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3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) — Rating: 6.6
Mike Newell, whose diverse filmography includes Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed this adaptation of Ubisoft's "Sands of Time" video game series. In 2010, Newell told /Film he started playing the "Prince of Persia" games when he knew he would make the film, but he was "hopeless" at them. The director praised Jake Gyllenhaal: “You can’t know how hard he worked to make himself the physical personification of that tiny little video game character." And he said he never aimed to copy the video game: “I wanted him to look like that. I wanted him to be able to fight like hell, and I wanted him to be a great action character.” Disney had hoped Prince of Persia would be the new Pirates of the Caribbean; it did become the highest-grossing video game adaptation worldwide, with a total intake of more than $336 million. But it made less than $100 million of that from its domestic release, off a budget estimated at $150 to $200 million. IMDb users are still debating the accents and casting, if you want to jump onto the message boards.
Mike Newell, whose diverse filmography includes Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed this adaptation of Ubisoft's "Sands of Time" video game series. In 2010, Newell told /Film he started playing the "Prince of Persia" games when he knew he would make the film, but he was "hopeless" at them. The director praised Jake Gyllenhaal: “You can’t know how hard he worked to make himself the physical personification of that tiny little video game character." And he said he never aimed to copy the video game: “I wanted him to look like that. I wanted him to be able to fight like hell, and I wanted him to be a great action character.” Disney had hoped Prince of Persia would be the new Pirates of the Caribbean; it did become the highest-grossing video game adaptation worldwide, with a total intake of more than $336 million. But it made less than $100 million of that from its domestic release, off a budget estimated at $150 to $200 million. IMDb users are still debating the accents and casting, if you want to jump onto the message boards.