The Three Musketeers (2011)

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.

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers:

Alex Litvak (screenplay), Andrew Davies (screenplay),

Stars:

Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich, Ray Stevenson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Athos
Milla Jovovich	...	Milady de Winter
Luke Evans	...	Aramis
Ray Stevenson	...	Porthos
Orlando Bloom	...	Duke of Buckingham
Gabriella Wilde	...	Constance
James Corden	...	Planchet
Logan Lerman	...	D'Artagnan
Freddie Fox	...	King Louis XIII of France
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Rochefort
Carsten Norgaard	...	Jussac
Til Schweiger	...	Cagliostro
Dexter Fletcher	...	D'Artagnan's Father
Jane Perry	...	D'Artagnan's Mother
Ben Moor	...	Tailor

Storyline

After failing in a scheme to steal Leonardo Da Vinci's airship blueprints, the Musketeers are disbanded by Cardinal Richelieu leaving Athos, Porthos and Aramis on the streets of Paris. In the meantime, the young, reckless and ambitious D'Artagnan has set off from Gascony with dreams of becoming a musketeer himself, not realizing that they have been disbanded. In no time, D'Artagnan manages to offend Athos, Porthos and Aramis on different occasions and challenges them all to duels. However before the duels can take place they are attacked by guards, trying to arrest them for illegal dueling. The ex-musketeers and D'Artagnan fight off the soldiers, leading to the four men becoming a band with the motto of "All for one, and one for all". Count Richelieu is not only determined to be rid of the musketeers, but also schemes with Athos' former lover Milady to undermine the reign of King Louis and his wife. The musketeers and D'Artagnan are determined to save the royal family and France ...

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Plot Keywords:

musketeer | duel | airship | gascony | king | 

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Taglines:

Every legend has a new beginning.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of adventure action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [jp]

Country:

Germany France UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los tres mosqueteros

Filming Locations:

Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,674,452 (USA) (21 October 2011)

Gross:

$20,315,324 (USA) (16 December 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Impact Pictures, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene following the Musketeers' fight with the Cardinal's men, d'Artagnan and the Musketeers walk through the portal of the "rathaus" (courthouse) in Bamberg, Bavaria in Germany. The rathaus sits astride the river Regnitz which runs through the city. To the left in the background, a half timber house that seems to float over the river can be seen. This is the Hotel Restaurant St. Nepomuk.

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Goofs

In the ball scene, when the musicians are tuning their instruments, they are using Tourte bows, a style of bow that was not created until the late 1700s, significantly after the movie takes place.

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Quotes

Porthos: You're reckless, arrogant, impetuous, probably be dead by sundown, but I like you, lad.

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: Karate Kid 9: Return to Nun-Chuck Island (2011)

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Soundtracks

"When We Were Young"
Performed by Take That

User Reviews

pretty good action

I was actually going through an IMDb list and saw the rating of this movie as 5.8 so I felt the urge to write a review. I read some comments and it seems there was witch hunt for this nice and entertaining movie. It is not the best movie of 2011 but come on, it is much better than a lot of movies that have way higher ratings. First of all, the action is pretty good. The acting is very well done and the CGI is used professionally. This is a modern approach to the classic three musketeers and I enjoyed it a lot. From my point of view, a remake needs to add some stuff to the original movie and this movie made it successfully.