Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Prince Of Persia - The Sands Of Time

Synopsis

In this most anticipated game-to-movie adaptation, we follow Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) as he teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to stop a ruthless leader from laying his hands on the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can be used to reverse time and rule the world.

Official Site: disney.go.com/disneypictures/princeofpersia

Singapore Release Date: 27th May 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 116 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina

Crew: Director (Mike Newell), Producer (Jerry Bruckheimer), Writers (Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin), Music (Harry Gregson-Williams), Cinematography (John Seale)

The Trailer

The Review

Is it just me or Jake Gyllenhaal is too pasty-looking for the role of Prince Dastan.

So far to date, popular video-games made into movies has not been well received so far.

Think Doom, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros. and now Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Most of such leap didn’t bode so well as I reckon people goes into the cinema with high expectations, only to leave disappointed.

I might say Prince of Persia is somewhat entertaining, impressive scenes but they’re far and few in-between.

The storyline was patchy at best, and the only thing holding the movie for me was Gemma Arterton.

I thought she was brilliant and stole the limelight from Jake Gyllenhaal.

The film needs a better tighter script. It was joyless for me as I watched this.

The Good

• Believable chemistry
• Lovely music selection

The Bad

• Miscast
• Predictable plot

Editor’s Ratings