2010's "Clash of the Titans" (the remake of the 1981cult favorite) was one of the worst films of that, or any year - lame story, awful dialogue and cheap special effects, including an incredibly bad 3D post-conversion. Not much differs between that film and this totally unnecessary sequel, except for Sam Worthington's hairdo.

"Wrath of the Titans" begins about 10-years from where "Clash" left off. Worthington, once again, is Perseus, the half-human/half-god son of Zeus. Perseus is a widower and he has a son of his own. Perseus has chosen to live his life as a human, until Zeus (Liam Neeson) tells him that the fate of the god's immortality is in danger. Soon after Zeus is taken captive by his brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Perseus' brother Ares is also in on the plot. Ares is jealous of what Persues has accomplished (including the whole "Release the Kraken" thing from the first film).

Persues learns he has a cousin who's also half-human/half-god, and he needs to find him so together they can try to save Zeus and defeat Ares.

If all of this sounds utterly ridiculous and a waste of thousands of hours of work by the filmmakers, cast and crew that's because it is. If ever a movie deserved the tag-line: "Who Cares" - it's this one (unless you're really into Greek Mythology, and if that's the case you'll probably rip this movie apart for other reasons, such as 'Zeus was a lot taller than Liam Neeson').

However, there are a few things that make "Wrath" an improvement over "Clash":

1) It's 7-minutes shorter

2) Neeson and Fiennes do have a few scenes together in which you actually see some good acting

But the biggest difference is the 3D, which actually looks professional this time, and is quite effective

But that's it. The rest of "Wrath" is a mess: There's nothing compelling about the story, the editing is clumsy, the dialogue is laughable ("Brother"? "Yes...Brother") and Worthington is the dullest half-god/half-human in movie history.

"Wrath" is packed with way too many action scenes, in an effort to try to make-up for not having much of a story. It doesn't work. It's rated PG-13 for the fantasy action/violence. Even though we get plenty of close-ups of several weird creatures all trying to kill Perseus there's nothing here that kids 12 and up can't handle.

On The Official LCJ Report Card, "Wrath of the Titans" gets a D, which, considering "Clash" got an "F" two years ago, is a notable improvement.

The good news is that this should mark "The End of the Titans". And, even better, this movie is so bland that by tomorrow morning I won't be able to "Remember the Titans".

Actor David Cross, who plays Ian the evil music producer in the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" series, said recently that working on "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" - was the most painful experience of his professional career. All I can say is - David, I feel you - because watching "Chipwrecked" was one of the most painful experiences of my professional career as a critic.

Jason Lee (who starred in the 2007 original but only made a brief appearance in the 2009 sequel) is back as David Seville. As the movie begins he is taking the three chipmunks and the three chipettes on a vacation cruise. Of course it doesn't take long before things get out of control on the ship, thanks mostly to Alvin. The six squeaky furballs end-up stranded on what they think is a deserted island and they have to learn how to take care of themselves while they wait to be rescued. Along the way they deal with a wacky treasure hunter, a spider bite that turns Simon into a French adventurer and a volcano that's set to destroy the island. It's all completely ridiculous.

While sitting through "Chipwrecked" I thought back to the 2007 original "Alvin and the Chipmunks", and how much fun that film was: the clever story and dialogue and the impressive way the chipmunks interacted with the human characters. 2009's "Squeakquel" was not as good, but still passable. But this is a total mess. I smiled two or three times during the (thankfully short) 87 minutes - that's it. Director Mike Mitchell goes from making the final chapter in the Shrek series (last year's very good "Shrek Forever After") to ending the Chipmunks franchise (we can only hope).

"Chipwrecked" is filled with musical numbers - the chipmunks ruining several current pop songs. Studio executives clearly hoping to sell some soundtrack CD's because they know they're not going to sell a lot of movie tickets. The CGI work on the chipmunks is surprisingly poor and at times it's difficult to understand what the chipmunks are saying.

You can only wonder what brought Jason Lee back, besides a paycheck. And it's no surprise that Cross didn't have a good time during production. He spends almost the entire movie in a pelican costume.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" is the first in the series to be rated G (the others were PG). There's nothing offensive in the movie - except that the entire movie is offensive to anyone looking to have a good time. I guess very young kids who liked the other two might enjoy the adventure, but, trust me, even they will be disappointed.

