Prince of persia film series#

Prince of persia film series#

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Photo, Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Prince DastanДЄ case in point is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which is just as convoluted as youвЂ™d fear of a film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, based on a series of video games, and saddled with a colon in its title. Together they fight off numerous enemies, finally leading to an inevitable confrontation with the person really responsible for the KingвЂ™s murderвЂ¦read more On the run he hooks up with the lovely Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) who, because of a proud family history, has a vested interest in protecting the dagger. WeвЂ™re off to the races when Dastan manages to grab the ancient glass dagger that holds the key to the Sands, but soon the King is killed and Dastan is wrongly accused of the deed. He does this by leading the attack on Alamut, the city thought to be hiding major weapons (a not-so-subtle modern day Iraq parallel) but instead holding a much bigger secret, the mystical Sands Of Time (hence the title) which reverse, well, time. Raised alongside the KingвЂ™s real sons, belligerent Tus (Richard Coyle) and the more sensible Garsiv (Toby Bebbell), and shown the tricks of the trade by his dad and uncle Nizam (Ben Kingsley), Dastan grows determined to show off his newly formed skills. Dastan quickly grows up, the adult version played by Gyllenhaal.

Inspired by Jordan MecnerвЂ™s video games, the story is set in ancient Persia and revolves around a scrappy street kid named Dastan (Will Foster) whoвЂ™s adopted by the King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup). And there are a few things Cynthia NixonвЂ™s Miranda Hobbs could teach Ben KingsleyвЂ™s power-crazed Uncle Nizam about letting your work dominate your lifeвЂ¦read more Or Gemma ArtertonвЂs Princess Tamina and Sarah Jessica ParkerвЂ™s Carrie Bradshaw going on a shopping spree for Manolo Blahnik sandals at the local bazaar. Imagine, if you will, Jake GyllenhaalвЂs buff boy-toy Prince Dastan matching wits with Kim CattrallвЂ™s wily cougar Samantha Jones. The fact that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is opening on the same weekend as Sex and the City 2 got me thinking about mash-ups.