It came as a pleasant surprise!

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2010)

Have you watched and enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur and National Treasure? Well then you very probably like Prince of Persia. To be honest my expectations were not that low, considering Jerry Bruckheimer as producer. It really fulfilled all my expectations. First, the movie feels good, it feels genuine, the sets look great, the costumes, good acting, it's all there. Plus it has nice story that keeps it easy to follow. The length was just right, maybe ten minutes longer wouldn't have hurt, but still it was long enough. It also felt they set the cast for the movie to support upcoming sequels, and I hope they are coming. Now over to the overall acting, first off is Jake, and he convinces. By my knowledge the first movie he played an action role, and he executed it brilliantly. Then we have Gemma, as the princess, besides sometimes, especially in the beginning, an annoying accent. She was OK, she didn't do anything special, in good way but neither in a bad way. She was there, she looked good, but in the sequels I hope see more of her background and dig more into the character, making her a real show/scene stealer. So her problems were more on paper than in the real acting. Then we have Sir Ben Kingsley, and he plays the villain, but not so you know it from the start, they build onto that moment and it comes out brilliantly. And then to the ending, for one it's a little pity, everything they did in throughout the movie is undone, but that is what you get with time traveling. So aside from the ending and Gemma's character, it's a solid action/video game adaptation, and I'm eagerly awaiting the Blu-Ray release of the movie.