished. But the boy has just lost his friend, so the chief lets it go this time. On the ship, Hook wants to go after the boys. They're trained pickpockets, he tells Bonnie, and they could be useful.

Bonnie notices he still carries that portrait of a woman. Hook says she died many years ago. She had a hold on him once in the village. Curly lets Peter have it. Peter lied to them. He was showing off for Jimmy and now Fox is dead. Peter doesn't argue. He sits alone in the dark and plays a little pipe.

Later, Peter draws a picture on the wall of the hut. It's the same dream he has every night. A hooded man stands on a hill in front of a mountain holding a glowing orb while strange music plays. Arya walks in and fixes the shape of the mountain. She has the very same dream. The music, she says, is the sound of tree spirits wings.

A hunter recognizes the mountain. It's on an island far out at sea. Then Ya and Peter work out why they share the dream. Peter hit the orb with his dagger. Ya hit an orb with a staff so hard that she brought her whole tribe with her. Anyone who strikes it seems to carry a piece of it inside.

Peter decides to find the hooded man. One of the boys wants to come along, but Peter says no. He has done enough damage already. If he finds a way home, he promises to come back for every one of them. Meanwhile, Bonnie and Hook study a map. The dust is in the tree spirit colony, but mountains and cliffs seal it off, and only the tribe knows the way in.

Then, the pirates spot a and Peter paddling past in a canoe. Bonnie wants to grab the chief's daughter right away, but Hook has a better idea. Sometimes smaller is smarter, he says. They'll follow the two of them first. Ya and Peter land on the island and walk for hours. Ya asks about his family.

Peter tells her his mother died when he was three and he never knew his father. In the workhouse, the other kids used him as a punching bag until Jimmy saw it one day and took him in. Jimmy was a good man once, Peter says. But that pirate turned his head. That night, a tiny glowing creature flies over their camp.

It's the tree spirit from their dream, and she glows brighter than any spirit ya has ever seen. They chase her through the dark woods, hoping she'll lead them to the hooded man. Then the sun comes up, and they lose her. They find a wall of tangled roots about a mile high. It's a mile high.

They climb it all the way to the top. Down is sometimes harder than up. On the other side lies a whole city grown out of living trees with towers and bridges and nobody in sight. Then the hooded man walks out to meet them. He already knows Peter's name. Peter asks if he can get them home.

Of course, the man says he's Dr. He's almost 400 years old. Flood shows them his life's work. Back in London centuries ago, he searched for the philosopher's stone, the secret of eternal life. He found out that it can't be made. It has to be trapped. It's a kind of energy from the very center of the universe.

And this tiny planet sits right at that center. That's why time stands still for anyone who comes here. His first orb stayed behind in London. So, he built a twin here, powered by two falling meteors. A tree spirit saw him working and thought he was in trouble. She flew in to save him and the energy filled her up.

That's why she glows. Flood calls her Tinkerbell because of the sound her wings make in the air. And that night is the dream that Peter and Ya keep having. Flood offers to send Peter home right away, but Peter says no, not yet. He has to find his friends first. Then Flood City gets more guests.

Bonnie, Hook, and the pirates followed Peter and Ya all the way here. Flood tells them his city will soon be filled with the greatest minds of their world. People who will have all of eternity to study. Bonnie doesn't want any of them coming here. She demands to know where his orb is.

Bonnie puts a pistol to the old man's head. Flood tells them to lay down their weapons. They can leave now and he'll spare their lives. Instead, they open fire. Flood fights back with a power the pirates have never seen, but the city catches fire. A hundred years of work goes up in flames.

Flood tells Peter to save the orb, and he stays behind to face the pirates. Hook corners the old man and asks where the orb is. Flood says he'd rather burn. Peter grabs the orb, but Hook finds him. Peter wants to take it back to his crew. Hook says the boys should come to him instead.

Peter knows what that means. The pirates will kill them just like they killed Fox. He tells Jimmy he has turned into one of them. Then they fight and Hook pins him to the floor. And then Hook tells him the truth. He didn't take Peter out of that workhouse out of pity. He did it because of a debt he owed to Peter's mother.

