Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

History tells us that there are some games that really should not be made into films as they just don't work. The result has seen some stinkers like Super Mario Bros, Double Dragon, Street Fighter The Movie, Tomb Raider (Did we really need a second film as well?) and the laughable House of the Dead. Then on the other hand there have been half decent films like the first Mortal Kombat film and Resident Evil, which proves that a good film can be made based on a game if enough thought is put into the film.

So just where does the Prince of Persia game sit? Is it in the steaming pile of cack corner or the surprisingly good corner. Well personally I think it is probably the best film that has been based on a video game, Which really isn't hard but its a decent movie in its own right as well.


The film really does the character of the Prince justice as it stays true to the character that we have played as in the past. Jake Gyllenhaal really made the character of the Prince come to life and did justice to the character. Gemma Arterton was also very convincing as Princess Tamina, (she is also very easy on the eye to say the least) along with all the other characters in the film and good script writing the film doesn't fail to impress.

I really did expect this to be a terrible film that would be laughable at best, yet I really enjoyed it as did Mrs Flea. If this standard of film making could be applied to all other game based movies then we could see an upturn in the opinion us gamers have of films based on the games we enjoy playing. If I had to rate the film I would give it a solid 8 out of 10, definitely a film worth watching even if your not a fan of the games.

Now we just have to wait and see if the forth coming Gears of War, God of War, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Kane & Lynch, Halo and Mass Effect movies can in turn be made into great films. Chances are a couple of these will suck, but you never know we could see something special from one of these upcoming films.