Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [DVD]

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME [2010 / 2011] [Blu-ray] Defy The Future! The Sands of Time Epic Fantasy Action-Adventure!In the spirit of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ trilogy, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films transport you to the mythical lands of Persia for the wildly entertaining, epic action-adventure. It’s a race against time when a rogue Dastan [Jake Gyllenhaal] reluctantly teams up with a rival Princess Tamina [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 and the film ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ is a fun-filled adventure that will keep your pulse pounding long after the credit ends.Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup, Reece Ritchie, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Claudio Pacifico, Thomas DuPont, Dave Pope, Domonkos Pardanyi, Massimilano Ubaldi, Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik, Christopher Greet, William Foster, Elliot James Neale, Selva Rasalingam, Darwin Shaw, Daisy Doidge-Hill, Charlie Banks, Jesse Mathews, Rohan Siva, Dimitri Andreas, Stephen A. Pope, Trampas Thompson, Joseph Beddelem, Rachid Abbad, Farzana Dua Elahe, Aziz El Kibachi, Simon De Selva, Felix Bachmann Quadros, Amin Mohammad Fouladi, Masoud Abbasi, Mehrdad Azmin, Zartosht Safari, Ali Nourbakhsh, Parham Bahadoran, Ehsan Parvizian, Shohreh Shojaeifard, Babak Babakinejad, Emmanuel Akintunde (uncredited), Deepshikha Arora (uncredited), Craig Braginsky (uncredited), Guy C.A. (uncredited), Mahmud Chowdhury (uncredited), Rene Costa (uncredited), Christine Estima (uncredited), Sean Francis George (uncredited), Leo Hunter (uncredited), João Costa Menezes (uncredited), Sandeep Mohan (uncredited) and David Orpheus (uncredited)Director: Mike NewellProducers: Chad Oman, Eric McLeod, Jerry Bruckheimer, John August, Jordan Mechner, Karim Abouobayd, Mike Stenson, Pat Sandston and Patrick McCormickScreenplay: Boaz Yakin (screenplay), Carlo Bernard (screenplay), Doug Miro (screenplay), Jordan Mechner (screen story) and Jordan Mechner (video game series "Prince of Persia")Composer: Harry Gregson-WilliamsCinematography: John Seale, A.C.S., A.S.C. (Director of Photography)Video Resolution: 1080pAspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Italian: 5.1 DTS Surround Sound, Spanish: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, Hindi: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound and English: 2.0 Audio Descriptive StereoSubtitles: English, English SDH, Italian, Spanish, Português, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic,Running Time: 115 minutesRegion: All RegionsNumber of discs: 1Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment / Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: The ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ [2010] film is a handsome, fast-paced adventurous film that certain can be enjoyed by all age groups. Based on a 2003 Ubisoft video game, the film definitely has dash and flourishes with adequate performances and expert special effects that keep a far-fetched tale buoyant that I know youngsters will enjoy and get a definitely lasting impression. But film buffs could enjoy it as a nostalgic throwback to the antics of Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn. Jerry Bruckheimer’s computer-game crossover ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ is shamelessly camp and often unintentionally hilarious.The setting is an imagined version of ancient Persia, and it's all swords and horses, wind and sand, mighty cities and noble princes. The maguffin is a dagger that unleashes sands that can make time reverse, and in the wrong hands could bring about Earth's destruction. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Dastan, an acrobatic warrior who was adopted as an orphaned child by the benevolent King Sharaman [Ronald Pickup] and raised with two princes, Tus [Richard Coyle] and Garsiv [Toby Kebbell]. Guided by the king's silky brother, Nizam [Ben Kingsley], they lay siege to a city called Alamut where it is believed are hidden weapons of mass destruction.‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ comes closest to grabbing your attention early on. In the film’s opening sequences we are introduced to Dastan [Jake Gyllenhaal], a prince of the ancient Persia. Before an act of kindness brought him to the royal family, Dastan lived as a street urchin. It was there, in the dusty markets, that he learned amazing skills of agility, which back then he used to stay alive, and now uses to protect the Persian Empire. Though Great Britain won’t be populated for centuries, as played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who even with a Hollywood tan may still be the palest man in the Middle East, and Prince Dastan and everyone else in the film for that matter, has for some reason an inexplicable British accent.Much of the film’s early scenes send Jake Gyllenhaal leaping and climbing and clamouring around ancient buildings in what amounts to a cinematically dazzling Parkour demonstration and the definition of Parkour, is a method of overcoming obstacles by adapting one’s movements to the environment. In practice that means the fastest way to get past a parked camel might be to go over it, rather than around it, and the best way to get off a roof might be to jump down onto an awning, leap over to an overhang, and swing down to the ground using a bit of rope. Even though some of its computer enhanced, Prince of Persia’s great fun as long as Jake Gyllenhaal’s jumping and diving and slithering past obstacles, until that is, the plot kicks in.There’s a murder and Dastan is falsely accused. There’s some confusion as to who the story’s villain is, but only to the people in the film, not the audience, since this is a film which contains Ben Kinglsey. There’s a girl whom Dastan must take with him on his journey to clear his name. And there’s a dagger which, when you push a button on its hilt, rewinds time to give you another shot at whatever it is you’ve just screwed up. The dagger’s a neat little device, unfortunately it can only be used once or twice and only to rewind brief periods of time.At the start of the film it shows how Dastan was adopted by King Sharaman as a young street orphan, it shows the boy and his friend, Bis, escaping from guards after stealing food. Dastan protects Bis and leads the guards away from him. After a short chase, he is captured and slapped hard across the face several times. The guards hold out Dastan’s arm and raise a sword in order to chop off his hand but they are stopped by the King who is nearby. While nothing explicit happens and the part where the hand is about to be chopped off is done quickly, any children who do not understand this may be a little distressed by this type of punishment being carried out, especially to a child.Jake Gyllenhaal as the film’s protagonist, Dastan, is very likeable and carries the role well. Alfred Molina’s role Sheik Amar is a loveable rogue who brings plenty of comedy to the proceedings. As the magical dagger which reverses time is the main aspect of the film, it is a little disappointing that it isn’t used more often; however this doesn’t detract from the rest of the story. If you are looking for an action-packed film which doesn’t take itself too seriously, ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ is likely to appeal and be a firm favourite for a long time to come, especially as it is full of humour, fun and sword fights that I know everyone will enjoy.‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ falls into the ever-popular category of a summer cinema scenario which was best described by William Shakespeare as "sound and fury, signifying nothing." It looks totally impressive film and there is never a dull moment. Director Mike Newell understands the dynamics and rhythm of a big-budget fantasy adventure, and crafts something eminently watchable. With lots of running around and plenty of special effects, the only thing missing for the viewer is a game controller and the ability to replay some of the most challenging moves and jumps. But overall a very adventurous fantasy film, that you leave your brain elsewhere, as the film does not tax your brain cells and in the end you feel you have watched a very magical adventure film.PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME MUSIC TRACKI REMAIN [Performed by Alanis Morissette] [Written by Alanis Morissette and Mike Elizondo] [Strings Arranged by Bruce Fowler]WHIRLING [Written and Performed by Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian]Blu-ray Image Quality – Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Home Entertainment brings us this superb and impressive 1080p image presentation and also an equally impressive 2.40:1 aspect ratio. The result is a great looking fantasy film with excellent resolution of detail and excellent colour saturation. Natural grain is present throughout from the Super35 film stock and is untouched by any digital manipulation or grain removal. Desert colour tones are strikingly well delineated with inky blacks and great dynamic range in bright scenes. Contrast is well balanced to provide a fair amount of "pop up" images that gives you a sort of three dimensional picture quality and resulting in an excellent depth of field and total immersion. While the colour temperature is at times slightly warmer than expected, but despite this it is entirely natural looking and doesn't give the viewer any sense of artificiality. While some dark scenes, especially the one with the Hassansin temple scene, demonstrates a slightly reduced shadowy detail and minimal black image, but by and large dark scenes in the film are perfectly resolved and very little information is missing. Technically speaking there is little to fault in this wonderful presentation from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, and I know you will love this Blu-ray video transfer.Blu-ray Audio Quality – Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Home Entertainment presents us with a superb 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio experience and is a worth addition to the superb and stunning video presentation. You get to experience soaring dynamic range, aggressive use of all the channels, with definitely excellent directionality sounds. The brilliantly designed sound effects are equally impressive at whisper quiet or ear popping levels with excellent definition and striking realism. But most impressive is the Harry Gregson-Williams music film score that provides a really excellent ambience to the film, and is integrated perfectly with the remainder of the sounds you hear. The surround sound effects are used actively in combination with perfect pans lending far more directionality to the audio than I am used to; I often found myself hearing action occurring around and behind me and grinning like a Cheshire cat. From the opening scene of the film your subwoofer speaker will be in for a good workout. So all in all the entire audio mix will convey what you will enjoy about this fantasy film.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Special Feature: Disney CineExplore: The Sands of Time: Take control of the dagger and use it to unlock secrets behind your favourite scene! Turn back time and uncover over 40 spellbinding segments that includes “Walking Up Walls,” “Filming in Morocco,” “Ostrich Jockey Try-outs” and other really fascinating items. The segments are only a couple of minutes each and they are really well made. It runs alongside the entire film and during some scenes a small dagger of time will appear on the right hand side of the screen and when it appears you can press the ENTER button on your remote control before the sand runs out to trigger a small behind-the-scenes clips, interviews, how shots were created, how actors were trained for certain combat and movement. It is a fairly substantial collection and enough to fill in your vast curiosity about this fantasy film. With this exclusive interactive feature, this Blu-ray disc puts you in control and really makes watching the film a much more rewarding experience instead of the audio commentary track you get with some Blu-ray discs while watching the film.Special Feature: Deleted Scene: The Banquet: Garsiv Presents Heads [2011] [1080p] [2.40:1] [1:26] Here we get only one deleted scene that could have changed the audience’s whole view of a certain character, especially the entire story and especially other characters. Here we find Dastan is supposed to escort Tamina to the victory celebration and Gastav offers a gift to his father in the form of the heads of his enemies, set atop a silver platter. This is presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.SNEAK PEEKS: Here we get to view the following three trailers, which are: Our Family Scrapbook Disney Blu-ray promotion [2010] [1080p] [1.78:1] [00:59]. Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition [2010] [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:38]. TRON: Legacy [2010] [1080p] [2.40:1] [2:14].Finally, ‘PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME’ [2010] is probably the best computer game scenario to hit the big screen adaptation I have seen in a very long time. The visual and audio aspects of the film speak for themselves as both approaches to reach that demo image quality and this along with a story that is family safe is a really refreshing fantasy film to review. Both casual film goers and enthusiast home theatre buffs will find the fantasy film very enjoyable and will probably be particularly enthralled by the story scenario, and the film does a great job of living up to its potential. Jake Gyllenhaal is a surprisingly convincing Prince alongside Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina. Overall this is a superb fantasy film release with excellent 1080p image quality, superb audio quality, and a collection of extras that are entirely in 1080p HD quality. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film AficionadoLe Cinema ParadisoUnited Kingdom

