A true prince of Persia movie!

Rating: 6/10 (11 June 2010)

I have played all 3 prince of Persia games (that last one is not with Dastan so I will not count it) and when I watched this movie I always said during the picture "Hey that was in the game too!"
When the movie finished I said to myself "is it that hard to make a decent movie inspired by a video game". The answer is obvious and it is hard, because it is not easy to make a movie for fans and for people who like movies at the same time. But if someone thinks they cannot do that just do not do that (we all remember street fighter and mortal combat). Mike Newell did a solid job in directing but the cast was a mixed bag. Jake Gylenhall surprised me in his role, because I thought that he would suck, but he did not and he portrayed the acrobatic Persian prince very well. Gemma Arterton however failed to deliver. Her character changed from a noble princess to an annoying snobbish girl in a blink of an eye and I did not like it. But I have to admit she was very beautiful in this movie. But the biggest surprise was Alfred Molina! He portrayed the tax-avoiding sheik who delivered humor in this tale and it helped the score I gave a lot. Who would knew he still had it in him?! And the special effects were also very decent and up-to date.
Overall, this is one of the best video game adaptations so far and is rivaled only by Resident Evil (the first one anyways). I suggest this movie to a hardcore Prince of Persia fan and to someone who likes Pirates of the Caribbean type adventure movies.
my score: 8/10