Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time (from legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer) follows a
rogue prince (an unnaturally buff Jake Gyllenhall) who reluctantly joins forces with a
mysterious princess (Quantum Of Solace babe, Gemma Arterton).
The
two then go to battle against dark forces (and a lot of guys
wearing eye liner) in order to protect an ancient dagger capable of
turning back time.
It seems this little dagger is releasing "The
Sands of Time" - a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its
possessor to rule the world.
Think of it as Back To The Future without the crazy plutonium stealing "Doc"... and more sand.
All
the elements are here for quite a good time in front of the TV with the family Friday : Action,
humour, hot girls, hot guys, sword play and an unnecessary dose of CGI.
So what makes Prince Of Persia so unbelievably forgettable?
Aside
from the obvious emphasis on big and loud action pieces used to "bring
this puppy home" (which are so noisy and messy that your brain just
switches off most of the time) the biggest problem with Persia seems to be the pressure on Gyllenhall to carry a film with a fairly out-of-place accent.
Don't get me wrong, Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time isn't
a bad way to spend your hard earned cash - it's fast, it's fun and it's
easy enough to follow. Better yet, it's not a debacle on the
scale of G.I. Joe or Jerry Bruckheimer other recent bomb The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
However
it's not mind blowing in any way, shape or form either - due solely to
the fact that we've seen it all before in other movies that, quite
frankly, do it much better.
And that, sadly, is a problem. A $200 Million problem. DVD Special Features
There are a few copies of this floating around, after all - the only
way this mess will make it's money back is on DVD. While the movie's
budget is reportedly $200M, the film only managed to make $90M in the
USA - luckily, it took in a whopping $244M overseas (a grand total of
$335M worldwide). Normally for a film to be considered "a hit", it needs to make back 2.5 times it's initial budget. Ouch!
There
are digital copies availible with this as well as some featurettes
which really do little to convince you the movie was worth buying on
DVD.
Conclusion - Movie: 60% Extras: 55%
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