Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time is a film based on the video
game of the same name. Being that I've never played or seen the game, I
didn't have any biases going into the film.
The movie opens with a
rags-to-riches story. A parentless, young boy from the streets named
Dastan shows his courage by defending his friend in the marketplace.
King Sharaman, the king of Persia, witnesses this bravery and adopts the
boy as his own. The street rat suddenly becomes a prince.
Prince of Persia Movie Review - A Mysterious Dagger
Fast
forward 15 years- The Persians plan an attack on Alamut. A now grown
Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) sneaks over the Alamut walls and the rest of
the Persians follow in. While taking over, Dastan finds a fancy looking
dagger. Alamut's Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) agrees to join forces
with the Persians when she sees Dastan with the dagger.
To
celebrate, Dastan gives his father a robe that was given to him by his
brother, Tus. King Sharaman promptly announces that Dastan and Tamina
are to be married. Suddenly the robe that Dastan gives to his father
starts to smoke the king is poisoned and dies. After being accused of
murdering his father, Dastan escapes with the help of Tamina. Eventually
Dastan realizes the dagger he's been carrying is a time machine of
sorts.
Prince of Persia Movie Review - Looking For a Murderer
The
movie continues as Gyllenhaal and Arterton's characters try to figure
out who the real killer of Dastan's father was, and how this mystical
dagger is involved in the murder.
Prince of Persia - The Sands of
Time is a move that full of fantastic action scenes. Jake Gyllenhaal
shows off his sword wielding skills throughout the movie, and the chase
scenes involving slow motion rooftop jumps were very Matrix-esque.
Although the action was great throughout, some of the computer graphics
were a little cheesy. The storyline was very well drawn up and I didn't
feel like I was watching a movie based on a video game. The movie is
rated PG-13, so some of the fight scenes were pretty tame. Another thing
that was tame was the love story. Gemma Alterton, whom I haven't seen
act before, was very easy on the eyes (her acting held my attention
too...), and a more romantic relationship with Gyllenhaal would have
been interesting. All in all, the movie was entertaining and, because
it's a Disney film, you know there's a happy ending.
Prince of Persia Movie Review Final Rating: 7/10
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