Awesome trilogy down the toilet.

Rating: 3/10 (25 July 2010)

May contain spoilers, tiny ones.
This movie was dreadful, obviously Hollywood folks don't play games because the original history was WAY better than the movie.
I had really nice hopes with Jerry producing it, a new trilogy would have been so nice.
The crappy script changed all the tale, merged characters and introduced meaningless ones. Had over dramatical dialogue and acting and a stupid plot.
No, I'm not bashing the acrobatics moves of the prince, that's his trademark, nor the special effects of the dagger of time. Those were the only good things about this whole garbage.
Honestly, how hard could have been to do a trilogy like the games? This one should have been about the prince, the vizier and Farah in the desolated palace infested by sand monsters, you din't need more characters other than the extras (soilders and slaves) and the king of Persia and his sand-monster form.
They could've just got rid of the puzzles and the excess of combat and there! You had a fantastic adventure movie, narrated by the prince like the video game. Finnally you could change some details here and there so hardcore fans get surprised! But no...they had to change everything, merge characters (they merged Farah and Kaileena into one support role) and add stupid brothers for the prince.
It could have been done like "I am Legend" few characters surviving some hazards, been developed while they explore the desolated palace. Some acrobatics with some "trust me" scenes, a few uses of the dagger in so people don't scream "deux ex...!" at the grand finale and the whole "honor and glory" moral lesson instead of "family is cool!" Disney poop.