In the spirit of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy‎,‎ Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films transport you to the mystical lands of Persia for this wildly entertaining‎,‎ epic action‎-adventure‎.‎ It‎'‎s a race against time when a rogue prince ‎(‎Jake Gyllenhaal‎)‎ reluctantly teams up with a rival princess ‎(‎Gemma Arterton‎)‎ to safeguard a magical dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world‎.‎ Filled with death‎-defying escapes and unexpected twists at every turn‎,‎ Prince Of Persia‎:‎ The Sands Of Time is a fun‎-filled adventure that will keep your pulse pounding long after the credits end‎.‎

Jake Gyllenhaal‎'‎s doe eyes and bulging biceps will make some hearts flutter in Prince of Persia‎:‎ The Sands of Time‎.‎ Dastan ‎(‎Gyllenhaal‎)‎‎,‎ adopted prince of the Persian empire‎,‎ must flee into the desert when accused of murdering his royal father‎-‎-but a glass‎-handled dagger he found as loot from a captured city turns out to hold powerful time‎-manipulating magic‎.‎ Not only is he pursued by his vengeful brothers‎,‎ his scheming uncle ‎(‎Ben Kingsley‎,‎ Sexy Beast‎)‎‎,‎ and a strange cabal of assassins‎,‎ but a princess/priestess named Tamina ‎(‎Gemma Arterton‎,‎ Quantum of Solace‎)‎ wants the dagger back and will kill Dastan if she has to‎.‎ 

Prince of Persia wants to be a rollicking adventure along the lines of Pirates of the Caribbean‎.‎ Unfortunately‎,‎ it‎'‎s hampered by clumsy dialogue and hard‎-to‎-follow action sequences‎,‎ with choppy editing that wrecks the flow of the parkour‎-inspired stunts‎.‎ But the production design is extravagant and every time Alfred Molina ‎(‎Spiderman 2‎)‎ appears as a greedy sheik the movie gets a delightful jolt of energy‎.‎ Gyllenhaal doesn‎'‎t have much to work with‎-‎-Dastan is a fairly generic hero‎-‎-and whoever designed his hair should have been fired on the first day‎,‎ but his lazy charm comes through and carries him through the movie‎.‎ ‎-‎-Bret Fetzer