Outstanding movie on it's own and even more fun to those who remmember playing PoP back in the days of 2D platforms plus the 2008 cool stylized version for PS3! Some of the scenes really make you feel like you're back playing but loads more fun because you're not about to die if you don't time a butto just right! hehe!I absolutely loved the choice of the cast except for the vilain! I've seen his face too many times as a vilain so the mistery was spoiled to begin with. Other than that, the story kept taking unexpected turns wich was really refreshing in this movie genre and it was nonstop action, not one moment you could stop and pay attention to the popcorn. I loved the soundtrack, the effects, the humour, the side characters and especially the teasing nasty jokes between the 2 main characters.I'll go watch a movie a second time to check if I see any flaws but no matter how many I find, this is a serious must to those who enjoy movies in the genre of the first Pirates of the Caribbean.

A beautiful steelbook,my purchase is in GREAT condition.Now,to the Film itself,Very good cast,I,m a big fan of Jake Gyllenhaal,I dont think he has ever been in a bad Film.A perfect Film to put your feet up and just ENJOY.Cheers Guys,Davy Cairns.

This, I think, is the best kind of entertainment. It has a brave, handsome, humble prince (indie favourite Jake Gyllenhaal) and a beautiful princess (Gemma Arterton) who bicker almost as enjoyably as Narnia's Shasta and Aravis. It has a wonderful character player in Alfred Molina to provide much laugh-out-loud comedy. It even has some grand actorly gravitas courtesy of Ronald Pickup and Sir Ben Kingsley.It has all the thrills and spills you could expect from an action adventure, with many a sword (or rather, scimitar) fight but nothing horribly cruel, and much spectacular parkour jumping-over-rooftop stuntwork. It has baddies aplenty, scary enough to make your eyes widen but not so horrific as to give you nightmares. It has the beautiful settings of ancient cities and sublime deserts and mountains, enhanced by a lovely orchestral score from the ever reliable Harry Gregson-Williams. It even has a little magic, and a worthwhile moral for everyone (especially those living in blended families) to take away from it.The audio visual quality of this Blu-ray is fine. Many thanks to Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer for an energetically modern take on Arabian-Nights-style fable. Do enjoy this disc's 116 minutes of good, escapist fun.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [Blu-ray ]i buy this through my friend,new and sealed, coz i dont have cc it's kind funny 2017 no cc? loli just knew in amazon hve a giftcrad, so for next future order i buy gc from my friendso my bluray can directly ship to my addressIn the holy city of Alamut resides the Sands of Time, which gives mortals the power to turn back time. After leading an attack on the city, Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), the adopted son of Persia's king, acquires a dagger that gives the one who holds it access to the Sands. Dastan goes on the run with an Alamut princess named Tamina (Gemma Arterton) after being accused of killing his father. The pair must protect the ancient treasure from dark forces and unmask the king's assassin.this is really best hi definition on bluray, all bluray is hi definition, ok never minei like the menu, special features, all is good

Zone 1 for canada 🙌🏻 Great movie that I get to watch whenever it pleases me! 😁

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Excelente pelicula, llego justo en el tiempo determinado. La recomiendo su calidad es muy buena.

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