

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is a wildly uneven movie that has little idea what it wants to be. But then the king is murdered and Nizam(Ben Kingsley), the king's brother, blames Dastan, causing him to flee with Princess Tamina(Gemma Arterton) and a magic dagger. So while the Persian army is planning on attacking via the front door, the king's adopted son Dastan(Jake Gyllenhaal) takes his irregulars through the side door, allowing the city to be taken without much loss of life.

Sooner he finds that the dagger is a powerful device to travel and change time and that Tus is not the traitor and he engages with Tamina in a quest for justice.Stop me if you have heard this before, but "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" starts with King Sharaman(Ronald Pickup) receiving intelligence that the holy city of Alamut is stockpiling weapons in aid of a planned revolt. Dastan is accused of betrayal but he escapes with Princess Ttamina. When Dastan gives a holy cloak delivered by Tus to his father, the mantle is poisoned and kills Sharaman. Then he arranges the marriage of Dastan with Princess Tamina. Dastan gets a dagger from an enemy and King Sharaman comes to Almut very upset with the invasion of the holy city. Dastan invades the city with his men to avoid a massacre and the Persian army conquers the city.

Years later, the Holy City of Alamut ruled by Princess Tamina is under siege of the troops led by Tus, Garsiv and Dastan, after their uncle Nizan had intercepted a spy carrying weapons for Alamut.

Sharaman has two sons, but adopts the orphan Dastan that becomes part of his family. In Persia, in the Royal City of Nasaf, the fair King Sharaman rules the empire with his brother Nizan.
