Defying a ruthless emperor, a princess flees into the Arabian desert, hunted by mercenaries. Forged into a warrior and aided by a legendary bandit, she unites warring tribes for a last stand that will change history.
PRAISE: Im always amazed to hear about a movie that i had no idea existed, who it stars and that it was made years ago. For DW its spent five years on the shelf. The story is kind of basic Princess Hind and her deposed father, King Al-Numan, defy the ruthless Persian-Sasanian Emperor Kisra—who demands all royal daughters as concubines—they flee into the Arabian desert. Aided by a legendary, gold-seeking bandit.
Anthony Mackie does the whole Han Solo Im In For The Money thing and he has a few scenes in which he's ok in. As Jalabzeen Sharlto Copley was interesting at least with what he was given.The movie is visually stunning with a large cast of actors and extras and I could tell what the 150 million dollar budget was spent on. I was in high anticipation for battle scenes and all I could think of while waiting for them was the line from Braveheart: We Didnt get dressed up for nothing !! Fortunately there are a few payoffs but maybe i was just desperate because....
PROBLEMS : The dullness and meandering outweigh the good things in the movie. Characters threaten each other with betrayal and display selfishness over and over again. At times I thought some of the CGI looked awful. It actually looked like they copied and pasted Mackies head onto a stunt man's body. The character development is minimal and then some as there are only audible echoes of what a character went through in the past. I scratched my head on how different factions of people were suddenly inspired because there was absolutely no build up to it, it just kind of happens. Mackie disappears throughout the movie. Im not sure what other project he was filming at the time but its blatant and unintentionally funny of how he's suddenly gone and reappears again and again. I bet Ben Kingsley filmed his part on a small soundstage and was done in 20 minutes.
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