Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Walt Disney Pictures

Rated PG-13

Running time: 116 minutes






























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In Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, orphan Jake Gyllenhaal is adopted by the royal family. After presenting a captured robe to his king father Ronald Pickup, the king dies of poisoning and Gyllenhaal must flee, along with the captured princess Gemma Arterton, from his vengeful prince brothers Richard Coyle and Toby Kebbell. Along the way, Gyllenhaal discovers his captured dagger from princess Arterton can turn back time.

Based on the video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the movie was surprisingly enjoyable to watch. I have not seen the game, but the action scenes were mostly well integrated into the movie and not obvious gaming scenes - making the scenes worthy of a Jerry Bruckheimer production, even if there are ostriches in the movie. Actually, I thought the ostrich race was fun. At the end of Gyllenhaal's quest, to return the dagger to it's proper place, is where you will see what are the obvious gaming obstacles. I did not know Ben Kingsley was in this movie, as most of what I knew of the movie came from the Disney Channel and I did not hear the Disney Channel mention Kingsley. The movie might have gotten more box office if Kingsley was promoted more.

Rated PG-13 for violence. Running time: 116 minutes.

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