There are two types of film that seem to be derided more than any other. The first group consists of remakes of classic films, which are generally accepted as not being nearly as good as the originals. The second group is those films which are made as adaptations from games, which are also frequently not considered to be as good as the game they're based on. As a non-gamer this doesn't affect me quite so much as I don't know anything about the original, but as someone who often finds book-to-film adaptations to be lacking something from the original, I can see how it may be true. In "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", Prince Dastan is saved ...  Read the complete review

FILM REVIEW ONY Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley Director: Mike Newell Genre: Action, adventure, fantasy Rating: 12A Run Time: 116mins Release date: 2010 [Plot] Set in Persia and following the invasion of the ancient city Alamut, a powerful dagger with magic sand inside is discovered that can reverse time. An attempt to get the dagger to safety fails and it ends up in the hands of Dastan, once a lowly street orphan and now a Prince of Persia. Soon Dastan finds himself running for his life, when he is falsely accused of murder. On the run with the princess from the invaded city, the pair must ...  Read the complete review

Title: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley Director: Mike Newell Runtime: 116 minutes Certificate: 12A Format: Blu-ray / DVD ORIGINS: For those unaware of the origins of this film, allow me to explain. Prince Of Persia was once a 2D platform game on the likes of the Atari home computer, that later became a more graphically stunning 3D adventure game similar to Tomb Raider. And here is were the film begins with a nice sequence of characters jumping and sort of free-running around the place. It looks very cool and it mimics the games very well. It's very stylish in ...  Read the complete review

As far as video games being made into movies the audience never has much luck. We got Super Mario Brothers the movie, Alone in the Dark and the barely adequate Resident Evil. Things we're looking bad and when I heard that the game Prince of Persia Sands of Time was being made into a film, I heard a collective groan of 'not again' and 'darling, I'm taking a warm bath - get me my sharpest razor'. However when it was revealed that this was going to be big budget and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer I kind of held my breath. Well you can exhale because as far as I'm concerned we have finally got a half decent film. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince and Gemma ...  Read the complete review

Based on the blockbuster game of the same name, Prince of Persia is on its way to be a summer blockbuster of 2010! Mike Newell(Donnie Brasco,Monalisa Smile) is heading the ship as the director and the film stars acclaimed actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Sir Ben Kingsley alongside the 24 year old beautiful Gemma Arterton. Prince of Persia is about the royal family of Persia. When the king is conspired and killed by one of the family members, his adopted son Dastaan(Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes the prime suspect. To prove his innocence, Dastaan flees and with the help of Prince Tamina tries to solve the mystery of the king's death and the intention behind ...  Read the complete review