one will build the moai. The King, however, only allows them to compete after the moai has been completed. He makes the condition that if the Short Ear competitor loses he will be sacrificed. Despite these conditions Make accepts the position of the Birdman Competitor on the condition he be allowed to marry Ramana if he wins. The King agrees and Make spends all his time working and training, leaving no time for sleep or other recreational activities. Meanwhile, work on the great moai has become so important that the Short Ears sacrifice their food to complete it. Finally it is the Birdman Competition. Nine competitors must swim to a close by islet surrounded by pounding surf, climb the cliffs to get an egg from the nest of a sooty tern and bring it back. The first to return wins for his tribe. Noro barely wins and Ariki-mau gets to be the island's ruler for another year. Ramana is brought from the cave, pale from her long underground stay and obviously pregnant. Before anything is decided about the fate of Ramana or Make, an iceberg is spotted off the coast. Ariki-mau believes that the iceberg is the great white canoe sent to take him to the gods and goes out to it with some of his followers. After the iceberg has carried Ariki-mau away, the advisor attempts to seize control of the island, but Make kills him and the Short Ears stage a rebellion, slaughtering and even eating the remains of the Long Ears. Noro alone survives, as Make allows him to live, and Noro, Ramana and their baby escape the island in a canoe Ramana's father built. A post-credits scene states that archaeological evidence proves that Pitcairn Island was settled some away, providing hope that Noro, Ramana and their daughter made it to a new land. Main cast Jason Scott Lee as Noro Esai Morales as Make Sandrine Holt as Ramana Eru Potaka-Dewes as Ariki-mau Gordon Hatfield as Riro Anzac Wallace as Haoa George Henare as Tupa Rena Owen as Hitirenga Pete Smith as Priest Rawiri Paratene as Priest Cliff Curtis as Short Ear Lawrence Makoare as Atta Hori Ahipene as Long Ear Overseer Nathaniel Lees as Long Ear Chief Waihoroi Shortland as Long Ear Chief Grant McFarland as Long Ear Chief Historical accuracy issues The film can be considered a condensed history of the collapse of the Easter