Product: The Musketeer (2001)
Rating: 2.0
One for all, and all for blah!
I love swashbuckling movies. There are far too few made now so it is always with excitment when one is. But in the end this adaptation just does not come through. Tim Roth is excellent as the villain. Stephen Rhea has some good moments as the Cardinal. But they never really let him shine. Porthos was a rare find in this film, he had most of the best lines.D'Artangan is too American to really work, he was a CK model after all.The action scenes were poorly done, the fencing bad and the wirework way too obvious. It just does not work well. I hope they continue to make films with flashy swordplay and all the things that make us like a good old adventure film. But sadly this one is not it.