A Boy Discovers A Mysterious Egg That Hatches A Sea Creature Of Scottish legend.
The Water Horse.
‘SPOILER ALERT’
Our Movie Begins at the same time as World War II, with a child named Angus
he loves the sea, but he is afraid to approach it, because he always imagines if he descends the water, he will drown and no one will be able to save him
Angus likes to collect the seashells, as he used to do that with his father
in one day, he finds a strange rock, that he didn’t see before, so he decides to keep it
his mother arrives, and takes him to the home, her name is Anne
He goes to the storehouse to put the seashells and the big rock which he found
He tries to open the rock with a sharp tool, until he managed to peel off it
and there is a strange and sticky substance coming down from it, like an egg
his mother call him, then he left the rock and go out
and the rock moves a little after that
the night come and the air was so strong, so it opens the door of the store
Angus goes to the storehouse, but he finds that the egg is broken
He begins to hear a movement around him and things falling, so he goes to track the sound
until he finds a small creature tries to hide from him
and tries to get his hand close to him, but being from his fear, it tries to bite him
And he runs into the kitchen and brings potatoes to put them for the creature to eat
He starts eating it and allows him to touch it without biting it
But he realized that the creature was wounded in the back, and he ran to get the first aid kit to treat this creature.
And he put him in the warehouse and came back to him so that his mother wouldn’t scratch her mind that he was late in the store
in one day, he wakes up to the sound of an army battalion, present at the entrance to their house
And Captain Thomas tells them that the battalion will be present in the garden of their house, according to the orders of the main center, for a specific time
and only the officers who can sleep inside the house
Angus goes to his father’s library to take a dictionary, to check on something
He finds that the creature is eating his father’s boots, so he knows that it is hungry
then he goes to the kitchen and takes the basket in which the leftovers are left, for the creature to eat it
he decided to name the creature Cruso, on the book’s name that his father loves him
he opens the dictionary to know what type of Cruso is, but he can’t find any specific type for the creature
meanwhile and after Cruso finishes eating, Angus tries to touch the creature skin, but he finds that it is very dry and in need of water
And he puts water in the basket on Cruso, but he discovers that Cruso is enjoying swimming in the water
he starts caring about Cruso, and playing with him a lot
and in one day, his mother wants him, because she wants to tell him something about his father
and she meets Luis, the new housekeeper and she asks him to start cleaning the store
Because she suspects that her son, is raising an animal in the house, and it is forbidden to raise animals there
Luis starts cleaning the store, and he unloaded the basket which Cruso is in, But Cruso isn’t there
And Angus asks him about the reason he is here
Luis tells him that he is cleaning according to his mother’s orders
Angus goes out searching about Cruso everywhere all the night
but Cruso becomes bigger, and it enters the house of Angus
Cruso runs when seeing the dog, which belongs to Strunk who works as a chef in the Army, but because it isn’t tied well, it destroys the kitchen and cuts the rope from running behind Cruso
Strunk manage to stop that and he put the dog inside the store and close it
until he heard his sister’s shouting while she is escaping from the bathroom, then he runs and understood that Cruso was above
He tries to stop his sister before telling their mother, and he begins explaining everything to her
and he is surprised at how Cruso grows up so fast
she promised him that she wouldn’t tell anyone about Cruso
On the next day, the mother gives Luis some clothes from her husband
and he says that he will thank her husband after he returns to the house
but she said that her husband died one year ago, and no one of the children knows that
and she asks him to fix the bathroom
he goes to fix it, but the children are in the bathroom and trying to stop Luis from getting in
They couldn’t stop him, and he sees Cruso
after he calmed down, he tells them that it looks like the water horse
And it is a rare mythical animal, and only a few people could see it
the legends say that he is male and female at the same time
and he eggs only once after he grows up, then he dies
they are all late in the bathroom, until the mother knock on the door
And they beg Luis to not tell their mother about Cruso, and he agrees
they tell their mom that they’re helping Luis to fix the bathroom pipes
they manage to hide Cruso, and not expose it in front of their mother
During the feast which made by the mother, the army was at home, and Angus goes out of the bathroom, leaving the door opened behind him
Cruso go out of the bathroom but the dog was free, then the dog saw it and begins to run behind Cruso
during the chase, the dog starts to destroy everything in the house to get to Cruso