On "The Official Kid Critic Report Card", "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" gets a D.

And in case you're wondering why I didn't mention anything about a shipwreck in this review, it's because there isn't one in the film. The writers apparently thought "Chipwrecked" was a clever name so they went with it even though it doesn't apply to anything in the story. Too bad they didn't spend more time coming-up with a clever script.

I was not a big fan of 2006's "Happy Feet" and became even less of a fan when it went on to win the Academy Award that year for Best Animated Feature (beating-out "Cars", a much, much better film).

Unfortunately "Happy Feet Two" is an even more painful viewing experience than the original.

"Happy Feet" (in case you don't remember) was the story of a young male penguin named Mumble who couldn't sing like all the other penguins. Instead his thing was dancing. He was thrown out of the colony for being different but, by the end of the movie, he's a hero and everyone realizes that dancing is fun.

In this 3D sequel Mumble (again voiced by Elijah Wood) and his wife Gloria (the singer P!nk, who takes-over the role from the late Brittany Murphy) are raising their own son - Eric - who can't dance. He doesn't have a great relationship with his father and he and two other young penguins wander away from their families and discover a new group of penguins led by Sven, who everyone thinks is a flying penguin and a great hero. Mumble finds the kids, by while they're gone there's a shift in the icecap and all the penguins back home, including Gloria, become stranded. So Mumble, Sven and the kids have to figure out a way to rescue them before they all starve to death.

Meantime, there's also a subplot involving two krill named Will and Bill (voiced by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon) that is a total waste of time. The writers obviously were trying to duplicate the success of the Skrat vignettes from the "Ice Age" movies. Instead we get these very unfunny, distracting and annoying interruptions, over and over, with these two characters saying such lines as "I'm one in a krilllion". They may be the most poorly written animated characters in any film this year. I kept praying for them to be eaten.

As for the main story - it's completely misguided and uninteresting. Sorry folks, having hundreds of animated penguins singing and dancing to pop sings doesn't make for an entertaining feature length movie. This would have been much better as a half-hour holiday special (which I would have avoided). And there's actually more singing than dancing in the film. They should have called it: "Happy Beaks" - except that some of the muscial numbers will make you cringe.

There's no suspense or drama (what - thousands of cute little penguins are going to die in the end?). At least the first "Happy Feet" was unique when it came out in '06. The only reason this was made was because the original grossed $200 million domestically. The writers and director George Miller have nothing to say with this sequel.

Robin Williams is back in dual roles but neither of his characters gets much screen time. Hank Azaria voices Sven, who has a huge secret that we in the audience know from the first time we see him at the beginning of the film. So later, when all the penguins finally learn the truth, there's no payoff for the audience.

And another thing I hated about this film (as I did with the original) is the use of real humans in several scenes (using motion capture technology). It just doesn't work here.

"Happy Feet Two" is rated PG for some mild adult language and scenes of peril. It's harmless enough for all kids and I'm sure the little ones will enjoy the penguins and the songs and the dance numbers. But anyone over 10 will be completely frustrated and bored.

On "The Official Kid Critic Report Card", "Happy Feet Two" gets a D. It's one of the worst animated films since..."Happy Feet One". Good news is, since penguins only have two feet, they couldn't make a "Happy Feet Three"...could they? 

"Spy Kids" was released in 2001 and was one of the top 20 films that year. Two sequels followed ("Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams" in 2002 and 2003's "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over"). Eight years later we get a third sequel in 3D.

When released in theaters in August the movie featured a 4th D - Aromascope: the option of using a "scratch and sniff" card to smell everything that comes on screen. And the card gimmick was helpful because it takes your attention away from what's happening in the movie

Jessica Alba stars as Marissa Wilson, a retired spy who lives with her husband Wilbur ("Community"'s Joel McHale) and her two stepkids Rebecca and Cecil. And a new baby. Jeremy Piven from "Entourage" plays the movie's villain - The Timekeeper. He wants to take over the world. So Marissa is forced to go back to work.

