PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

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Disappointment is written in glowing gold CGI in the film that marks Jake Gyllenhaal's sell out as a once-promising actor of some integrity.

Choosing to cash in his chips, ala Nicolas Cage, as Hollywood's next generic action hero Gyllenhaal plays Dastan, a street-tough- turned-Prince after being taken in by King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup), a charitable Persian royal.

Dastan and the King's biological sons, Tus (Richard Coyle) and Bis (Reece Ritchie), lead an attack on the city of Alamut over its alleged possession of weapons. Tus plans to wed Alamut's Princess Tamina (Gemma Arteron), but the assassination of King Sharaman — by a poison robe gift presented by Dastan — sends Dastan and Tamina on a circuitous desert journey.

The pair's tenuous grip on a mystical dagger that can turn back time for the person who presses a ruby on its hilt provokes limited suspense as interminable sword fights make up most of the film's inert action.

Alfred Molina spices up the film briefly as Sheik Amar, an ostrich race promoter with a very deadly bodyguard. Add "Prince of Persia" The Sands of Time" to the short list of films based on video games, of which none to date have been worth a damn. 

Rated PG-13. 113 mins.