When a rumor reaches the Persians that warriors from the city of Alamut are selling weapons to the enemies of Persia, Dastan's step brothers (who have royal blood, unlike Dastan) and Dastan's uncle (Ben Kingsley) Nizam plan to attack Alamut. Showing leadership in this wild world, Dastan leads a surprise attack on Alamut and opens the door for the rest of the Persians to come thundering into the walled city. A plot is soon devised to kill the king, and it involves giving the King a new robe to wear now that he has conquered a new city. Brother Tus gives the box with the gift to Dastan to in turn give it to the King, his stepfather. When Dastan gives the robe to the King, it kills the King and hence, Dastan is suspected of killing the King for his own power play.
As Dastan and the princess ride off to avoid being killed, it is obvious to Dastan that his stepbrother set up him. He believes that it was a power play, and so what matters now is keeping possession of the "time dagger" so the evil members of the movie cannot get their hands on it. True to the definition used at the beginning of the paper, leadership is a process; Dastan evades constant peril and is courageous enough to return to Alamut to tell his honest stepbrother Garsiv (Toby Kebbell) that he (Dastan) was set up to kill the King, and who the real murderer is. Through the process of investigation and strategizing, Dastan figures out that it wasn't his brother who killed the King, it was his uncle Nizam.
As mentioned, leadership involves a leader influencing a group of individuals to achieve a common goal; Dastan shows leadership under great stress by going to his brother Garsiv (who is taking over being King for the time being), staring down his own death in the meantime (because his brothers both believe he killed their father and they are poised to kill Dastan). But the goal that Dastan has set out to accomplish (keeping the dagger out of his uncle's hands and convincing his brothers that the uncle was behind the whole evil plot) is in fact accomplished.
Conclusion: Notwithstanding the fact that this was a "B" level film, the leadership shown -- through some crazy scenes that are entirely computer-generated -- does match the definition provided by Peter Guy Northouse. That, in this case, is what counts, not the quality of the film in the eyes of critics.
Works Cited
"Prince of Persia" (2010). Disney Pictures. Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer, Mike Newell, Director.
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