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.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 5.8/10 (24,888 voted)
Critic's Score: 35/100
Director:
Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson
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...
Writers: Alex Litvak, Andrew Davies
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen
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Athos
Milla Jovovich
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Milady de Winter
Luke Evans
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Aramis
Helen George
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Blonde
Christian Oliver
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Venetian Nobleman
Ray Stevenson
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Porthos
Til Schweiger
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Cagliostro
Markus Brandl
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Sergeant Venetian Guard
Orlando Bloom
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Duke of Buckingham
Logan Lerman
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D'Artagnan
Dexter Fletcher
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D'Artagnan's Father
Jane Perry
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D'Artagnan's Mother
Mads Mikkelsen
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Rochefort
Andy Gathergood
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Drunk
Ben Moor
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Tailor
Opening Weekend: €354,129
(Austria)
(4 September 2011)
(75 Screens)
Gross: $20,374,484
(USA)
(18 December 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Playing Rochefort, Mads Mikkelsen in this movie wears an eye-patch over the very same left eye that his Le Chiffre character wept blood in
Casino Royale. It's also over the eye Mikkelsen missed in
Valhalla Rising when playing the viking warrior/spirit known as One-Eye.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
The Spire on top of Norte Dame which impales one of the airships, was not built until the 1800s. The Church was restored starting in 1845 lasting 23 years, it was during this time that the Spire was added to the building.
Quotes: D'Artagnan:
Enjoying the show? Constance:
Are you always this cocky? D'Artagnan:
Only on Tuesdays... and whenever beautiful women are involved. Constance:
So, you think I'm beautiful? D'Artagnan:
Actually, it's Tuesday.
User Review
There is stupid logic, no logic and then there is...
Rating: 4/10
The three musketeers, and by god am I disappointed. I mean don't get me
wrong I excepted a simple story with typical elements, nice fight
scenes and a great cast that can act great. Except for the actually
really cool looking fights I didn't get anything, the cast is great but
the dialogs and script are so horrible even Christoph Waltz couldn't
save them. The story is all over the place, you don't get to know any
of the musketeers, or barely a character at all and the biggest
problem: A movie doesn't have to be realistic for me but it has to make
sense in his own universe of the movie (like Matrix its not realistic
but logical). The three musketeers plays with the rules of physics,
logic and sense of a human being like they were beanbags. Oh and
surprise surprise: 3D is useless, but thats nothing new tell me a movie
that really had to have 3D except for avatar or maybe tron.
Movie with a simple plot fine , one that makes no sense at all, you
better don't count on my vote.
So if you can enjoy a pointless excuse of a story for some nice
swordplay, have fun.
Plot
The three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer...
Release Year: 1993
Rating: 6.1/10 (23,768 voted)
Director:
Stephen Herek
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell
Storyline The three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer, D'Artagnan, to stop the Cardinal Richelieu's evil plot: to form an alliance with enemy England by way of the mysterious Milady. Rochefort, the Cardinal's right-hand man, announces the official disbanding of the King's Musketeers. Three, however, refuse to throw down their swords - Athos the fighter and drinker, Porthos the pirate and lover, and Aramis the priest and poet. Arriving in Paris to join the Musketeers, D'Artagnan uncovers the Cardinal's plans, and the four set out on a mission to protect King and Country.
Writers: Alexandre Dumas père, David Loughery
Cast: Charlie Sheen
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Aramis
Kiefer Sutherland
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Athos
Chris O'Donnell
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D'Artagnan
Oliver Platt
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Porthos
Tim Curry
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Cardinal Richelieu
Rebecca De Mornay
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Countess D'Winter
Gabrielle Anwar
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Queen Anne
Michael Wincott
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Rochefort
Paul McGann
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Girard
/
Jussac
Julie Delpy
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Constance
Hugh O'Conor
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King Louis
Christopher Adamson
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Henri
Philip Tan
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Parker
Erwin Leder
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Peasant
Axel Anselm
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Musketeer
Taglines:
A place of betrayal. The fate of a king. A time for heroes.
Release Date: 12 November 1993
Filming Locations: Boconnoc, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $53,898,845
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Charlie Sheen was originally sought for the role of Porthos.
Goofs:
Continuity:
After receiving the information about the assassination from Lady De Winter, the four men are seen riding around shooting arrows to rally the other musketeers. In one shot (after which Athos' original white horse is killed) he is seen riding a brown horse. A later shot of all four of them have them all on the white horses again.
Quotes: Cardinal Richelieu:
[hears the scream of a prisoner being run through]
One less mouth to feed.
User Review
A fun film, if nothing else.
Rating:
First and foremost, if you have read the Dumas book, then you realize that
this movie doesn't resemble the novel in the slightest. The only thing that
this movie got right was the names of the characters!
However, I am a big advocate in saying that you should never compare a movie
back to its book, and I use this movie as an example. This story has been
"Disney-fied" so that it can be called a family film. If you read the book,
a true adaptation would not be family entertainment. Disney changed
everything that they do. Read the Tarzan novel and compare to the cartoon.
BIG changes there. The Little Mermaid. How convenient that Disney left out
the fact that Ariel dies at the end of the story.
But what we should judge is the end result. This movie is still
entertaining, despite having nothing to do with its literary influence. The
characters are portrayed with the same attributes that they have in the
book. For instance, D'Artagnan, while very duty bound and honorable, is
young and headstrong, and prone to impulsive decisions that will help him to
prove his skill and worth. Porthos is self serving and self praising, very
vain and cocky, yet has a lust for the finer things in life. Aramis is
humble and religious, but very skilled and intelligent, making him a very
formidable soldier, yet he also loves the finer things in life. And Athos
loves his wine, trying to bury himself in a alcoholic haze to hide the pain
that he suffered in losing the love of his life. All of these come through
in the movie, and all of the actors were great in performing them.
As far as the story is concerned, Disney likes things black and white, good
vs evil. And so, the story changes to make the Cardinal a power hungry man
with his own interests in mind. He wasn't like that in the book or in real
life, but he was underhanded, and Tim Curry does another great job as the
villain that he steals the show.
Overall, a great and enjoyable movie, worth watching with the
family.
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