I had no idea, when i was going to watch this movie & it turned in an awesome experience. Prince of Persia lovers must watch this Movie.

Nearly every production studio has made an attempt at making a decent video game adaptation. There are some good iterations but the dreaded curse has unfortunately yet to be broken. Based on the Prince of Persia franchise, we follow Prince Dastan who is framed for killing the king. He soon stumbles across a jewelled dagger that has the power to turn back time, and must ensure it does not fall into the hands of someone who has a more insidious agenda. This is just old fashioned fun. Harking back to classic adventure movies like Indiana Jones. If you dust off your sandy serious mind and just observe what's on screen, you'll enjoy it. Start analysing it...and well you'll find issues. Straight away, you feel energised by the light adventurous tone that Disney set out to accomplish. Several action set pieces to keep the eyes engaged, but upon reflection it's not really memorable. They all merge into one. Performances were all solid. Gyllenhaal tackles his first above average blockbuster (*cough* The Day After Tomorrow is below average), I did find his accent confusing. Was he trying to be British? I spent half the time deciphering in my head what his accent was meant to be. Arterton surprisingly held her own and occasionally portrayed a strong independent character. Kingsley...well, I don't think big flashy blockbusters are right for him. The visual effects still look impressive, particularly the scenes involving time reversal. The sandy after effects suited and enhanced these scenes. The script tries to embed humour, but fails. It's so focussed on the word "time" and explaining the rules of the dagger that it just doesn't have enough space for the world building which is fundamentally important in an adventure story. I despise the ending. It negates everything that happened (I understand why) but all the relationships that are established and deaths were just meaningless, making the story forgettable. Tries too hard at creating a franchise.

Superproduction well done with great locations on Marrocos and an excellent cast and a good story could be wrong??? well if you believe that mortal guy make all things that show on the movie you probably is mad!! The good thing in this movie is Alfredo Molina who don't like to pay taxes who like anyway!! but he is very funny and helps the picture,but prince Dastan should be in marvel super heroes instead this movie!!

it is strange to define it as a bad film. because the effort of actors is almost impressive. but, surely, it is a boring movie. because the spirit of original game, the flavor of Orient, the cinnamon of fairy tale are absent. Ben Kingsley does his the best in a dark role who saves few scenes. but the chemistry of love story is only desire and the young hero is only a nice silhouette. sure, for fans of genre may be a splendid show. but except this target, the adventures of Dastan and Amina remains sketch of a predictable story who has lost the sparkle who gives to it rhythm and seduction. I admit, I am profound subjective. or my expectations are too high. but something significant is missing in this film. and this does it only one of many ordinaries tries to adapt a video game to the screen.