Many people don't get what the supernatural events were about in this movie. It is normal because it contains elements of common themes of ghosts and ufo. However, it deals with neither.nMany of the events of the film makes sense if you understand occult lore of the Middle East surrounding creatures known as the Djinn.nForget about the Aladdin version of the Djinn. Mythological and occult lore of the Djinn is entirely different. Djinn are said to be of fire that doesn't burn. That is an ancient reference to electricity or magnetism. The word jinn in Arabic has the linguistic meaning of 'invisible' and it also shares the same linguistic root as the word 'mad'.nLet's take a closer look at the movie...n1) The man in the cave is actually a sorcerer. The beings he was communicating with are the djinn. They are invisible to the naked eye, but they registered on the solider's equipment. He provided them water that turned into sand. Djinn in ancient lore are able to materialize things ranging from food to gemstones. However, they eventually turn to dust.n2) Evil tribes of the djinn such as the Beni Ghilan (followers of al-Ghoul) are believed to consume dead human flesh.n3) Ancient records detailing djinn materialization talk about strange sounds like 'buzzing bees' before they appear. In this movie, it is the buzzing sound of a chopper.n4) Magnetic phenomena....there is a little known Arabic text called the Green Island dating back to medieval morocco. This book talks about a man who was kidnapped by the djinn and taken to a magical island. He was returned to his village many years later. He left behind a make-shift map trying to point out where this magical island was. Modern researchers of the story tried to correlate the map with modern geographic data. They discovered that the instructions placed it somewhere in the middle of the Bermuda triangle. The mountain range appears to be another secret home of the djinn and thus seem to reflect strange magnetic phenomena.n5) Weird lights...the same old occult texts when discussing djinn manifestation refer to lights that suddenly appear and shine upon the sorcerer from which emerge strange figures (the djinn).n6) Ending....djinn are reported to have strong telepathic abilities and to be very secretive of their reality. The film's ending is about a man whose brain was scrambled by the djinn after being touched on the forehead by one of them. He got too close and he was neutralized and left behind as an example...nI don't claim to know exactly what the script writer intended with all of those references. I am making an educated guess here based on the similarities (coincidental or intended) between the events of the movie and the ancient mythological narrative.nCheck out books such 'Book of Deadly Names' for more info on the djinn.
Many people don't get what the supernatural events were about in this movie. It is normal because it contains elements of common themes of ghosts and ufo. However, it deals with neither.nMany of the events of the film makes sense if you understand occult lore of the Middle East surrounding creatures known as the Djinn.nForget about the Aladdin version of the Djinn. Mythological and occult lore of the Djinn is entirely different. Djinn are said to be of fire that doesn't burn. That is an ancient reference to electricity or magnetism. The word jinn in Arabic has the linguistic meaning of 'invisible' and it also shares the same linguistic root as the word 'mad'.nLet's take a closer look at the movie...n1) The man in the cave is actually a sorcerer. The beings he was communicating with are the djinn. They are invisible to the naked eye, but they registered on the solider's equipment. He provided them water that turned into sand. Djinn in ancient lore are able to materialize things ranging from food to gemstones. However, they eventually turn to dust.n2) Evil tribes of the djinn such as the Beni Ghilan (followers of al-Ghoul) are believed to consume dead human flesh.n3) Ancient records detailing djinn materialization talk about strange sounds like 'buzzing bees' before they appear. In this movie, it is the buzzing sound of a chopper.n4) Magnetic phenomena....there is a little known Arabic text called the Green Island dating back to medieval morocco. This book talks about a man who was kidnapped by the djinn and taken to a magical island. He was returned to his village many years later. He left behind a make-shift map trying to point out where this magical island was. Modern researchers of the story tried to correlate the map with modern geographic data. They discovered that the instructions placed it somewhere in the middle of the Bermuda triangle. The mountain range appears to be another secret home of the djinn and thus seem to reflect strange magnetic phenomena.n5) Weird lights...the same old occult texts when discussing djinn manifestation refer to lights that suddenly appear and shine upon the sorcerer from which emerge strange figures (the djinn).n6) Ending....djinn are reported to have strong telepathic abilities and to be very secretive of their reality. The film's ending is about a man whose brain was scrambled by the djinn after being touched on the forehead by one of them. He got too close and he was neutralized and left behind as an example...nI don't claim to know exactly what the script writer intended with all of those references. I am making an educated guess here based on the similarities (coincidental or intended) between the events of the movie and the ancient mythological narrative.nCheck out books such 'Book of Deadly Names' for more info on the djinn.