When Rebecca and Cecil learn that their stepmom is a spy, they decide to also join in on the action. And their family dog (voiced by comedian Ricky Gervais) is an assistant and they also get a little help from the original "Spy Kids" - played by Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara. Everyone has to work together to try to save the day.

There's a reason this is an end of the summer release...because the film is a mess. The plot is ridiculous - there's never any build-up or suspense or mystery. And the all-important message - that people need to spend more time enjoying their families...please. Little kids aren't going to care about that. They just want to see a fun, exciting adventure - and this is none of that.

"Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. He's the man responsible for the other 3 "Spy Kids" films, 2005's "The Adventures of Sharkboy and LavaGirl" and my "Worst Movie of 2009" - the unforgivable "Shorts". All I can say is: at least he's consistent.

Bad performances are everywhere: Alba tries her best, but McHale is way over-the-top as a reality TV "Spy Hunter", Piven plays several characters - one more ridiculous than the other, and the newcomers who play the young "spy kids"...let me just ask this: Why can't Rodriquez find good kid actors? They're out there - we see them in other films. But for some reason he just can't find any for his movies. Gervais has a few funny lines, and the best part for him is that his face never shows-up on screen so he won't take any of the blame for this disaster.

"Shorts" had cheap special effects, but "Spy Kids 4"'s may be worse. It's amazing how easily you can tell that the kids aren't really flying and that people aren't jumping out of cars, and the huge clock machine is totally fake. It's all GREEN SCREEN! It's been 8 years since the last "Spy Kids", and movie effects have come a long way since then. But you wouldn't know it by all the unintentionally cheesy effects here.

"Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" is rated PG for mild action violence. It's filled with fart gags, puke scenes, poop jokes - everything except good writing, sharp dialogue and laughs. Young kids may be mildly amused, but anyone older than 8 (including young adults who saw the first three) will be incredibly bored. This movie only made $36M at the box office. You don't need to be a spy to figure out that this franchise is dead.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" gets a D.

It's a clearly a solid contender to make my Worst of the Year list.

Down through the years there's been a long list of popular, memorable and successful combinations: Batman and Robin, Bert and Ernie, Peanut Butter and Jelly. "Cowboys & Aliens" will never join that list.

While this is a unique premise for an action film - having unfriendly visitors from space attack the residents of a small western town in the late 1800's - the bottom line is the movie is more bizarre than entertaining, and practically everything in it doesn't work. Which is surprising because "Cowboys & Aliens" is directed by Jon Favreau, who had big success with his two "Iron Man" films. Six writers are credited with working on the script and the movie has 16 producers (including Favreau, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg).

This was one of the summer's most highly-anticipated films, and the trailer led us to believe it was going to be a lot of fun. Instead "C&A" starts way too slow and is far too serious than it should be. Daniel Craig plays Jake, a cowboy who wakes up one day bleeding from a nasty wound and with a piece of metal strapped to his wrist. Jake can't remember who he is or how he got into this mess but soon he finds out that he's a wanted man.

Jake is taken into custody by the town sheriff but before he can be sent to the county jail the aliens attack and steal many of the townspeople. Jake may be able to save them because of the metal wrist band (which turns out to be a weapon) so he joins members of the town (including Harrison Ford's character, a cowboy war hero) in a rescue posse. And the rest of the very long two-hours (that seem like three) is the cowboys tracking and battling the evil creatures, who are more like monsters than traditional aliens.

My plot summary makes "Cowboys and Aliens" sound a lot more interesting that it really is. To start, the first half-hour of the film is dominated by an obnoxious kid named Percy, who is the son of Harrison Ford's character, so things get off to a bad start. And even when the action kicks-in, there's nothing interesting or exciting. In fact at times even the actors seem uninterested. Yes, I know Favreau is trying to remind us that this is a western, and westerns are often slow, with very basic dialogue. But he takes that style to the extreme.

Technically, "C&A" has heap of problems: the editing is sloppy and choppy and the soundtrack is way over the top. As for the action scenes, they range from ridiculous to hilarious (unintentionally), highlighted by one scene in which Craig jumps from his horse onto a flying spacecraft. In fact, one of the best things I can say about this film is that it's not in 3D.

