Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Screenplay:
Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard Screen Story and video game series "Prince of Persia":
Jordan Mechner
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is based on a video game, and those rarely succeed when taken to the big screen. Sadly that's the case here as well. I did like the way they in the beginning made a video game reference in how they filmed the character in a early scene, but from there it went downhill. The plot is weak and predictable, the acting is generally of a lower standard than you'd expect looking at the cast and the adventure part is never taken seriously enough to elevate the movie into what it could have been.
The lack of chemistry between the leading couple is also a big no-no, and then they bored me a lot more than any movie can get away with. Too bad, better luck next time.
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