Les Trois Mousquetaires (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:

Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Athos
Milla Jovovich	...	Milady de Winter
Helen George	...	Blonde
Christian Oliver	...	Venetian Nobleman
Luke Evans	...	Aramis
Ray Stevenson	...	Porthos
Til Schweiger	...	Cagliostro
Markus Brandl	...	Sergeant Venetian Guard
Orlando Bloom	...	Duke of Buckingham
Logan Lerman	...	D'Artagnan
Dexter Fletcher	...	D'Artagnan's Father
Jane Perry	...	D'Artagnan's Mother
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Rochefort
Andy Gathergood	...	Drunk
Susanne Wolff	...	Cougar

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:

critically bashed | box office flop | musketeer | duel | cardinal richelieu | 

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Taglines:

Every legend has a new beginning.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | History | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of adventure action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany France UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Filming Locations:

Schleißheim Palace, Oberschleißheim, 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

Gabriella Wilde's half sister Olivia Llewellyn starred in the 2015 series, The Musketeers.

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Goofs

When Athos and D'Artagnan first cross paths in the market and talk, the position of D'Artagnan's hat changes repeatedly between shots.

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Quotes

Porthos: Planchet, what are you?
Planchet: Complete and utter waste of space, sir.
Porthos: And?
Planchet: As much use as a fart in a bottle, sir.
Porthos: Right.
Planchet: In short, sir, a total tit, sir, but I can't work bleeding miracles!

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the movie, the first credits have a dedication,"For Bernd", referencing Bernd Eichinger, who died in January of 2011. He was producer of 4 of the Resident Evil films, also directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

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Connections

Version of The Three Musketeers (1992)

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Soundtracks

When We Were Young
Performed by Take That
Written by Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams
(c) Sony ATV Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing / Farrell
Courtesy of Polydor UK - A Division of Universal Music

User Reviews

Really?

I actually expected this movie to be bad based on the previews, and after the first 5 minutes, which were kind of entertaining, I thought "maybe this won't be so bad". But every attempt at humor is completely dry, and the story is told in the worst way possible. Aside from the opening scene, everything added to the story in an attempt to make it different from the standard Three Musketeer plot is completely lame. And even Orlando Bloom acted like a rookie! I don't know how on earth this managed to get financed. If you want some real entertainment, watch the 1993 version, in which Tim Curry is the best evil Cardinal ever!