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:

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:

murderess | zeppelin | love triangle | evildoer | slow motion action scene | 

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Taglines:

For every legend there is a new beginning.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | 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:

USA Germany France UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los tres mosqueteros

Filming Locations:

Schleißheim Palace, Oberschleißheim, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€2,377,564 (Germany), 4 September 2011, Wide Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,674,452, 23 October 2011, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$20,377,913

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$132,274,484

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Constantin Film, Impact Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Freddy Foxx, Juno Temple and Gabriella Wilde also starred in the movie St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009).

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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

King Louis XIII of France: So, madam, what of Buckingham?
Milady de Winter: Majesty?
King Louis XIII of France: [impatiently] Well, what's he wearing these days?
Milady de Winter: Green, your Majesty.
King Louis XIII of France: Hmm. Very interesting.
King Louis XIII of France: [to the Tailor] And you had the gall to recommend blue? Of course it should be green. Why am I surrounded by incompetent idiots? Green, green, green! Do I have to do everything myself?

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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

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Soundtracks

Royal Dance
Written by A.R. Luciani
Courtesy of Universal Publishing Production Music

User Reviews

More adventurous & more fun

I actually liked this movie. I've seen many musketeer movies through the years and this one wasn't the best one in my opinion but it was certainly not the worst either. It has a lot of adventure and cool scenes with good special effects.

I did not expect to see Milla Jovovich in a movie like this but she really pulled it off. And it was pretty nice seeing Orlando Bloom playing a villain for a change, I've had the feeling that he always plays the a character with same qualities in almost every movie (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kingdom of Heaven etc).

This movie is much more adventurous and wild than the '93 version and in my opinion these two can't really be compared because they are made for different audiences. All in all this is a great movie to watch together with your friends.