10 Greatest Video Game Movies Of All-Time

8. Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time (2010)

Even though Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is just about the most conventional blockbuster ever made, there's no reason why a Sunday afternoon viewing of this film couldn't be deemed a worthy way to spend two hours.

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular prince, one can assume that this was Disney's attempt at doing what they did again with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. "If we can do it with a ride, imagine what we can do with a video game," presumably said somebody at the House of Mouse, forgetting that 75% of why Pirates was good came down to Johnny Depp.

There is nothing as fun as Jack Sparrow in this movie, unfortunately, and it mostly fails to invoke the experience of the games, but - aside from some questionable racial casting - there's not all that much to dislike about Prince of Persia. The action scenes are cool; all the supporting cast (which includes Alfred Molina and Ben Kingsley) give fun performances... and even Gemma Arterton is bearable.

If it wasn't memorable enough to start a major franchise, it also wasn't anywhere near as bad as the critics made out. It's swashbuckling escapism with a throwback appeal. I feel like if you watched this on a plane, you'd be entertained enough that you wouldn't then step off of said plane and regret that you'd seen it. How's that for a ringing endorsement?