Not bad, not great, just kind of in between

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2010)

With all the crap littering the screens lately, I am neither fortunate nor unfortunate to announce, while not a good movie, Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time is better than most of the crap littering the screens lately. It's a muddled mess, sure, but with Robin Hood boring up the screens, you could do a lot worse. It's simply disposable family entertainment. This is based on a video game, and is one of the best video game adaptations I've seen, which is far from saying much. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan, a young orphan from the streets who was adopted by Nizam (Ben Kingsley). Gyllenhaal and Kingsley, usually two fine actors, are bland here. The show really belongs to Alfred Molina, who steals every scene he's in as Sheik, who helps Dastan on his quest. He's unpredictable, delightful, and brings some much needed comic relief to this film. Just like Robin Hood, the old fashioned stuff doesn't work in Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, it feels too put in. Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time would look better on the big screen, but a great cast can't ever save this film, so you can probably just skip it because it won't be worth the money paid to see it on the big screen & it won't be effective enough on the small screen.