Kenneth Ellis

I’m going to assume you have not heard that Disney is releasing a Prince of Persia movie based on the Sands of Time storyline. Well, guess what. They are doing this thing. I mourn the death of the franchise.

(And yeah, I wrote “Sad” instead of “Sands.”  It’s called wordplay.)

One look at the trailer and you instantly know this is going to suck. Yeah, the effects will be cool and the action sequence fights will be okay, but past that it reeks of the usual foul stench of suck that most video game movies emminate.

Here, just take a look at the trailer:

That feeling you have right now, you’ve felt it before but you just can’t place it, right?

Let me put the pieces together for you. You’ve seen this happen before with the Resident Evil movies. This has the touch of Resident Evil all over it. Think back to when you heard there was going to be a Resident Evil movie. Think back to when you saw the trailer. Now, watch that Prince of Persia trailer again. Ill wait.

You know it in your heart that it’s true. It’s not like with BloodRayne or House of the Dead. You knew those were going to suck. No, its got that feeling of oh, so close about it. They talked to the original writers and programmers, they looked at a few screenshots. Hell, maybe one of the assistant directors even played the game for 5 minutes. Lord help them, they tried. But they also wanted mass appeal. So instead of making a movie close to the heart of the game, which had an interesting storyline, they are going to bring it down to the lowest common denominator and make it about some douche in the desert with a shiny knife thing. Wanna get a sneek peek at this film? Rent Scorpion King!