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Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.
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I have seen good movies, bad movies, bad movies that become cult movies and then sadly a few like this where if I had the sense of a dead cat I would have stopped watching.
The only good thing was that the design of one of the monsters (bird type things) was quite good - everything else was BAD BAD BAD ...
No plot - well at least nothing that made sense. Characters - were as wooden and predictable as it would be possible to imagine. Special effects - on the whole plain bad. Acting - there were real tears from one of the actors - I think it was because they realised that once this turkey was released they would never work again.
I can't go on even remembering this movie (which I only finished watching ten minutes ago) as it's causing irreparable brain damage.
WATCH ANYTHING ELSE!!!
The only good thing was that the design of one of the monsters (bird type things) was quite good - everything else was BAD BAD BAD ...
No plot - well at least nothing that made sense. Characters - were as wooden and predictable as it would be possible to imagine. Special effects - on the whole plain bad. Acting - there were real tears from one of the actors - I think it was because they realised that once this turkey was released they would never work again.
I can't go on even remembering this movie (which I only finished watching ten minutes ago) as it's causing irreparable brain damage.
WATCH ANYTHING ELSE!!!
I only watched this because it was on Showtime. Oh, OK, it was on Showtime Extreme. And extreme it was! Extremely BAD. I love the old Sinbads. I can take "hokey". I can handle stop-action animation. I can even take weak special effects. I could not handle this hot mess. No reason to break it down, every single part of this movie is awful. Here's a little though: Special effects- cheesy, awful. I think they they just gave up at some point and said, "whatever". Acting -what acting? The actors understandably looked bored most of the time. Writing- they winged it. Not sure anybody cared if there was a storyline. But hey, there's boobs! Watch a rerun, the news, or the paint dry. Anything but this.
Okay, let's just say I made a movie, and I called it...George Washington: The Original United States President. But then the main character was named Bob Washington, and he's the great, great, great grand nephew of George Washington's butler. Just some guy who works at The Home Depot and gets stranded on an island during a cheap, off-season Indian Ocean cruise.
Adrian Sinbad is not the original prince of anything. He's just some 20th or 21st century nobody who probably doesn't have a drop of Persian blood in his veins. He sails and swims around in the same regions of the oceans where Sinbad may or may not have once sailed centuries earlier, and that is the only believable connection.
The script is fairly unimaginative, the acting uninspired, the creature effects passable, if barely, the plot will have you wondering if you could maybe make a few million dollars releasing footage of your last weekend barbecue on DVD, or maybe even VHS. Thought it may have been filmed in exotic Belize, you won't see enough real estate to distinguish it from the California coast.
Typical Asylum garbage. Will provide enough background noise to help you sleep away a lazy Sunday afternoon, if you're the type that needs that. I only rated it 2 stars because I've actually seen worse, though not by much.
Adrian Sinbad is not the original prince of anything. He's just some 20th or 21st century nobody who probably doesn't have a drop of Persian blood in his veins. He sails and swims around in the same regions of the oceans where Sinbad may or may not have once sailed centuries earlier, and that is the only believable connection.
The script is fairly unimaginative, the acting uninspired, the creature effects passable, if barely, the plot will have you wondering if you could maybe make a few million dollars releasing footage of your last weekend barbecue on DVD, or maybe even VHS. Thought it may have been filmed in exotic Belize, you won't see enough real estate to distinguish it from the California coast.
Typical Asylum garbage. Will provide enough background noise to help you sleep away a lazy Sunday afternoon, if you're the type that needs that. I only rated it 2 stars because I've actually seen worse, though not by much.
I would never recommend this movie to anyone who watches graphics movies, or plays computer games.
It's just a mess ...
The movie is supposed to be about Sinbad ... and it's really a "Sin" and "Bad" .. And even "bad" cannot describe it.
Through the longest 90 minutes I've ever had, I was sick of the acting, the storyline, the dialog, the graphics, the direction ... Everything about it sucks.
Just a pure waste of time.
Go better watch 5 minutes of tom & jerry ... At least, it may make laugh!
It's just a mess ...
The movie is supposed to be about Sinbad ... and it's really a "Sin" and "Bad" .. And even "bad" cannot describe it.
Through the longest 90 minutes I've ever had, I was sick of the acting, the storyline, the dialog, the graphics, the direction ... Everything about it sucks.
Just a pure waste of time.
Go better watch 5 minutes of tom & jerry ... At least, it may make laugh!
When I first saw the title of this movie and the poster, I thought it would be a newer take on Ray Harryhausen. Boy, was *I* wrong. Set in contemporary times (read 2010), this attempted "update" falls flat in many categories. It's incredibly disjointed - you will find yourself asking "Huh? How, when or why did THAT happen?" It doesn't maintain any of the flavor of the original. There are monsters as depicted in the poster, but this film doesn't explain, dwell on, or expand on them in any manner. From the opening shots of Somali pirates (remember, this is in the year 2010 that we are talking about) you will see this Sinbad is in name only.
Still, it isn't all bad. The female lead has an incredibly ripped body which is eye catching. The hokey special effects are reminiscent of the Sci Fi Channel from about ten years ago and are fun to watch. There are a couple of really vivid moments when the film comes alive. It's when the story strays from the monsters that it falls apart.
I wouldn't pan this movie completely, it's not totally worthless. Asylum has done a better job here than on previous efforts, but they seem stuck in the "Gotta get it into 90 minutes" mold. Just think, they could have completed a fairly good movie with a bit more time in the viewing and having done away with the dumb subplots.
Maybe.
Still, it isn't all bad. The female lead has an incredibly ripped body which is eye catching. The hokey special effects are reminiscent of the Sci Fi Channel from about ten years ago and are fun to watch. There are a couple of really vivid moments when the film comes alive. It's when the story strays from the monsters that it falls apart.
I wouldn't pan this movie completely, it's not totally worthless. Asylum has done a better job here than on previous efforts, but they seem stuck in the "Gotta get it into 90 minutes" mold. Just think, they could have completed a fairly good movie with a bit more time in the viewing and having done away with the dumb subplots.
Maybe.
Did you know
- TriviaReleased on May 25th, 2010 to capitalize on Prince of Persia: Les Sables du temps (2010), which was released in the U.S. on May 28th, 2010.
- GoofsThe ship at the beginning of the movie is getting hit by a major storm with heavy waves. Yet inside the ship remains perfectly steady and none of the characters so much as sways.
- ConnectionsReferences Sinbad et l'oeil du tigre (1977)
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- $500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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