The supporting cast includes Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde and Keith Carradine, who all probably thought they were going to be part of a classic, and not one of the worst films of the year.

"Cowboys & Aliens" is rated PG-13 for all the action violence and frightening elements, but there's so much gore I'm surprised it's not R. It's definitely not for kids or really anyone who's looking to get their money's worth from a movie.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Cowboys & Aliens" gets a D. Favreau and everyone involved in this film do deserve some credit for trying something different. But instead of making a great Western/Science Fiction combo, the result is a disaster movie.

Argh, me Mateys! I'm about to tell you the story of a story that never should have been told, about a film that never should have been made (at least not this way). Ahoy! - it's Official: the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise has been sunk, by a tale called "On Stranger Tides".

It's been four long years since the last "Pirates" movie - "At World's End". A lot of people thought that was going to be it for the series, and it was for Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom. But with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow and Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer and most of the crew from the other films still on board, why not head-out on another "Pirates" voyage?

This time Captain Jack, along with everybody else, is in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth. Penelope Cruz takes over for Knightly as the female lead. She plays Jack's former and maybe current love interest, Angelica, who also happens to be the daughter of Blackbeard the Pirate, played by Ian McShane. Cruz adds nothing to the cast. She was pregnant at the time the film was shot which may be why she seems so bored and her character is so uninteresting. And the addition of Blackbeard simply adds another one-dimensional villain to the plot.

And then there's Geoffrey Rush, fresh-off his Oscar-nominated performance in "The King's Speech", reprising his role as Barbossa. He and Jack, you may remember, are enemies. But this time they may work together to try to beat Blackbeard and his crew, and a group of Spaniards, to the Fountain.

"On Stranger Tides" is a strange film: It's a pirate movie, but very little action happens on pirates ships (the Black Pearl is stuck in a bottle). In fact, there's very little action at all. The film is 2-hours and 20-minutes of Sparrow getting in and out of trouble, some very dull dialogue and scenes of characters walking and walking. We waited four years for this?!

Director Rob Marshall may be partly to blame. His previous films include "Chicago" and "Nine". Maybe a muscial number would have livened things up here. ("Yo ho, ho - a pirates life for me!") But it's the script writers who really should be made to walk the plank. One of the things you can always expect from a "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie is some great lines from Depp. But Captain Jack has no funny or clever things to say this time. In fact, the entire movie lacks the wit and charm of the first three. 

But it does have mermaids. But don't expect them to be anything like Disney's famous mermaid - Ariel. These are killer vampire mermaids, which might be a good title for a straight-to-DVD horror movie, but they make no sense here. And there's a puzzling cameo as well that ends-up simply being distracting.

"On Stranger Tides" is rated PG-13 for the swashbuckling action violence and some suggestive mermaid nudity. Like the others in the series, this is being marketed as a kids film but I can't recommend it for kids, teens, or adults. If you enjoyed the other "Pirates" films you're going to want to see it, but chances are you'll leave the theater believing you got robbed of the precious treasure you used to buy your ticket.

On "The Official Kid Critic Report Card", "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" gets a D. It is clearly one of the most disappointing films of 2011.

Apparently the script for "Pirates 5" has already been completed, but Depp says he wants to wait awhile before starting production. That sounds like a wise choice. After "On Stranger Tides" Depp may want to sail away from the franchise for good.

When I was in LA in the summer of 2009 I visited the Sony Pictures Studios and actually got to see some of the sets that were being built for "The Green Hornet". If I had known then what I know now I would have told the crews not to bother.

This version of "The Green Hornet" is somewhat based on the comic, old radio show and the 1960's TV series. Seth Rogen, who can be very funny at times, has the extremely unfunny role of obnoxious brat Britt Reid, the son of an LA newspaper and media giant who dies, leaving Britt in charge of his empire.

Britt only cares about partying but he becomes friends with one of the servants, named Kato (Jay Chow), and soon they decide to become crime-fighting superheroes, taking-on all the bad guys in Los Angeles. Kato knows martial arts and can make cool weapons and cars. Britt can't do anything, but he becomes The Green Hornet and Kato is his sidekick.

