pretty descent summer adventure flick.

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2010)

Most movies based off of video games, don't always do so well, the only two films based off of video games that were surprised hits, are Mortal Kombat(1995), and Resisdent Evil(2002).
The movie is about Dastan(Jake Gyllenhaal) the adopted son of the king, and a cunning young warrior, who him and his crew successfully take down a whole army of Queen Tamina(Gemma Arterton) and overthrow her kingdom. But Dastan soon gets his hands on a dagger, but soon comes to discover it's no ordinary dagger, but trouble soon ensues when Dastan is framed for killing the king, and soon goes on the run with Tamina, not knowing who to trust, or trust each other.
It was not great, but not bad either. The action scenes are incredibly good, really keeping you on the edge of your seat at times. Jake Gyllenhaal was alright as Dastan, one part he really seemed to be into his role, the other part it seemed to be winking at the camera. And he and Gemma Arterton have very little chemistry. Ben Kingsly and Alfred Molina are good in there supporting roles. It brings elements of what we loved about the game.