
Together, the scrolls will reveal the location of the sunken Unicorn, and its treasure. It transpires that there were three models of the Unicorn, each containing a scroll. Sir Francis' treasure-laden ship was attacked by a pirate ship, led by the masked Red Rackham (Daniel Craig), and, after a fierce battle and eventual surrender, Sir Francis chose to sink the Unicorn, and most of the treasure, rather than allow it to fall into Rackham's hands. Sakharine sends a seaplane to find them, but Tintin is able to capture the plane, and fly towards the (fictitious) Moroccan port of Bagghar, but they crash in the desert.ĭehydrated in the heat, and suffering from a sudden lack of alcohol, Haddock hallucinates, and starts to remember stories about his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock (Andy Serkis), who was captain of the Unicorn during the 17th century. Tintin and Haddock (and Snowy) eventually escape from the Karaboudjan in a lifeboat. Haddock has been supplied with whiskey by first mate Allan ( Daniel Mays), who is working for Sakharine, and the captain is permanently drunk, and doesn't know what's happening on board his ship. On board, Tintin escapes and meets the ship's nominal captain, Haddock ( Andy Serkis). Later, Tintin is shot at, then abducted by accomplices of Sakharine, and imprisoned on the SS Karaboudjan. Tintin puts the scroll in his wallet, only to have his wallet stolen by Silk. Tintin visits Sakharine in Marlinspike Hall, where he learns that there are two model ships. Meanwhile, incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson ( Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) are on the trail of a pickpocket, Aristides Silk ( Toby Jones). Snowy spots it but is unable to alert Tintin. As it breaks, a parchment scroll slips out of the ship's mast.

Tintin takes the ship home, but it is broken during a fight between Snowy and a neighbor's cat. Tintin buys a model of a three-masted sailing ship, the Unicorn, on the cheap, but is then immediately accosted by the sinister Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine ( Daniel Craig), and the mysterious figure of Barnaby (Joe Starr), who both try to buy the model from Tintin, without success.

Tintin ( Jamie Bell), a young journalist, and his dog Snowy are browsing in an outdoor market in a European town (scene starts off with a cameo of Hergé doing Tintin's portrait).

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