Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - Review

Prince of Persia the Sands of Time is a 2010 heroic action-adventure film written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard. In Theaters, the film releases on May 28, 2010. The movie is based on the 2003 video game of same name. The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie gets speculative review from viewers.

Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present "Prince of Persia The Sands of Time”. Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina, Ben Kingsley as Nizam, and Alfred Molina as Sheik Amar have played role in this film. The film is starring an actor best known for sensitive tear-stained dramas, with a director famous for comedies, using a script written by no less than four writers.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie details:

Release Date: May 28, 2010
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action)
Official Website: Disney.com/PrinceofPersia
Review: 6/10 rating | 7/10 rating

Cast List

Hassansin Leader - 'Gisli Orn Gardarsson'
Hassansin Porcupine - 'Claudio Pacifico'
Jake Gyllenhaal - 'Dastan'
Gemma Arterton - 'Tamina'
Ben Kingsley - 'Nizam'
Alfred Molina - 'Sheikh Amar'
Steve Toussaint - 'Seso'
Daud Shah - 'Asoka'
Stephen Pope - 'Roham'
Rachid Abbad - 'Rafa'
Toby Kebbell - 'Garsiv'
Richard Coyle - 'Tus'
Ronald Pickup - 'King Sharaman'
Reece Ritchie - 'Bis'
Christopher Greet - 'Regent of Alamut'
William Foster - 'Young Dastan'
Elliot James Neale - 'Young Bis'

Crew List

Directed By: Mike Newell
Screenplay By: Boaz Yakin and Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard
Screen Story By: Jordan Mechner
Based on the Video Game Created By: Jordan Mechner
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Executive Producers: Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Jordan Mechner, John August, Patrick McCormick, and Eric McLeod
Director of Photography: John Seale
Editors: Michael Kahn, Mick Audsley, and Martin Walsh
Production Designer: Wolf Kroeger
Costume Designer: Penny Rose

Prince of Persia is the part of Pirates of the Caribbean, part of Arabian Nights, and all tosh. The story follows Dastan. The role of Dastan is played by (Jake Gyllenhaal). Dastan is an urchin in the Persian Empire in the sixth century. The King adopts Dastan as his heir, after showing courage in the battle, so the king's two sons will not fight over the throne.

The king receives political message, the message contains that the weapons are available at the nearby holy city. In search of weapons that are not actually there, the king goes nearby holy city. Because of political motives, the king is killed and Dastan is blamed for that.

Later on, Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) is teamed up by Dastan to stop a common enemy - the villainous nobleman Nizam (Ben Kingsley). To find out the truth, Dastan and Princess Tamina are trying to conceal a bigger truth – the mysterious “sands of time” an ancient dagger known as "The Dagger of Time" (a valuable dagger which gives to its owner the ability to go back in time for short periods and change the past) and keep him from generating a sandstorm which could destroy the world.

Review of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Tamina plays double role in the film. After each milestone in Dastan’s quest, by serving up portions of the film’s mythology during lengthy bits of exposition as the sacred Keeper of the Backstory, Tamina is functioning. In this sense, Prince of Persia nods noticeably to its videogame roots, mimicking the structure of a traditional quest game: the narrative equivalent of the “Thank you, but the Princess is in another castle” trope follows a period of feverish action from the original Super Mario Bros.

In the film, Sheik Amar – played by Alfred Molina is very funny as the “entrepreneur,” who opposes to government taxes and regulations. During Dastan and Tamina’s journey to safeguard the dagger, the deadly Hassansin (who are a group of highly trained (and creepy) assassins) is met by the audiences in the film.

Throughout the film, Gyllenhaal performs Parkour stunts which make film on the plus side. He does a decent job of playing the charming rogue and Gemma is certainly easy on the eyes, with an almost otherworldly beauty. Audiences just seeking for a fun popcorn movie that the entire family can watch will probably enjoy it. Any kids except the littlest ones (6 and under or so) would be OK with the film.

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