Often considered the weakest, and least profitable of the films.It was an adaptation of Thomas Harris"" 2006 novel of the same name, about the childhood and historical European roots of the infamous cannibalistic killer, with Thomas Harris"" own screenplay.] The mysterious legend of the fabled, treasured statuette (a fictional account) scrolls up the screen (above the falcon) to set the stage: :In 1539, the Knights Templar of Malta, paid tribute o Charles V of Spain, by sending him a Golden Falcon encrusted from beak to claw with rarest jewels- - - - - but pirates seized he galley carrying this priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day.Milo was shocked by the treatment of the sullen apes, asking Armando: "But you said humans treated apes like pets.Believing that Mathayus was dangerous, Balthazar accepted a challenge to a brutal hand-to-hand fight against the Scorpion King - they angrily attacked each other, but eventually realized after pummeling each other (and Mathayus gaining the upper hand), that they must stand together, on the same side as rebels, against Memnon""s treacherous rule: "We""re brothers in the same cause.