Thursday, 5 December 2013

Young Swords

The Three Musketeers (1993)

Directed by Stephen Herek this film based on the classic novel of the same name stars Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt and Tim Curry. In 17th century France a young man travels to Paris to become a musketeer like his father before him.

While this film may take it's cue from the classic novel there are a number of departures in the plot which turn this into a pretty standard action adventure story. There is plenty of swashbuckling along the way but the story is kept simplistic and does not have much character development. Tim Curry does his best to ham it up as the villain of the piece but a lot of the other actors are out of place in a period film.


2/5

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