In a
previous entry I mention a "key" that is introduced but, beyond mucking about with the elevators at the Hall of Waters, not used.
That's not entirely accurate. In reviewing some of the footage last night, I saw, and remembered finally, that the key is actually a highly sought after prize by the villain. No, not that villain, the other one. No, not that one, the
other one...the one in the red Oriental jacquard dress...that we don't see until the last fifteen minutes of the film.
Oh,
her...Why does she want it? Although she has a monologue about how grateful she is that our heros have delivered it into her hands, mwuah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-HA...
...it's never explained. We just don't know.