Rating: 7.7/10Genre: Action Fantasy
Overall value for time and money: 7.5/10
Considering its a remake from a video game, this movie is probably one of the best of its kind. Similar movies include Resident Evil Trilogy, Tomb Raider and Silent Hill. The CG looked rather "add-on" but impressive nonetheless and the action was breathtaking. Felt like a mix of Indiana Jones, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms and Troy.
A brave young boy was adopted by the King of Persia as one of his three sons. With no royal blood and reckless on every level, the King dotes on him the most and believes that he will not via for his throne. Everything changed years later when the King was supposedly poisoned by that young man, Dastan and he became an wanted man. Hunted by his own race, and on the run together with Princess Tamina, the Princess of the Holy town which he invaded, he must prove his innocence and bring to light the greater conspiracy behind his betrayal.
Though the story isn't one of too much substance, it's a feel good movie that lets one enter a magically and "sandy" world. The plot isn't weak per se, with several twists in the movie which did enhance the viewing pleasure of it. The villians in this movie were awesome, and were the good guys. It had a balanced mix of action, humor and story in it. A major flaw of the movie was the romance. *spoilers ahead* The "kissing" scenes were overplayed (inverted commas because though there were a few, only 1 scene featured the 2 leads actually kissing) which made them feel redundant.
The best fight scene was the one with flying daggers and the concept of it all was greatly impressionable. None of the fight scenes were underplayed, which I thought is one strong point of this movie and of course, the casting did also contributed to the success of this movie. Overall, it was a good movie experience that's definitely worth anyone's busy schedule!!
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