Product: The Musketeer (2001)
Rating: 1.0
Terrible movie
I went to see "The Musketeer" expecting a fun flick with some over-the-top fight scenes. What I got was one of the few films I have ever wanted to walk out on. This movie is bad.I love Hong Kong action films, and I have seen many an actor fly across the screen in wire-fu action. Xin Xin Xiong is billed as a "legendary" fight master even though this is only the 3rd film he has choreographed. A quick check shows that most of Xin Xin Xiong's career has been as an extra in various Jet Li films. The ladder scene is remarkably similar to a scene in "Once Upon a Time in China." (Which was choreographed by Woo-ping Yuen of "The Matrix" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" fame.) The rope scene on the tower is just silly. (Why not just cut the ropes?) Hardly a "legendary" fight master.The acting is a bad as any I have ever seen. Tim Roth, who is usually great, sleepwalks through the film. What Justin Chambers does cannot really be called acting. There is no plot.Yikes! I could go on! Rent at your own risk. This movie is terrible!