Hook knew her. The portrait he has carried all these years is her. Then he gives Peter a pocket watch. It belonged to Peter's father. But Bonnie walks in and takes the box with the orb. The fire is spreading, so they have to leave. Outside, Starky holds a sword to Peter's throat, and Bonnie wants to finish him.

Then Ya steps out. If they let Peter live, she'll tell them how to get into the tree spirit colony and the secret of the dust. Peter yells at her to run, but the pirates grab her. Bonnie agrees to let Peter go, but as he runs, she stabs him in the back. Two pirates hold Hook back.

Peter collapses on the burning ground. Then Tinkerbell finds him. She lifts him up and carries him away over the forest. On the ship, Hook makes a plan. They'll rope across a narrow ravine into the colony with the chief's daughter as a hostage. Bonnie reminds him that she's the captain.

Then Hook tells her what he really wants. Now that they have the orb, he'll go back to London with the dust running through his veins, and he'll settle the score with the society that pushed him out. He asks Bonnie to come with him. Far away, Peter lies in a pool of shining crystals.

When he opens his eyes, Tinkerbell is talking to him, but not out loud. He can hear her thoughts. The mineral dust lets him hear her people now, and the elders have closed his wound. She brings him before the three elders who rule the tree spirits. Humans are a danger to their world, they say.

They ask Peter to find the orb and bring it to them so they can send his kind back home. Then Tink teaches him to fly. Clear your mind, she tells him, and feel the wind. When he doubts himself even a little, down he goes. The dust gives him the power, Tink says. But he has to control it with his heart.

On the ship, Hook comes out on deck wearing Starky's best red coat. Starky says crossing the ravine is a waste of time that will get them all killed. Hook offers him a sword and dares him to fight. Then he grabs Starky and holds a blade to his throat. He tells him to look around. 200 years on the same ship, and not one man moves to help him.

Peter flies over the forest with Tink, faster and faster until he crashes. Yeah, but I thought that's what you liked about them. His wound will take many days to heal, Tink says, and he isn't ready. But Peter has to rescue Ya and get back to his friends. That night, Peter flies out to the pirate ship and finds Smei on deck.

He wants the alchemist's orb. Smei swears he doesn't know where it is. Bonnie and Hook took it ashore in the middle of the night and buried it on the island. Only the two of them know where. The next day, the pirates reached the ravine with Ya tied up. One spot looks unguarded, and Ya knows why.

The web stretched across it was spun by man-eating spiders. The pirates decide to cross anyway. Ya falls, and Peter swoops in out of nowhere and catches her, but his wound is hurting again. He leaves Ya on a ledge and promises to come back for her. Then Peter lands in front of Hook.

Hook can't believe he's alive. Peter wants to know where the orb is buried and Hook won't say. So Peter goes for Bonnie's rope. One cut and she falls into the ravine. Peter tells Jimmy to choose. Then a giant spider crawls out across the web and wraps Peter up. The pirates pull Bonnie to safety and they cut Peter out of the web because he's the only one who knows the secret of the dust.

On the ship, Bonnie tries to shake Peter awake. She wants to know what the dust feels like inside him. But his wound has opened up and he's getting weaker. Bonnie has had enough of Hook. She has lost 11 men since he showed up. All for a wild goose chase. His charm doesn't work on her anymore.

Ya makes it back to the village. She tells the boys that Peter is a prisoner on the pirate ship, and she gives them new clothes made by her people. Some of the boys want to go save Peter. Curley says no. He still hasn't forgotten what happened to Fox. He has his own plan, too. Tomorrow, he'll join the crocodile hunt, and the tribe will make him a blood brother.

The next day, Curly is the bait. A giant crocodile crawls out of the water, and he runs for his life. It chases him straight toward the rocks, where a young warrior stands in front of its jaws with a spear. The hunters are waiting above. That night, the tribe thanks Curly. The young warrior was so scared of these beasts once that he ran away for days.

