Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Review

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Review - SPOILERS AWAIT YOU

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Jake Gyllenhaal is time traveling again,

This time with a dagger,

People die,

At the end you realize you just wasted 1.5 hours of your life,

Because as it turns out…the entire Movie never happened.

REVIEW: I wanted to like this movie. I actually ended up seeing it twice to convince myself that I in fact did like it. However, such convincing is sadly impossible. Despite a stellar cast with the likes of Jake Gyllenhall (Donnie Darko, Brothers), Ben Kingsley (Photographing Fairies, Shutter Island), and Alfred Molina (Spider-man 2, An Education), they just cant bring the movie out of what is yet another terrible video game movie adaptation.

Although time traveling elements can be used effectively, (see other Jake Gyllenhaal time travel movie Donnie Darko) in this case it just serves the purpose of making the viewer feel as though they were cheated. This movie takes you on 1.5 hour journey full of bad acting, a bad script, and terrible special effects. After enduring all this the movie decides “eh…lets just say none of it ever happened.” Thus, literally reversing the entire movie.

One positive thing that can be said about this movie is its use of parkour. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Jake Gyllenhaal is certainly not the person pulling off these stunts. However, the stunts that are pulled off are nothing short of stunning. Very many of them aren’t even CGI and trust me…you will be able to tell the difference. The CGI is really that bad.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a major disappointment. In short, don’t waste your time.

4.14567/10

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