Movies: 'Prince of Persia' Review
Movie:
Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Verdict:
Jake Gyllanhaal's beautiful pecks and the sands of shite..!
Rating: 1 Stars
STARRING:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Gemma Arterton
Ben Kingsley
Alfred Molina
Steve Toussaint
I hate to say it but the only good thing about this movie is Jake Gyllenhaal's Abs!!I'm so disappointed!! Though not usually a fantasy movies fan, I had heard great reviews before I went to see it and I was really looking forward to this. I thought the direction was bla.. the script was bla.. In fact I left the movie theatre questioning what the hell the big deal was all about. Oh yeah, Jake's fine toned body.
After demonstrating signs of bravery in defence of his best friend, a young orphan boy Dastan (Jake's character) is taken by the King of Persia to be his son. All grown up, later Dastan is a rogue sort, prone to running up walls and disobeying the orders of his older brothers when it comes to battle strategy. After being part of an attack on Gemma Arterton's princesses' palace, he comes across a dagger that can transport him back in time by a minute; which would've been handy if he'd had it before being framed for the murder of his dad - the King. Soon he finds himself teaming up with the princess to prove his innocence and uncover a betrayal within his family.
If you are expecting realism, that it is not. If you are expecting fluid action scenes, they are not there either - just choppy ones! For the huge budget it was supposed to have, the potential has been buried. Sad. What sort of saves it is the quirky, flirty banter between Dastan and the princess, but even that gets a bit yawn after awhile. Not dreadful, younger teenagers will probably love it, and there is enough eye candy on show to distract from the dullness of the action and plot, it's just missing the vital elements of, oh I don't know, a good movie.