Today, Curley helped him prove his courage. As a thank you, the boy gives Curly his father's bear tooth. That same night, Hook slips into Peter's cell. He says he has been a complete fool, and he's taking Peter home. In the morning, Peter wakes up in the frozen forest. Hook kept the pirates busy with a drinking game, stole a rowboat, and carried him ashore.

Hook says he hated Bonnie for what she did, but he had nowhere else to go. She had a hold on him. Then he saw Peter alive, and he woke up. Now all he wants is to get them home and go back to the way things were. They'll gather the boys and hurry to the caves where the orb is hidden before Bonnie figures out where they went.

On the way, Hook tells Peter about his mother. She was an actress in the best theaters in the West End, and Hook loved her. But another man stole her away. That man was Peter's father, and he died before Peter was born. When Hook went looking for her, he got to the workhouse too late.

Peter asks if it'll be like old times when they get back. only this time he won't have to climb up the rooftops. He'll just fly. Peter can sense a scout hiding halfway up a tree 50 yard away. They reach a passage through the mountains and Peter goes ahead to talk to the lookout.

Then Hook grabs Peter and holds him down. Bonnie and her pirates step out behind them. Hook has been working for her the whole time. Peter tells him he trusted him. Through the passage lies the home of the tree spirits, a city of glowing lights in the trees. It's even more beautiful than Hook imagined.

When the tree spirits fly too close, the pirates set the forest on fire. Peter screams that they're killing them. Hook tells Peter they can't undo what they've done. They shouldn't come so close and they wouldn't get hurt. But once they get what they came for, they'll disappear back to London for good.

So, Peter leads them to the dust. It's inside the rock in a pool of white crystals. Bonnie steps into the middle of it. A column of light pours down on her and the power fills her up. It's everything she ever dreamed of. Then something goes wrong. The light explodes in a storm of crystal and Bonnie is gone.

Peter says she did everything he did except one thing. When he got his power, the tree spirits were singing. Hook turns on Peter. He says Peter is just like his father, smug and self-righteous. Then he admits it. He killed Peter's father in a duel because he stole the woman Hook loved.

He took Peter in to ease his guilt and all he raised was another boy just like him. Then the trib's warriors arrive and the pirates run for the woods. In the dark, Hook raises his pistol at the chief and fires. Then he vanishes into the trees. Peter is left alone in the forest. The three elders of the tree spirits come for him.

In one night, thousands of years of their home were lost, and they blame Peter. As punishment, he'll walk forever without any memory of who he is or the people he loved. Tink tries to stop them. Peter can still help them, she says. But in her anger, she turns her power on her own kind.

For that, the elders banish her too. In the village, the chief lies wounded and Ya sits by his side. Then Peter wanders in smiling like nothing happened. He doesn't know where he is and he doesn't know anyone. He asks if the warriors are dressed up for a party. On a beach, the pirates count their losses.

Two more dead and three wounded. Starky says it's all Hooks doing. Starky says it's time to test Hook's, saying, "Smaller is smarter, and without Hook, there'll be a smaller group." Hook pulls out two pistols, two shots, five men. Then he makes them an offer. He'll go back to London through the orb and bring an army, a thousand men with machine guns and grenades.

They'll wipe out the tribe and force the tree spirits to give up the dust. One pirate says it's more lies. And if Hook leaves, they'll never see him again. So Hook asks Starky to come to London with him. The boys hear that Peter has lost his mind and the tribe threw him into a pit.

Some of them say he's a traitor who led the pirates through the passage. Then Curley tells them a story. 3 months ago, a gang with knives trapped him in a blind alley. Out of nowhere, Peter showed up with that cocky smile and no fear at all. He told the gang that if they touched Curly, 50 boys just like them would come looking for them tomorrow.

They survived the streets because they stuck together. Curley says that rule doesn't change here. So, the boys go back for Peter. They pull him out of the pit and see that he can fly, but he has no idea who they are. They tie him up and try to make him remember. His name is Peter.

