Prince of Persia is about Dastan, the adopted prince (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) of the Persian royal family, who joined forces with Princess Tamina (British actress Gemma Arterton) in order to save Persia from an evil nobleman named Nizam (Sir Ben Kingsley) who is looking for the "Sands of Time" — a mystical dagger than can reverse time at its possessor's bidding.
In any Bruckheimer movie, staying true to the adapted material is never an option. It looks like the movie is only borrowing the characters and theme of the video games while the story, character background, etc. are fabricated entirely by his writers. According to some reports, Prince of Persia is designed to have sequels but won't include the Warrior Within or The Two Thrones stories.
This is what is so wrong about Hollywood. Why adapt a popular series of video games and not keep the movie's storyline and characters sincere? Just because the movie might make tons of money does not make it a proper story for the movie. What makes them think that the material written by screenwriters would be better than what has already been established by the writers and creators of the video games and its characters?
I would consider that lying to and manipulating the fans of the video games into thinking that the movie is based entirely on the very things they've enjoyed and followed over the years.
Interestingly and rightfully so, I've been reading what the fans think about the movie. It's a toss up I'm afraid. One side does not like the casting of Gyllenhaal (they don't see him as the Prince in any stretch of the imagination) and the rest just does not have faith in the filmmakers to do a good job at bringing the video games to life.
I, for one, do not care about the film since I have not played one single title of the franchise. Would I consider watching it? Sure. Why? Because I won't know the difference between the movie and the video games.
Ah! Now, I can understand Bruckheimer.
EARLY VERDICT: Rent It
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