Now, admittedly,
this is going to mean a lot more to those of you who actually play video games.
I have an announcement. I don’t play video games. No, not one bit. In short, I
honestly have no idea how it compares to the game, what the overlaps are, etc.
I should actually ask a friend who does this regularly. I may do that still. But
actually, no. I mean, these films shouldn’t, from a business perspective, cater
ONLY to gamers, right? I reckon not. So here’s a non-gamer’s perspective on
this little number. And she happens to be smiling on the movie.
Destan (the
rather yummy Jake Gylenhaal) is the adopted son of the King of Persia. He and
his two brothers and their uncle, the brother of the king(Ben Kingsley) are out
on a mission of conquest and they happen upon the holy city of Alamut. Recent
intelligence from the spies says that this historically neutral city of great
historical importance is actually supplying weapons to their enemies. The
Persians invade the city. Destan is among the most successful warriors there.
However, he very quickly finds out that the story about spy intelligence is all
a decoy. There is a villain in their midst. And he is after a mythical magic
dagger that would allow him to reverse time, putting himself in power. Destan,
along with Tamina, the princess of Alamut and the keeper of the sacred dagger,
must form an uneasy alliance to stop him. The fate of the entire world may well
be at stake.
Ok so
basically, you know what this is? It is a road movie, where too initially
completely dissimilar protagonists learn to love each other, bond and fight for
a common cause on the way. That coupled with the type of romantic comedy that
is as old as Shakespeare (I’m thinking Taming of the Shrew). You know, sassy
girl gets “tamed” into femininity by the wit and courage of a truly good man.
Ladle on a good dollop of special effects (come on, it is based on a video game
at the end of the day) and voila. Prince of Persia. Now, I know that thus far I
have not exactly waxed lyrical about the
topic. This is precisely why I rarely review Hollywood films, unless they are
massive “event” films that is, these days. I am slightly sick of the (in my
view) regurgitated storylines. The independent works, the European cinema, the
more experimental directors actually have the capacity to offer you something
you cannot “foresee”. Things that really
catch you short and make you think. I mean, Aeon Flux, that I reviewed the
other day, has elements of this. I did not mention it much in the review
because if I did a massive spoiler and the end of the film would come crumbling
down but it is there. This film does not have that though. Sorry.
Ok rant
over. This being said, why on EARTH did I put it in the blog then? Well,
because, credit where it’s due, it is good at what it does. It is an action
film. It stars Jake Gylenhaal and has a massive amount of him doing fighting
scenes (eye candy alert!). I pretty much like Ben Kingsley in every single
thing he does. It is classic Hollywood amusement. Ideal to watch with your
mates of an evening. I enjoyed it. It just virtually contributed nothing to my
film culture thingy. Not every film needs to…
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