and they go down next to the dining room, where the battalion officers and the mother gathered
Until Cruso entered and run under the table while the dog runs above the table
The dog damages the feast, then Cruso goes out of the house, managing to run away from the dog
Cruso hides in a fountain that has fish, and he eats a lot of them until the next day
the children and Luis find that Cruso has increased in size than the last time, so they had to put Cruso in the truck, and take it to the nearest lake to set it free, because now it becomes impossible to hide Cruso in the house
After returning to the home, Angus finds that his mother asked Captain Thomas to train him with the army and the battalion, so that he can be occupied with anything
Angus is been busy with training and couldn’t go to see Cruso, although it still waiting for him
he can’t wait again, and he manages to escape from Thomas, then he goes to the lake where Cruso is
He waits for Cruso to appear but nothing happened, so he decides to take the boat and go to the middle of the lake
Angus finds Cruso and sees it finally
but Cruso become very huge because it ate a big quantity of food during living in the lake
and Cruso wants to play with Angus like the past time, so Angus rides on his back and sailing with it in the water
although Angus is terrified because of his fear of drowning, he’s enjoying while sitting on Cruso’s back
Until he finds that the lake is closed by the army with a large rope network
after they finish playing, Cruso brings him back to the beach, but before Cruso dives under the water, Strunk saw them
Angus returns to the house and tells his sister what happened and that he was very happy
the next day, Captain Thomas takes the family to show them the army’s work on the hill
and the battalion’s plan to strike the Germans if they approach the area at sea
to show the power of the cannons, they perform a live experiment in hitting the missiles on the lake, where Cruso is
Angus become Crazy when he know that they will hit the missiles in the lake, he tries to stop them, but because Angus got an approach the cannons, he was so close to getting injured, so he is punished by his mother and took him to the house
on the next day, one of the city’s residents, says that he saw Cruso, but no one believes him, so he goes to the lake with a photographer to take a photo of the creature
they wait for Cruso to appear much time, but they fail to photograph it
so they resort to faking the picture, because they are running after fame
they manage to fake it, and the picture spreads in the newspapers
Strunk and his friend saw the photo, and he assures that he saw Cruso in front of him
they decided to kill Cruso in order to become famous as monster killers
At the same time, Angus runs away from the house to check on Cruso, after what happened yesterday
Luis goes with Angus and they reach the beach of the lake, and Angus continues calling out until Crusoe gets out
Cruso tries to attack Angus, but Luis rescued him
Luis understands that after what happened yesterday, Cruso become a wild animal and will attack anyone
because Cruso thinks that they will hurt him
Angus becomes upset because he lost his best friend, and when he arrives at the home, he hears the dog’s barking
then he conclude that someone is trying to catch Cruso
and yes, Strunk and his friend try to kill Cruso, until they found and attacked it
Cruso attacks them too, but they call the battalion for help and explain that they are under attack, in trying to use the missiles to hit Cruso in order to save them
But the boat that they are in, flips near the shore
Cruso is close to killing Strunk, after his friend escape, but Angus tries to prevent Cruso from killing Strunk, He continues entering the water, but because of his fear, he begins to drown
the first thing Cruso does, is to throw Strunk and rescue Angus from drowning
Luis manages to save Angus, then Thomas and the mother come to see what happened
and they see the water horse in front of them for the first time
his mother makes sure that her son wasn’t lying or imagining
suddenly, the missiles are starting hitting the lake based on the boat’s call
and he’s trying to get Cruso away from the missiles, so he rides to guide him to the way
that will take him outside the lake and away from the area of hitting
And because the weather is very windy and rainy, Thomas can’t cancel the order through the walkie talkie, and the observation soldiers try to inform that there is a strange movement in the sea like the submarine
and they think that a German submarine is coming to attack them, But in fact, it is Cruso’s head
the rope is raised more to catch the submarine
in the same time, Thomas and the mother are riding a boat, to rescue Angus in case he drowns
Angus decides to leave Cruso, so it can hide under the water far from missiles, and he went to his mother on the boat
But Cruso dive under the water and jump over the huge rope network
Cruso manage to do it, and be finally free
And he sees Angus for the last time, swimming during the sunrise
As if he was saying goodbye for his friend.
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