Earlier this week I had the chance to catch an early viewing of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." With the movie not opening for a couple of weeks I will leave this review as spoiler free as possible. I have played this video game and its sequel so I am reviewing it from that perspective. If you have not played the game then your experience may be different and I would guess make for a better movie.
Coming into the movie I was expecting a fun popcorn movie at best I was hoping for something akin to "The Mummy." However, with it being based off of a video game, I was still apprehensive. However after watching it I can say it was one of the best movies based off of a video game that I have ever seen. To be fair though it doesn't have much competition.
While the detailed plot of the movie does not follow the video game story line, the general plot of the movie does. The added plot details are done well and overall I have no problems with the plot decisions that they make. Each point on the journey makes sense and the enemies that the heroes must face are able to capture the creepiness of the video enemies and have them make sense in the movie world. There was one moment at the beginning of the movie that made me worry a little that they were trying to make the movie feel like a video game, but this only happened once.
The acting is decent. The weakest here was the Princess. Gylenhal puts in a decent enough performance, but the weak performance from the actress playing his opposite, hurts his performance. The rest of the cast is rounded off by Ben Kinsley and Alfred Molina, both of whom put in great performances.
The action sequences also shine in the movie and brings back memories of the video game. They were very enjoyable and will most likely be the star of this movie.
I won't go into anything else since I don't want to spoil the movie, if you've played the video game then this movie won't disappoint you. And if you enjoyed "The Mummy Returns," you will enjoy this movie as well. For me the movie gets 3 out of 5 stars
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