Prince of Persia: Sand of Time

If you're a fan of the Pirates of The Carribian movies, then you should like Prince of Persia:Sands of Time. Based on the successful Video game franchise, which it almost captures the look and feel...almost. The gamers amongst you will see a a striking resemblance to another game franchise, Assassins Creed. The images of Jake Gyllenhaal prince Dastan precariously standing on roof tops definitely looks closer to Assassins creed than any Prince of Persia game.

The film canters along and a fast enough pace never to become dull, but lakes the set pieces of the Pirates movies. It also lacks a stand out performance...We have no Jake Sparrow to chew up the celluloid, which might seem like a good thing. We do have Ben Kingsley on best bad guy form and the strangely perma-tanned Gemma Arterton, but whose complaining...it's Gemma Arterton after all.

So Prince of Persia is a non-offensive summer block buster that will probably spawn several increasingly ridiculous sequels...but it is the first decent video game conversion I've seen.

5.5/10