Director: Paul W S Anderson
Writer: Alex Litvak (Screenplay) Alexandra Dumas Pere (Novel)
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, Til Schweiger, Orlando Bloom, Logan Lerman, Mads Mikkelsen, Christoph Waltz
Plot: The hot-headed young D’Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Forgettable
Story: The Three Musketeers starts by introducing us to the legendary Three Musketeer Athos (Macfadyen), Aramis (Evans) and Porthos (Stevenson) who work with Milady de Winter (Jovovich) to steal documents only to have her turn on them for the Duke of Buckingham (Bloom).
We go onto meet D’Artagnan (Lerman) a brass young swordsman who finds himself in trouble with the Three Musketeer, but with a common enemy in Rochefort (Mikkelsen) after they have lost their guidance. The Musketeers find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to start the next great battle in Europe and have to use their skills to stop this from happening and save France.
The Three Musketeers is an overcomplicated take on what should just be a fun adventure, we have a big conspiracy going on with way too many characters to keep on top off where we just don’t get nearly enough time with the actual musketeers. Everyone seems to be going against each other in this one which just doesn’t reach any of the level of the 90s version.
As for the performances, the musketeers are nearly all forgettable, Waltz, Mikkelsen and Bloom are completely wasted in their roles and having nearly everything that happens revolve around Jovovich just adds to the confusion. The action is all what you would expect from Anderson that can be fun without being over the top.
Overall: This is just another poor rehash of the Musketeers story.
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