Friday, July 25, 2014

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Actors:  Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Rating:  7 out of 10, A Disney swashbuckler so we’re not curing cancer or anything here but it still provides an entertaining romp through ancient Iran with English accented (even the Americans) heroes and villains.  I’m told this is an adaption of a popular video game (completely out of my sphere on that) and you could see the efforts to connect the lead character’s antics with video game level gymnastics.  All that being said Gyllenhaal is a fascinating lead here, he’s really good as an action hero and I saw Dallas Buyer’s Club a few weeks ago.  To say the transition is startling would be a vast understatement.  There’s very little chemistry with Arterton but there’s a very accomplished stable of supporting actors to help carry a long movie.  It’s Disney, not deep, but action packed, silly, and enjoyable. 

MVP:  Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan shows some real panache

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