This week, it's ACTION FRIDAY! Caught the newly released Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time. I was a fan of the video game years ago and it's nice to see it being adapted to the silver screen now.
This Jerry Bruckheimer (the guy who gave us the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy) release tells the story of a street orphan, Dastan who was adopted by the King and raised as a prince. Set in ancient Persia, Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) with his two other brothers would then set out to help their father to expand the already massive Persian empire. Credit to Jake for bulking up for his role. With shoulder lengthed hair and breardy stubs, he looked the part though something is still lacking. Well, can't complain though ... imagine if whiny Tobey Maguire got the part instead?! Also in the picture is the King's brother, Nizam played by Sir Ben Kingsley who is actually the baddie in this action adventure flick *OH SUPRISE SUPRISE!*
Their latest conquering quest takes them the city of ... err ... can't remember the name d. :p Anywayyys, after a series of impressive acrobatic stunts, Prince Dastan managed to infiltrate the city gates which paved the way for the Persian army to take over the city with relative ease. Somewhere in between that, Dastan found in his possession the Dagger of Time, although not realising the true potential of the dagger at that time. Now this dagger will grant its wielder the power to turn back the clock and change the events that occured. Furthermore, only the wielder of the dagger will know what is happening ... past and present. I can so use a dagger like this I tell you! Just too bad the lottery wasn't created yet during those medieval era. :p
The guardian of the dagger is the very lucious Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton, last seen in Clash of The Titans). Always attempting to retrieve back the dagger from Dastan so that she can hide it in some desert temple cause ... it basically has too much powers and if it falls into the wrong hands ... Nizam's hands to be exact, it'll bring forth a crazy ass sandstorm that will wipe out everything on earth. So yea ... in essence ... ARMAGEDDON!!! *JENG JENG JENG!!!*
Ok, here's the crappy synopsis ... *SPOILER ALERT* ... Nizam needs the dagger to go back in time so that he could have his brother, the king killed in a hunting outing and that'll automatically make himself King of Persia. In order to get the dagger, he's gotta frame Dastan for killing the king. Dastan and Tamina-the-Tease runs away, falls in love and return to Persia to set things right. Dastan's two brothers were killed by Nizam's Hassasins (Persian assasins *lol*) and Tamina dies too by falling into oblivion. *Boo Hoo*
Dastan kicks Nizam's butt and turns back time. Suddenly everyone is back alive again *YAY* Nizam's plot to have the king hassasinated was uncovered *duh* and he ended with a sabre through his chest *Ouchy* Oh, the hero gets the girl and everyone lives happily ever after.
A few trivias to take note of ... more than 20 versions of the Dagger of Time were produced for this movie. Filmed mostly in the deserts of Morrocco, the crew pitched football field sized tents and consumed more than a million bottles of water. The actors' clothings and stones were 'mixed' in a cement mixer to make 'em look authentically ragged.
So there you go, it's a master blaster of an action movie and this blogger rates it 6.5/10.
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