Adventure set in the legends, but not a legendary movie...

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2010)

Recap: As a young boy Dastan is adopted into the royal family, becoming a prince of Persia. Grown up he is one of the generals of the Persian army, standing at the gates of Alamut, a holy city. Spies tell the princes that Alamut is producing weapons for Persia's enemies, and the princes decide to attack. Dastan and his unit proves themselves with cunning and courage, winning the battle for the Persians. But the city holds no obvious forges, but a beautiful princess and a mysterious dagger. Something seems amiss, and when the king is assassinated and Dastan set up as the murderer, he must flee and find what secrets lie behind the walls of Alamut.
Comments: Based more or less on the computer game with the same title, this is an action adventure set in the legends. As such, I almost instantly and automatically, likes it. But with that also comes high expectations, and Prince of Persia doesn't quite live up to my hopes. For example the filmmakers seem to have decided to include a little too much from the games, which means a lot of jumping, climbing and balancing on perches. While that can be quite thrilling it can also become boring and repetitive if used again and again in the movie.
Also, while I like both Gemma and Jake, they don't seem to have any special chemistry between them, and quite a lot actually depends on the attraction between them. It is what should bind the action together to a whole, and it does not. Now it seemed like a string of action scenes, one after another. But while they don't work together as a whole, they still are quite entertaining. And as such, the movie is quite good, even if I had higher hopes.
6/10