Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

"Have I told you that I fell in love with Gemma Arteton?", well, there's not making relevance to the movie. But, I tell you, Gemma Arteton is indeed beautiful. I first saw her in Clash of the Titans, and immediately fall in love for her. As soon as I heard Prince of Persia movie adaptation is out, I think that I should check it out. Beside that I'm a gamer and I know Prince of Persia franchise, there's Gemma Arteton starring! Ok, enough with my praise for Gemma Arteton. Seating in the director seat is Mike Newell, and Jerry Bruckheimer as one of the producer. And the studio, beside Jerry Bruckheimer Films, is Disney! Don't worry, Mickey doesn't makes his appearance in the movie, nor the movie become a cartoon.

Like many movies, the movie opens with a narration about destiny. Then the story shifted to the royal city of Persia (sorry, I forgot the name.) where the King (or Sultan?) of Persia adopts an orphan named Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) who astonished the King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup) with his courage. 15 years later, he and his two brothers, Tus and Garsiv, together with their uncle who serves as the vizier, Nizam (Ben Kingsley) planning to attack the holy city of Alamut. Dastan become a hero, by opening the gate to the city throughout some acrobatical stunts. In the battle for the city, he took a dagger from a fleeing general. He's then presents a robe to his father, who is later poisoned by the robe. Being framed as a murderer, he ran from Alamut together with the princess of Alamut, Tamina (Gemma Arteton). Funny interaction occurs between these two, and soon it revealed the dagger he took before is the Dagger of Time which is capable of turning back time. Tamina always tries to retook the dagger, as she feared that it would fall for the wrong hands. And later on, Dastan learns who kills his father, and the main reason for the attack on Alamut.

The movie is action-packed, and if you already played the games, you can expect the acrobatic moves the Prince did in the games. And also, many of the historical or myth along Persia found here. Such as Hashshashin, I think the movie spelled it Hassansins, or the Persian Empire itself. Hey, I forget to tell you, Alfred Molina has a funny appearance (at least for me) as Sheik Amar, a merchant who wants to escape taxes.

To everyone who thinks this is a movie for your children, I think not really. Just because it has Disney emblem at the beginning, it doesn't mean that it could works for your children. Remember Pirates of the Carribean? They also had Disney emblem on it. But maybe it could awe your children with the acrobatic stunts, maybe even inspire them to learn Parkour.