Michel Gondry has made some smart, funny, clever and touching films, including my favorite movie of 2008, "Be Kind Rewind." It's hard to believe that he directed this train wreck, or, should I say, car wreck, since "The Green Hornet" is filled with more chase scenes and car crashes than all of the 2010 summer's action films combined.

There are a lot of words to describe this film, and for some reason they all begin with the letter R: Rough - Ridiculous and Rotten immediately come to mind. Maybe it's because of Rogan, who not only stars, but was a co-writer and co-producer. He's got to take a lot of the blame for this mess.

And one of the major problems with the film is the Britt/Green Hornet character, who is so unlikable that you can't root for him in any way. And Kato isn't much better. An they're the GOOD GUYS! My breaking point came midway through a scene in which The Green Hornet and Kato fight each other, destroying their mansion in the process. The scene goes on for what seemed like at least 10-minutes. And, of course, several times Rogen has to get hit in his private parts. As you know, that's my #1 indicator of a terrible script when the writers have to resort to the "hit in the groin" gag.

Cameron Diaz plays the duos secretary and looks very uncomfortable in all of her scenes. Oscar winner Christoph Waltz plays the wacky villain, but it's a very unfunny role. And Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson has to be the happiest of everyone in the cast because, as Britt's father, he's hardly in the movie at all.

The 3D, for the theatircal release, was done in post-production conversion, which made the effect very ineffective. At least people won't have to deal with that at home.

"The Green Hornet" is rated PG-13, for some adult language and tons of action violence. But it's mostly comic book style violence, so it's appropriate for kids 12 and up, but that doesn't mean I recommend anyone watching it.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "The Green Hornet" gets a D. It's easy to see why the studio decided not to release this movie in the summer of 2010, which was the original plan, and instead bury it in mid-January. Problem is, they didn't bury it deep enough to prevent it from coming back on DVD/PPV.

The words Alpha and Omega mean the beginning and the end. As for the movie "Alpha and Omega", I hated it from the beginning and couldn't wait for it to end.

The film, from the small Crest Animation Studio, is the story of two young wolves who live with their packs in Canada. Kate and Humphrey are pals, but they can't be more than that because Kate's an Alpha - a leader wolf, and Humphrey's an Omega. His job is to keep everybody in the pack happy, but he can't marry an Alpha.

Kate is being forced to marry the leader of a rival pack of wolves, to keep peace in the valley. But before that can happen she and Humphrey are captured by Park Rangers and relocated to Idaho. As they travel back home will Kate and Humphrey realize that they belong together? Will they get back in time to prevent a war between the two wolf packs? Will somebody wake me up when it's over?

Very early into this movie I was thinking one thing: Direct to DVD. It never should have made it into theaters. I think the only reason it did was because it was made in 3D. But the film is so predictable, the story is dull, the animation is boring and there isn't one funny line or scene in the entire movie. There were about a half dozen 6-7 year olds sitting a few rows ahead of me in the theater and they laughed more times during the 2 1/2 minute "Yogi Bear" trailer before the movie than in the entire 90-minutes of "Alpha and Omega". 

And speaking of the length, the movie never would have gotten close to 90-minutes without some goofy musical number that consist of the wolfs dancing and howling at the moon. No singing, just dancing and howling. Very tough to watch.

The voice cast includes Hayden Panettiere and Justin Long as Kate and Humphrey, Danny Glover, Christina Ricci and the late Dennis Hopper. Not only is it sad that Hopper is no longer with us, but the fact that this was his final movie is really tragic.

"Alpha and Omega" is rated PG for a few scenes of mild violence and for some dialogue about animals mating that gets a little dicey at times and could be uncomfortable for parents to deal with if their kids are paying attention. Here's a great way to avoid that problem: if you're looking to give your kids a break from the all the "back to school" craziness take them to the park instead of this film.

On "The Official Kid Critic Report Card", "Alpha and Omega" gets a D. I was thinking "F" all the way until the final credits, which show the storyboards and rough animation sketches of the characters. I'm a sucker for that stuff, which we normally only get in books after a movie comes out. And I don't have an F+ grade, so I've got to go with D.

After a summer of GREAT animated movies, we start the fall with a bomb. Thankfully, there are a few more animated films still to come this year. And they've all got to be better than this.

