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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Defy the Future

Based on the popular video games, this Jerry Bruckheimer / Walt Disney production is aimed squarely at young boys. Our hero, the Prince, is actually born a commoner but raised and trained in the palace. As a young man, he launches an attack on a foreign city suspected of harbouring dangerous weapons. There they come upon the mysterious Sands of Time, an hourglass capable of reversing time. However you need a special knife to control this device, and the rest of the movie is about the struggles to get hold of and secure this knife ...

114 minutes, No persons under 10 (Violence)
Action, Adventure, Romance.

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Credits
Cast	Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle
Director	Mike Newell
Screenplay	Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner
Music	Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	John Seale
Editing	Mick Audsley, Michael Khan, Martin Walsh
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2010
Produced by	Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Adventure, fantasy
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent and fairly prolonged at times, infrequent bloodiness, mild to moderate in strength, mostly implied and fantastical
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	This is a Walt Disney offering and it has a strong adventureous element. Even though there's quite a lot of violence, it's mostly implied and fantastical, and would appeal to young boys very much.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerFrancois Bloemhof	5
International Media
Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond	13
Metacritic.com6 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.com20 critics	10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	12
Internet (IMDB)1089 Netizens	13

Average .. 54%	10

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