He grew up in the East End and he's the best setup man on the street. Then something comes back to him. The rooftops of London. Peter looks at the boys and he smiles. He's back and his friends are dressed like the tribe now. Peter tells them about the orb. There's one just like the one from the antique shop here and it can get them all home.

Hook hid it in some caves on the island. Peter is going to find it. Out at sea, he finds Tink. She's been banished, too. The pirates are on their way to the orb, she says. And if they just wait, the pirates will lead them right to it. Once Hook uses the orb and leaves, they can take it to the elders, and the elders might forgive them.

But Peter sees the problem. Hook will come back with an army, and the whole tribe will be wiped out. He has to warn them. He flies back to Ya. She has heard that he led the pirates through the passage. Peter says they tricked him. He tells her about Hook's army and asks her to gather everyone and stop the pirates before they reach the island.

Ya thought he wanted the tribe gone. Peter can't believe she'd think that of him. On the ship, Hook picks a small crew for the trip to London. Every pirate wants to go home for a visit. Smei has to stay behind, so Hook promises to bring him back a treat, a whole sack of cakes. In the village, Ya asks the boys what Peter is planning.

Neverland (2011) Ending Explained

They won't say a word at first. Then one of them tells her, "What is Peter doing?" Peter went to the caves on the island to get them all home. The boys tell the tribe what Hook can bring back. He used to work in the arms trade, and he has a friend in a London arsenal who can get anything for a price, even poison gas that spreads on the wind.

The warriors get ready for war. They tell the boys they'll only get in the way. Curley holds out his bare tooth and says then he doesn't need it. The warriors paddle out to attack the pirate ship with the boys in the canoes. The pirates fire their cannons. One canoe flips over and throws the boys into the sea.

In the caves, Hook and his men dig up the orb. Peter and Tink watch from the dark. All they have to do is wait until the pirates are gone, but Peter can't let it happen. He flies in to stop them. Hook says he has gotten in the way one time too many. Meanwhile, the warriors swarm the pirate ship.

The tribe takes the ship, but Hook isn't on it. He's already in the caves, so the warriors look for tracks and follow them in. The cave's not safe. Inside, Starky wants to leave Peter and go. Hook won't leave the orb in Peter's hands. They hunt him through the caves, and Tink dives at the pirates to protect him.

Hook makes one last offer. They were a team once. This time they'll be partners. He holds out his hand. Peter says Jimmy killed his father and he lied to him his whole life. They fight sword against sword. Peter comes down from the air so he can beat Hook on his level with no help.

Then a giant crocodile slides through the dark water below them. Hook tells Peter to be a man and finish him. Peter won't. He's not like Hook. He picks up his father's watch instead. Hook makes a run for the orb and the cave starts coming down around them. Ya shouts at Peter to get out.

Outside, Ya and the boys make it out. As the mountain caves in, Peter doesn't come out. The tribe holds a farewell for the ones they lost. Deep inside, Hook and Starky are trapped. Their only chance is to jump into the water. Starky looks at him and asks what he's going to use for a hand if they ever get out of here.

A few days later, Ya hands the boys new paddles, and there's a canoe that goes with them. It's how the tribe says, "Thank you for being brave. The last of the pirates have been sent off to the outer islands, and the sea is safe." Then Peter walks into the village in a brand new London suit. When the orb took a knock in the cave, it sent him home.

He brought presents for everyone, a book for one, a compass for another, and new shoes for every boy. In London, Peter paid a visit to Flood's friends and borrowed their orb. He hid it where no one will ever think to look because he promised a friend he'd keep outsiders away. and he came back because he wasn't going to let the boys have all the fun without him. There are a million islands out there, he says, and they never have to grow up.

He asks who's with him, and every hand goes up. Peter started out trying to prove he was old enough to be Jimmy's partner. Then the man he looked up to turned out to be lying to him from day one, so Peter walked away from Jimmy for good. He kept his friends and a place where he never has to grow up.