Iranian Movie Box brings you the best and newest Persian movies. Prince of Persia is content to skim the surface. A Separation (2011) PG-13 123 min Drama 8. The best video games challenge you to reach the next level. What’s missing in Prince of Persia is a sense that all the running, jumping, climbing and fighting is leading to something. The retro appeal of the movie is undeniable, recalling the Arabian Nights splendor of 1940’s The Thief of Bagdad. Director Mike Newell, equally at home with comedy ( Four Weddings and a Funeral), drama ( Donnie Brasco) and franchise-polishing ( Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), tries to compensate by staging a rousing series of traps and escapes that keep the blood racing. There’s no Johnny Depp around as Jack Sparrow to twist the plot into perversely funny shapes. Sadly, nothing pops up to take us by surprise. Gyllenhaal’s roguish charm meshes nicely with the spirited sexual teasing of Arterton, who scored as a Bond girl too quickly dispatched in Quantum of Solace. Prince of Persia is too cozy and safe to excite the senses, though John Seale’s location shooting in Morocco is a sight to behold. Cole Meet in the Middle for New Song 'On the Street' So far, so giddy, as Gyllenhaal, trained in the free-running discipline of Parkour, has the acrobatic time of his life leaping up walls and parapets, stopping only to crack wise or flirt with the perky Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton). Jake Gyllenhaal and his newly developed abs star as Prince Dustan, a street kid of ancient Persia who is adopted by King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup) and raised as a brother to the king’s blood sons, Garsiv (Toby Kebbell) and Tus (Richard Coyle). Prince of Persia is bulimia-light on substance, but it’s quick on its feet and loaded with action and humor. So attention must be paid now that Bruckheimer has fixed his gaze on video games, in this case Jordan Mechner’s platform-based Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.Ĭan Bruckheimer succeed in a gamer world where Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat and Max Payne fell on their digital asses? I wouldn’t bet against him. A near $3 billion gross for a trio of Pirates of the Caribbean epics forced the doubters to take their snark and suck it. They all laughed - hell, they pissed themselves – when producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed he could turn a theme park into a cinematic golden goose.
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