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Release Date:
7 September 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
As you've never seen it before.
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Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents. full summary | full synopsis
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Wuxia Fiction
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(11 articles)
Paul W.S. Anderson to Ride with Musketeers?
(From CinemaSpy. 1 September 2009, 9:45 PM, PDT)
Directors I Like: Peter Hyams
(From Cinematical. 29 March 2009, 5:32 PM, PDT)
(From CinemaSpy. 1 September 2009, 9:45 PM, PDT)
Directors I Like: Peter Hyams
(From Cinematical. 29 March 2009, 5:32 PM, PDT)
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One for all...but maybe not all for one
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Catherine Deneuve | ... | The Queen | |
| Mena Suvari | ... | Francesca Bonacieux | |
| Stephen Rea | ... | Cardinal Richelieu | |
| Tim Roth | ... | Febre the Man in Black | |
| Justin Chambers | ... | D'Artagnan | |
| Bill Treacher | ... | Bonacieux | |
| Daniel Mesguich | ... | King Louis XIII | |
| David Schofield | ... | Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman | |
| Nick Moran | ... | Aramis | |
| Steve Speirs | ... | Porthos | |
| Jan Gregor Kremp | ... | Athos | |
| Jeremy Clyde | ... | Lord Buckingham | |
| Michael Byrne | ... | Treville, Head of the Musketeers | |
| Jean-Pierre Castaldi | ... | Planchet | |
| Tsilla Chelton | ... | Madame Lacross |
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D'Artagnan (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and some sexual material.
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104 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:10 |
Iceland:LH (video rating) |
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Spain:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG
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Continuity: The sky changes from overcast/gray to cloudy with blue sky during one of the carriage chase scenes. (This is the same scene where the jet contrails are visible)
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Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)
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Peter Hyam's The Musketeer is the third of four mediocre Alexandre Dumas adaptations from the last twenty years; Disney's Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron mask, this, and the Count of Monte Cristo. According to renowned indie critic James Berardinelli, Hollywood is making Dumas turn in his grave. Iron Mask was the best and Monte Cristo was the worst. This one has its ups and downs.
The way I'd describe the Musketeer would be to say that it has a mannered brawn to it. To put it more casually, the film has the personality of a martial arts picture. You can either choose to see this as a good thing or a bad thing, but somehow, it feels a little to over the top and artificial for a 17th century French story.
I may have mentioned once, that Justin Chambers is pretty bad in the lead, but he is no worse than Oliver Platt, Kiefer Sutherland, and Charlie Sheen in the Disney version from ten years earlier. At least Chambers tries to be serious, one could say that he makes Sutherland, Platt and Sheen look like the three stooges in blue tunics.
Tim Roth can play good villains, but his performance as the black cloaked, one eyed, captain of the guard, (previously portrayed by Michael Wincott, and Christopher Lee) is not terribly menacing. In truth, none of the acting is especially good.
Once again Hyams acts as his own cinematographer, and he is a darn good one. Although not necessarily Oscar worthy, Much of the film is well shot, especially the climax, during which he makes great use of fire to light the hectic fight scenes.
As a swashbuckling film, The Musketeer does its job, but not very well. It's occasionally exciting, but often a little too unbelievable. My best recommendation for this kind of material would The Mask of Zorro.