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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 213
Fresh: 75 | Rotten: 138

It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but Prince of Persia is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler -- and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations.

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Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 24

It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but Prince of Persia is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler -- and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations.

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Movie Info

Ubisoft's popular video-game series of the same name gets adapted for the big screen in this sweeping fantasy adventure starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton. The setting is sixth century Persia. A nefarious nobleman covets the Sands of Time, a legendary gift from the gods that allows its possessor to turn back time. Whoever owns the Sands of Time has the power to rule the world, and this villainous lord would use that power to enslave all of humanity. The only person capable of defeating

Sep 14, 2010

$90.8M

Walt Disney Pictures

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All Critics (213) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (139) | DVD (21)

The sheer whoosh of the story line keeps you watching anyway, and, as the prince, Jake Gyllenhaal has a hearty good-naturedness that comes as a relief amid all the turbocharged antics. He wears his heroism lightly.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Christian Science Monitor
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Disposable family entertainment.

June 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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This is a movie that knows exactly how dumb it is.

June 1, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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As usual, the talent in Prince of Persia is generally top notch -- from the cinematographer John Seale to the parkour expert David Belle -- but the ingredients have been masticated so heavily the results are mush.

May 28, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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A spectacularly silly video-game adaptation about a Fresh Prince of Gel Hair who runs around the desert with a magic dagger, a curious version of Alfred Molina and some hoity-toity chick who never breaks a sweat. It's sort of pointless.

May 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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Prince of Persia is destined to disappear into the quicksand of time, too innocuous to be hated, too bland to be remembered, just awaiting some bright optimist in a distant future to press the do-over button.

May 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
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Someday someone is going to make a great film from a video game. Until then we have to be satisfied with being decently entertained without being hopelessly insulted. Prince of Persia manages to avoid doing either, so the wait continues.

April 25, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

This movie stars exactly one paleface American and several paler-faced Brits in almost all the supporting roles. The bronzer budget must have been a major line item.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment (1)
Movies.com

...a pointless and aggressively bland big-budget disaster.

January 10, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comments (3)
Reel Film Reviews

It wanders through the desert, looking for an exciting hook but never finding one.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Views | Comment

The movie feels mediocre. It could've been much more, and so it seems the video game curse is still alive and well.

September 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comments (3)
Window to the Movies

Thought it may not be the kind of film you eagerly anticipate viewing again and again, "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" makes a nimble transition to home video, via Walt Disney Video's 3-disc combo pack.

September 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

When one considers the progeny of this sun-baked disaster, the question becomes not where did everything go wrong, but how did anyone ever think it would go right.

September 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Comment

Pijesak vremena nije film koji će gledateljima dugo ostati u sjećanju, to i ne mora automatski značiti da je lo

September 12, 2010 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comments (2)
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All about the empty spectacle, sound and fury building to multiple climaxes (without the pleasure). [Blu-ray]

September 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comments (2)

While Prince of Persia is no Pirates of the Caribbean, it's also nothing Bruckheimer or Disney need to feel ashamed of. My kids loved it.

September 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comments (2)
Movie Metropolis

The sands weigh heavily toward the action/special effects component, true to its video game origins and designed to the tastes of the fanboy gamer crowd.

September 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | Comment
Cinema Signals

Disney tries its hand at adapting a video game and deliver a wasted opportunity of a film.

July 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
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July 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Panorama | Comments (2)

It isn't that the film is bad, it's just that it's so bland at times you wonder if you're watching populist director like Ronald Emmerich trying to tackle a complex author like Dostoevsky.

June 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment (1)
Oscar Guy

Is it wrong to have higher expectations for a company that is capable of excellence, especially when it is spending upwards of $150 million to make a movie?

June 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Absolutely loved it! Jack was awesome!

June 29, 2010
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Dead Angel

Super Reviewer

I hated this film, it has no appeal, or good acting, mostly its just for video game nerds.. After being adopted as a child, Dastan (Jake Gyllenhal) is accused of killing his father the king and must escape and clear his name, and he meets Tamina (Gemma Arterton), a woman she should hate after taking over her kingdom,

March 13, 2011
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Brad Wright

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    1. Sheik Amar: Have I told you about the Ngbaka?
    – Submitted by Alex O (8 months ago)
    1. Tamina: You don't understand what's at stake. This is a matter for the gods.
    2. Dastan: Your gods not mine.
    – Submitted by Paul L (9 months ago)
    1. Tamina: All the pain in the world will not help you find something that does not exist.
    – Submitted by rob g (10 months ago)
    1. Dastan: [noticing the sand dervishes have been following them] We have to get out of here.
    – Submitted by rob g (10 months ago)

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Foreign Titles

  • Prince of Persia - Der Sand der Zeit (DE)
  • Prince of Persia: Les Sables du temps (FR)
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