Hopefully a sign of more great video game movies to come!

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2010)

As a fan of the Prince of Persia video games, naturally I had to see this movie. Initially my expectations weren't too high, since I've never heard of a good video game movie so far.
I loved this movie. Even though the storyline was only very loosely based on the Sands of Time game, I enjoyed the plot created for the movie. It flowed well and made sense. The time travel was fun. Dastan's character was also believable. Jake Gyllenhaal looked great, and I think he played the character well. The romance with the princess was charming, even though it never got too involved. The stunts were fantastic, and the parkour was a great tribute to POP's signature platforming gameplay. The visual effects were great, especially the dagger time-rewinding scenes, which looked fantastic.
This was a great fantasy-adventure movie that left me with fond memories of the games. I'm actually also playing the latest game in the series, Forgotten Sands, so it was great to see this and then go right back to dodging deadly spikes as the Prince! Jerry Bruckheimer got it right (seems like he really can make a movie based off of anything) so hopefully this means he's set the example of how to make a great video game movie!