Films based on popular video game franchises often go from foolproof idea to black eye for the filmmakers the second the public gets a look at them. In our age of sophisticated technology, most video games are often themselves playable movies with plots and scenery that rival the most massive Hollywood spectacles. Sadly, thus far in cinema history, few stories have successfully made the jump from motherboard to multiplex. Now Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer bring us Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, based on the acclaimed video game franchise. Will a buff Jake Gyllenhaal and a big budget be able to change the punch line to one of Hollywood’s favorite jokes?
