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The Three Musketeers
Written by:Alex Litvak and Andrew Davies
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, Mads Mikkelsen, Orlando Bloom, Milla Jovovich and Christoph Waltz
Paul W.S. Anderson takes a break from Resident Evil with The Three Musketeers, which recently arrived on Blu-ray (or 3D blu-ray if you like throwing your money away). It's pretty much what you'd expect. Lousy script, lazy directing, and a cast that tries its best to make it all worthwhile.
I'm thinking at this point Anderson is just making movies to show off his wife (Milla Jovovich). At this point, I think he has what one good movie (Event Horizon) under his belt? The Three Musketeers is no exception. It's an ultimately pointless affair with only brief flashes of what could have become good ideas.
Most of the cast is wasted, especially Christoph Waltz who is pretty much regulated to shuffling around like a lost old man looking for a reason, any reason, to be around. I'm starting to think that he will do absolutely anything, even if it diminishes the brilliance he displayed in Inglorious Basterds.
Despite the lackluster script, most of the cast comes off pretty well. Logan Lerman, despite not having an accent to speak of, gives us a charming and cocky D'Artagnan, albeit it one that looks like he's skipping afternoon classes. The rest of the Musketeers are played by Ray Stephenson, Luke Evans, and Matthew Macfadyen. They all do the best they can considering.
One positive I can give this one is the really cool idea of the airships. Unfortunately, they don't do much with them really.
The Three Musketeers feels like Anderson's desperate grasp at another franchise. It feels like he wants to launch another Pirates of the Caribbean, and I feel like had this movie been in better hands, it would be possible. Unfortunately, it feels just so underwhelming that no amount of charm or chemistry the cast might have can elevate to anything but that.
Here's a glaring problem, neither of the main villains get at all what is coming to them. Instead, the henchmen are dispatched leaving the masterminds to fight another day, perhaps in the sequel that will never happen. There is really no repercussions for any of the villains. In one case, he just shrugs and walks away.
I will say that the very last shot of the movie is probably the best part of the entire thing. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending, we'll never see what comes of it.
The blu-ray looks great and features what few inspired and exciting shots there are really well. The special features are just as underwhelming as the movie, which is to be expected I guess. We have deleted scenes and a couple featurettes.
I really wish someone would come out with a real fun high adventure Three Musketeers movie. Something exciting and not gimmicky and poorly written.
Until then, I'll stick with The Man In The Iron Mask which is a better Three Musketeers movie than this ever had any hope of being.
The Three Musketeers is available now.
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