The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Based on the work of Alexandre Dumas this adaptation from Randall Wallace stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne and Gerard Depardieu. The young king of France is a bad king but may his imprisoned twin offers the musketeers a chance to replace him.
This is a fairly loose adaptation that offers a clean and well constructed story based on elements of Dumas's story and early films on the same premise. About the only problem with the script is the way that it lays on the sentimentality in the final part of the film which feels a bit heavy handed. Despite all the departure from source material and history what we end up with is a decent film with a really good cast that has plenty to entertain.
3/5
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