Can I take back those 2 long hours of mah life?

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 2010)

If you put Jake Gyllenhaal (best known for portraying the title role in this crap fest and Donnie Darko), Gemma Arterton (never heard of her in my life until recently), Alfred Molina (such good talent wasted, you may remember him as Doctor Octopus from Spider Man 2), and Ben Kingsley (need I say more, he was in so many movies it's ridiculous) in a Disney movie based off a Rated M for Mature video game that has more sand than Aladdin, Star Wars, Space Balls put together, what do you get? Well...The answer's really simple, a kindergartner could put it more bluntly than I can. THIS MOVIE SUCKS! I swear, these talented people have put their careers on the line to act in this suck fest that's a mixture of The Lion King, Star Wars, Aladdin, Indiana Jones - I'm going to stop myself before I die of a thisistheworstsummermoviethusfarComa.
Let me spare you the details of the uber weak plot and just get down to the dirt: Who told Gyllenhaal that he's perfect for the title role? I never thought I'd type this in any of my reviews but this was his weakest performance ever. There was nothing about his character Dustan (the Prince in the game never got a name, go figure) that made me want to jump from my seat and cheer "You go boy!" He was too obnoxious for my taste and Gyllenhaal isn't what I would call the hero-type. And what was with the 2 hours of Arterton and Gyllenhaal's characters teasing each other. If you were there with me, my fellow readers, you would heard me constantly screaming at the screen "JUST F--- HER ALREADY!" I mean really, what was all that about? Why do bullets and arrows need their own point of view now in days in movies? That was just too much for me, you can keep your silly SloMo but there's no need for the over the top PoVs.
Once again, I'll spare you readers from my wrath of hate for this monstrosity. I will never trust a Disney movie based off a Rated M video game, I'm so glad I saw this for free or the theater I went to would not be standing today to show such other titles that appear equally crappy like Killers (be own the lookout for my review on that title in the future.) Needless to say, Prince of Persia is a cool game. Does it make a good movie? No. Does it deserve to be a franchise? No. Should you see it? If you must, but prepare yourself for a mental breakdown. Dear Disney...You failed!