![]() ![]() He is accused of killing the King and condemned to die, but Dastan and Tamina escape to try to protect the sacred dagger and, eventually, the Sands of Time. When Dastan presents as a victory gift a priestly robe to his father, the King, the robe starts to burn his father to death. Inside, Dastan meets the beautiful Tamina, the princess of Alamut and the high priestess charged with protecting the Sands of Time. Well fortified, Alamut has never been conquered, but Dastan leads his division of orphans and vandals into the city through a side gate and captures the sacred dagger that can take the bearer back in time to change history and release the legendary Sands of Time. The king’s wily brother, Nizam, says his spy found that Alamut was supplying weapons to Persia’s enemies. Thus, Dastan becomes the third son and a prince of Persia.Ĭut to years later, when Dastan and his two brothers, Tus and Garsiv, are leading a Persian army against the peaceful holy city of Alamut. Before the captain can kill Dastan, King Sharaman adopts Dastan because the King is so impressed with the boy’s courage and loyalty. The movie opens with a young boy, Dastan, rescuing another boy from the Persian army captain in the marketplace in sixth century Persia. It is also one of the few movies that develops a time travel plot that works. It may be the best transformation of a very popular video game into a movie. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME is a terrific, action-packed, well-plotted, exciting popcorn movie. (BBB, C, PaPa, CapCapCap, PPP, VV, A, M) Very strong moral worldview stresses loyalty, honor, brotherly love, doing the right thing, with some Christian, redemptive sacrificial aspects but also including a lot of pagan mythology, pagan talk about gods, a time travel pagan god created device, and priests and priestess characters, plus very conservative, anti-tax, anti big government, pro small business elements no foul language whatsoever lots of action violence but very little blood includes sword fights, people killed by arrows and other weapons, hand to hand combat, people fall from great heights, Hassansin warriors use snakes, whips and grenades to attack people no sex scenes but hugging and kissing harem girls and other women, including the lead, in peek-a-boo costumes, bare midriffs, and quick shots of female cleavage drinking wine no smoking and villains use drugs and, wagering, betting, fortune hunting, and the typical Jerry Bruckheimer debate between destiny and free will. Otherwise, however, PRINCE OF PERSIA is a rousing, positive entertainment. There is plenty of action violence and some references to pagan gods, so caution is warranted for older children. PRINCE OF PERSIA has a very strong moral worldview stressing loyalty, brotherly love, doing the right thing, and free market values. It is also one of the few movies with a time travel plot that works. It may be the best transformation of a popular video game into a movie. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME is a terrific, action-packed, exciting popcorn movie. With help from the beautiful queen high priestess and an anti-government sheikh, Dastan must protect the sacred dagger. ![]() Dastan’s evil uncle wants to take the dagger and change history so that he becomes king instead of Dastan’s adoptive father. He leads a division into the city of Alamut, where he captures a sacred dagger that can release the Sands of Time. Dastan grows up to be a leader in the Persian army. Set in ancient times, PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME opens with a young boy, Dastan, impressing the king, who adopts Dastan as his third son. ![]()
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