Rating: 3/5
There are a lot of reasons not to see Prince of Persia. One, it's a video game movie, a genre that has a pretty bad track record. Two, you may be offended that Jake Gyllenhaal, a white man, is playing a Persian prince.
Let me put one of those fears to rest. Even though every video game movie imaginable is bad beyond belief, PoP is not. The main reason for this is that instead of trying to adapt the story of the game, it says "screw it" and comes up with an original story that keeps the spirit of the game.
Now, I've played my way through the entirety of the game this movie is based on, and it's just ok. The movie is also this. It doesn't take itself too seriously and has some cool effects and action sequences. But the acting is pretty hammy besides Ben Kingsley and Gyllenhaal. Back to the race issue, it's really hard to see why they didn't cast someone like Oded Fehr, even though Jake does a fine job. Overall, see this if you have nothing else to see.
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