![]() But when Sharaman is killed and Dastan is framed for the murder, he finds himself on the run with Tamina. Dastan uses his cunning and stealth to make the attack a success, and then in an effort to foster peace, Sharaman suggests that Dastan marry Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton). King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup) has been expanding his empire, and his brother Nizam (Ben Kinglsey) arranges with Sharaman's two sons Tus (Richard Coyle) and Garsiv (Toby Kebbell), to lead a surprise attack on the holy city on Alamut, who they believe is selling weapons to the King's enemies. ![]() The storyline involves Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), an orphan who was adopted by the King of Persia. That Mechner himself was involved in crafting the storyline, as well as super-blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Mike Newell, the film had all the right elements - but was the film worth the sum of its parts? (See Phantom of the Opera, for instance.) In the case of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the source material was not only the video game of the same name, but the entire saga created by visionary video game designer Jordan Mechner. But just because something is an adaptation of a successful property, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will capture the audience that it tries to caters to. Witness the never-ending surge of sequel, remakes, spin-offs, re-imaginings, adaptations, etc. It's increasingly rare that films in Hollywood come from truly original sources.
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