History Film / PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime

* NoRomanticResolution: The ending doesn't give an indication where the relation between Dastan and Tamina is going.

* EliteMooks: Hassansins

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Seso bravely battles the evil Hassansin knife thrower in order to get the Dagger back, resulting in an epic knife fight. Seso kills his opponent, [[spoiler: only to look down and see that he had been struck in the chest by four knives. In his final moment, he grabs the Dagger and tosses it out the tower window, falling several stories and impaling itself in the wood right next to where Dastan, Tamina and Amar were waiting for it]].

* HeroicFantasy ActionAdventure

* NoOshaCompliance: The path leading to the Hourglass is said to immediately self-destruct [[TemptingFate if something touches the sand]] on either side of the path. Presumably [[spoiler:Nizam's]] digging destabilised the cavern, because otherwise it seems like a rather strange safety feature, considering just the door opening caused enough vibrations to cause stones to begin falling from the ceiling!

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent

* TimeSkip: 15 years later.

* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: So, Dastan (and his brothers) and his army invaded a city on false pretenses, killing, presumably, at least hundreds, if not thousands. However, since Dastan travels back in time and successfully exposes the nefarious agenda that caused the invasion to begin with, he's able to settle things peacefully without any further blowback whatsoever.

* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: So, Dastan (and his brothers) and his army invaded a city on false pretenses, killing, presumably, at least hundreds, if not thousands. That part wasn't undone. What of the dead? What of their families?

** One of the Hassansins wields the Dark Prince's [[WhipItGood Daggertail]] and the [[KungPow iron claw]] of the 2008 ''Prince of Persia''.

* WhipItGood: One of the Hassansins wields two whips at the same time. One is a Daggertail from ''The Two Thrones'' and the other is an [[KungPow iron claw]].

* {{Brownface}}: Gemma Arterton, a fair-skinned Englishwoman, looks considerably tanner while playing the Persian princess Tamina. Of course, some Persians are as fair skinned as Northern Europeans, but a fair Gemma Arterton [[RealityIsUnrealistic would not be convincingly Persian to Western audiences]]. And she looks goddamn sexy with any color of skin.

* {{Badass}}
** Mostly Dastan.
** The Hassansins.
** Seso, the ScaryBlackMan that bodyguards Amar, is a badass KnifeNut.

* OpeningNarration

* {{Kidroduction}}: The writers use the first three minutes of the movie to show Dastan as a kid, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing]] him as a [[ProducePelting rebellious]] and [[LeParkour athletic]] character.

* ProducePelting: In the {{Kidroduction}} Dastan throws a fruit at the soldier who [[WouldHurtAChild socks the other boy]] for making his horse balk.

* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The Hassansins sure look like these.

* BookEnds: The movie starts with the sun rising and ArcWords appear, and ends with the sun setting on the exact same horizon with the same ArcWords.

* HowToStopTheDeusExMachina: The time-rewinding dagger only works with the Sands of Time, and getting it is very difficult, requiring going underground in the city of Alamut.

* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: So, he and his army invaded a city on false pretenses, killing, presumably, at least hundreds, if not thousands. That part wasn't undone. What of the dead? What of their families?

* BritishAccents: Everyone.

'''''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''''' is a live-action film based on the [[Franchise/PrinceOfPersia video game series of the same name]], directed by Mike Newell and starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal.

!!''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* MythologyGag: In the movie:

** Many of Dastan's outfits bear resemblence to the Prince's outfits throughout the games. During the fight between Dastan and a soldier, his appearance mirrors that of the Prince's appearance at both the end of ''Sands of Time'' (before turning back time) and his whole appearance throughout ''The Two Thrones''. During the takeover of Alamut, his appearance mirrors that of the Prince's appearance in ''Warrior Within''.

