The Prince of Persia: Blu Ray Review
The Prince of Persia
Rating: M
Released by Disney DVD
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Dastan, a young street urchin orphan boy who's taken
into the Persian royal court at an early age and who comes to love the ruler as
if he were his dad.
However, later on as the Persians are laying siege to a city they believe is
hiding weapons which have helped their enemies (spot the parallel here), Dastan
finds himself cast out from the royal court after he's believed to have
assassinated the king.
Forced into hiding and into
an uneasy alliance with Princess Tamina (a dusky sultry Gemma Arterton) Dastan
tries to unravel the plot.
From the opening chase
scene through to the FX laden final scenes, the problem is this film is relying
a little too much on its source material - and the medium it came from. That is,
it feels like it's a computer game on the big screen.
Scenes are held together by one of three plot devices - either a
fight scene, a chase scene or plot exposition. There's also some humour thrown
in in the form of Alfred Molina's comedy relief Sheik (and his brilliant ostrich
racing - when was the last time you saw that on screen?) but it feels like less
than the sum of its parts.
It's reasonable family
fare but nothing as thrilling as it could be.
Extras: A chance to take control of the dagger and
go behind the scenes is a nice touch on the Blu Ray release.
Rating: 6/10
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