Nickelodeon Studios has turned several of their popular TV cartoon series into feature films, including The Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants. "The Last Airbender" is the first live-action movie based on a Nick cartoon. Unfortunately an animated version would have been better.

The story is set in a fantasy world where the four tribe nations: Air, Earth, Wind and Fire (not the music group) control all of life. Since the disappearance of the Avatar (not the James Cameron blue people), the Fire Nation has been at war with the other three, looking to take over.

A young boy named Aang (played by Noah Ringer) returns to the land, at it turns out that he is the Avatar, meaning he can master all 4 elements and communicate with the spirit world. The Fire people want to capture Aang so they can continue their quest to rule the world. The good guys, led by a brother and sister who first find Aang, have to protect the Last Airbender so he can learn how to bend water and defeat the Fire Nation.

Sound interesting? Well, it's not. I never watched the TV series but it was a huge hit so it had to be better than this. The action scenes are dull, you don't get attached to any of the characters so you don't care which side wins.

M. Night Shyamalan wrote, produced and directed the movie. What's going on with this guy? Most of the dialogue is the characters talking simply to explain to the audience what's going on with the plot. There are too many unnecessary close-ups, poor use of slow-motion and the acting is corny, even for a fantasy film.

"The Last Airbender" was shot in 2D and then converted to 3D (the same process used in "Clash of the Titans") for theaters. Can we all agree now that this simply doesn't work. The 3D was is weak, and practically all of the scenes are dark, which made it even tougher to watch. Who knows how the DVD will look (I'm not watching it), but it really doesn't matter Special effects? Well, the biggie comes at the end, a big wall of water, that we've already seen several times in other films.

"The Last Airbender" is rated PG for some action violence, but there's really nothing bad in the movie, it's just a bad movie.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "The Last Airbender" gets a D, which is probably too generous. It's one of the worst films of the year and I think most fans of the TV series will agree.

The movie only covers Book One of the three book series, and the final scene sets-up a sequel. But I'm guessing that this will be THE LAST "Last Airbender" we'll be seeing.

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is based on a video game. The good news is, now that it's out on DVD, you can hit a button while you're watching it - the 'stop' button.

Jake Gyllenhaal, serious actor turned action hero, plays Dastan, a street orphan who is adopted by the king of Persia. He and his two brothers help the King and his brother (played by Ben Kingsley) rule the land.

Dastan is wrongly accused of killing the king and so he must run away or be killed himself. He's joined by the princess of a neighboring country because...otherwise there wouldn't be a story. Also, there's this dagger that everybody wants because if you press a button on it you can turn-back time. Kinda like a replay button on a video game controller. Oh, and the dagger can also destroy the world.

Where do I begin to describe why this movie doesn't work: It starts (as usual) with the story, which just isn't interesting enough. For an action movie there's an incredible amount of dialogue, most of it is the characters explaining to each other what's going on and why their doing what they're doing.

The are also plenty of fighting scenes, but nothing original. The editing is very choppy and the use of slow motion is totally unnecessary. Overall, the special effects look a little cheap and cheesy.

There are a lot of close-ups of Gyllenhaal, but neither he, nor Gemma Arterton, who plays the princess, are very believable. She was also in "Clash of the Titans", and so that makes her "0 for 2" this year. Alfred Molina plays a sheik who runs ostrich races. In one scene he actually kisses one of his ostriches. That's one of the few things I'll remember from "Prince of Persia".

Several times during the film, while trying to stay awake, I kept asking myself - is this a movie that Walt Disney would have liked to have his name on? Every time the answer was NO!

"Prince of Persia" is rated PG-13 for the action-violence, and there's plenty of it, as you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer film. But, overall, the movie is pretty tame for PG-13. Normally that would be a good thing, but I can't recommend that any kids see this film, because it's simply not entertaining.

If you put "The Mummy", the "Indiana Jones", and the "National Treasure" movies together, and added a touch of "Aladdin", you've got "Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time". The problem is it's not as good as any of the films in those other series, and there are no magic carpet rides.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" gets a D. Another big-budget summer film that turned-out to be more BUST than BLOCKBUSTER.