* NoOshaCompliance: The path leading to the Hourglass is said to immediately self-destruct [[TemptingFate if something touches the sand]] on either side of the path. Presumably [[spoiler:Nizam's]] digging destabilised the cavern, because otherwise it seems like a rather strange safety feature, considering just the door opening caused enough vibrations to cause stones to begin falling from the ceiling!
* ObviouslyEvil

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Aside from the obviousness of Dastan and his brothers all being great warriors and Dastan saving the world, Tamina is very much this trope--not only does she prove herself quite capable of manipulating, deceiving and outsmarting her 'ally', as well as handy in a fight, as the Guardian of the Dagger she is literally the only thing standing between humanity and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and quite willing to perform a HeroicSacrifice in order to fulfill her role.

* {{Sword Fight}}

* WhipItGood: One of the Hassansins wields two whips at the same time. One was a Daggertail from ''The Two Thrones'' and the other is an [[KungPow iron claw]].

* [[BadassLongcoat Badass Hooded Longcoat]]

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Nizam is dead and Dastan has saved the day and reunited with Tamina, but she (like everybody except him) has lost the memories of the entire adventure and they have to start their relationship from zero. Not that this perspective bothers him very much, however.]]

* EverybodyLives: Due to a Reset Button ending, except [[spoiler: Nizam]].

* [[TheQueensLatin The Queen's Farsi]]: The movie version features Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role sporting a British accent, a [[MythologyGag nod]] to ''The Sands of Time'' game, in which both the Prince and Farah had British accents.

* {{Sword Fight}}s

* {{Warrior Prince}}s: Dastan and his brothers are all accomplished warriors who lead their father's army in battle.

* EpicMovie: The price tag is up there with ''Film/{{Titanic}}''. It shows.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: The government of the most powerful nation in the world uses false reports of a weaker foreign power having "weapon forges" that were used to supply enemies of the stronger nation as a justification for invading the smaller country to take their oil ... or their magic dagger. Just like [[TheWarOnTerror the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq]], the weapon forges are never found.]]

'''''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''''' is a live-action film based on the [[Franchise/PrinceOfPersia video game series of the same name]], directed by Mike Newell and starring JakeGyllenhaal.

* WetSariScene: There's a scene where both our male ''and'' female lead jump into a fountain and end up soaked head to toe while making an escape, a rare instance of a unisex application of this trope. [[http://0.tqn.com/d/movies/1/0/E/1/U/princeofpersiapic3.jpg Look.]]

* AllStarCast

* NoOshaCompliance: The path leading to the Hourglass is said to immediately self-destruct [[TemptingFate if something touches the sand]] on either side of the path. Presumably [[spoiler:Nizam's]] digging destabilised the cavern, because otherwise it seems like a rather stange safety feature, considering just the door opening caused enough vibrations to cause stones to begin falling from the ceiling!

* StillbornFranchise

* AnachronismStew: The MST3KMantra is in full effect, of course. The map at the beginning shows the extent of the Achaemenid Empire as it was before its conquest by Alexander (about 900 years before the film is set). References are made to the Turks, who at this point were a loose confederation of nomadic peoples in central Asia, yet are described in terms more evocative of the Ottoman Empire. Despite being pre-Islamic, the (presumably Sassanid) Persians use Arabic script. Indian rulers are referred to as "Mughals", a term that would not be used until the 16th century. Even more -- [[spoiler:the city of Alamut was actually where Hashashins ''resided''. Not to mention, that vizier named Nizam was the very first man killed by them. It's really a big question, if the movie shows its knowledge of the story, or complete lack of it.]]

* AnachronismStew: The MST3KMantra is in full effect, of course. The map at the beginning shows the extent of the Achaemenid Empire as it was before its conquest by Alexander (about 900 years before the film is set). References are made to the Turks, who at this point were a loose confederation of nomadic peoples in central Asia, yet are described in terms more evocative of the Ottoman Empire. Despite being pre-Islamic, the (presumably Sassanid) Persians use Arabic script. Even more -- [[spoiler:the city of Alamut was actually where Hashashins ''resided''. Not to mention, that vizier named Nizam was the very first man killed by them. It's really a big question, if the movie shows its knowledge of the story, or complete lack of it.]]