（有关键情节透露和解释，请先看完电影，电影则争议很大，请慎重选择）
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这是一部单纯描述探索未知神秘力量的电影，附加的意义可以有很多，但探索本身的意义十分单纯，完全不需要过度阐释。
片中要探索的神秘力量类似（而不是）“Vimanas”，字幕译成“神之战车”，似乎也没有错。Vimanas是古印度的飞行器，外观很象金字塔型的飞行堡垒，有战斗功能，现代经常将其解读为UFO在古文献中的记录。但本片中的“Vimanas”与之相比有较大不同，比如：形状是倒三角，肉眼中几乎无实体，而更接近光球和龙卷风的结合物。另有一种呈现，在黑夜中仿佛悬浮的巨大光球，现代武器可以击退。
电影用于体现神秘现象的成本非常小，效果却很不错。或许用于祭祀的木制图腾，热辐射成像仪映照的血红形状，夜视仪的绿基调中持刀的黑色鬼影，空中回荡的高声吟唱，男主由始至终死人般没有起伏的画外音，花样很多，起初不以为意，后期却层出不穷地堆积出诡异效应。
仿佛一块异世界让渡给地球的飞地，战士们以不新奇的方式在把握得极精妙的时间点上死去。
男主的形象在电影世界里独树一帜。身为CIA特别部门的一员，家中有感情和睦的美妻，他却独自奔赴阿富汗履行九死一生也未必有成果的任务。偷偷揣起酒瓶，拒绝与队友分享，再向他们隐藏巨大又绝望的秘密，引领他们进入必亡之地，以“为国捐躯”的荣耀安慰临终者，耐心听取“国家才不会知道我们”的正解，然后头也不回地走开，继续任务。
这个人，既残忍，又伟大。
其实离队出走的“队长”先他一步抵达了片尾的绿洲，却承受不起“神”之手指在额头的那一触。
在生命的最后一刻仍试图用机器记录资料的男主，接下了这一触。
毫无人性的故事突然给出浪漫的重击，人间鲜有不膝跪者。
而男主所在的那个特别部门，一去不回的特工有很多，很多。
电影的氛围塑造得很好。装备、战斗场面、战术动作、军事术语看起来很真实。
至于电影讲诉的内容其实很简单（以下剧透）：
讲的是一个CIA探员带着一组战士前往一块神秘区域探索调查的事情。
美国CIA曾在苏联入侵阿富汗期间，欲在此区域设立训练营，培养圣战者以对抗苏联。但发现此地十分神秘，不仅一切与电磁相关的装备均会在此失灵（指南针、无线通信、卫星导航），甚至连侦察卫星都无法清楚地查看到这一谷地的地形。再加上关于此地的历史之谜及当地众多传说为本地人带来的恐惧，训练营计划遂告搁浅。
2000年，美国终于意外地通过侦查卫星观察到了此处地形，随之发现的是一处尸骨成堆的“尸骨地狱”，和神秘的三角形发光体（神之战车）。911事件发生2年后，美国军事力量介入了这一地区。不管是为了防止这一区域被塔利班利用于藏匿武器，还是为了调查萦绕在此地的种种神秘传说，又或者是为了了解于此处出现的神秘发光物体是否为苏联遗落此处的实验性秘密武器，美国政府再次向这里派出了CIA探员。
尽管掌握有更多的信息（当地的一位阿訇向美国提供了一些关于此地的信息，并影射此处可能被塔利班用于藏匿核武器、卫星照片），拥有更可靠的技术（激光通讯设备、红外频谱分析仪等），但此任务仍然带有自杀性质。而CIA探员一直向派遣给他的士兵隐瞒了真相。
他们进入了这个地方，经历了种种超自然现象（很精彩、很写实），损失了几乎全部人员，最后只剩CIA探员孤身一人到达了谷地中心神秘丘陵附近的绿洲。他似乎得到了“它们”（神之战车中的人影，片尾显示其身材颀长、手持光杖）的认可，获得了“传承”（信息、历史、科技等等知识），最终被送回了人类世界。但其却因为受到巨大的冲击而失去了与人交流的能力。
片尾他手紧握着一个史前黄金工艺品（十分有名的史前黄金飞机，不知道的请自行百度），身体僵直悬浮于一处军事实验室的病床之上，心中只剩下一个想法：“它会拯救我们（It will save us all）”。大概影射了众沙漠一神教的起源。