They were guided by elderly shaman Sajnu (D.R.Nanayakkara) to the ominous, burned-out, desolate, cursed village of Mayapore filled with poor and starving villagers, where they were informed that at Pankot Palace ("with the power of the Dark Light"), there was a new maharaja: "It is that place kill my people.Alex cast the bracelet aside into the sand.Outside in the pyramid's courtyard after catching up, Evelyn was overjoyed that "they made it" - but Anck-su-namun snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the waist with a dagger and lethally wounded her.He bets his truck against Mike's Caddy.Mike recklessly speeds and drag races the big rig on the narrow road and wins the friendly bet, but declines to accept Nick's truck...(He glances down at his shoulder wound.) - until a while ago, that is.Yes, I killed him.I killed him for money and for a woman.I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman.Pretty, isn't it?Intermittently throughout the film that is told from a fatalistic point of view, Neff changes his voice, alternating subtly from a confession to a rhythmic, flowing narration, as he continues o link together the various scenes in the flashback.[Barry's inspiration for the lead female character was derived from real-life Philadelphian WASP heiress Hope Montgomery Scott (1905-1995).