Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Review- Prince of Persia




Short version: It’s okay, maybe worth a rent if you love the Middle East or Jake Gyllenhaal. But not a very exiting or entertaining movie.

Grade: C


The only real issue with this film is that it is flat; however, this is also a huge problem here. When you have charismatic actors throughout the film coupled with spectacular effects and twirling action sequences and you still can’t make anyone exited about the events taking place then you’ve failed pretty miserably to make a good adventure film. Director by Mike Newell the movie has all of the ingredients and money it needs but still fails to achieve any thrills and feels like a road trip through Death Valley.

It’s unfortunate because it had a good chance to be amazing and to prove that you can make a good movie from a good video game but perhaps that hope is in vein. Having said that it is still probably the best video game movie ever made, which says how bad the rest are.

What I liked: the cast. You’ve got Ben Kingsley, Toby Kebbell, Gemma Arterton(who seems to be popping up in everything lately) Alfred Molina and Gyllenhaal all bringing considerable talent to the film. The problem is that they are all stuck with nothing to do. The script is predictable and somewhat pointless with no real heart and it becomes somewhat unengaging.

What I hated: nothing. Nevertheless, everything I didn’t like was still just mediocre. So even though I didn’t hate any of it, that still counts as a mark against it.