Waste of time

Very best movie i ever watch

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The Musketeer (2001): Dir: Peter Hyams / Cast: Justin Chambers, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen Rea: Embarrassing joke that is more content with the sound of clashing swords as they are pulled from their hilts. Title indicates oneness with Justin Chambers witnessing the death of his parents by a ruthless leader who still bares the scar the boy left. This pathetic charade has been used in eighty million other dumb Musketeer movies. It attempts to copy the wonderfully choreographed action of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but instead it presents the most embarrassing fight sequence to end any movie. This comes off a long list of Peter Hyams directed crap including End of Days and Sudden Death. Acting is horrible with Chambers as the hero and Tim Roth in one of his worst performance as the villain. Mena Suvari's role consists has her being caught naked in a bathtub. "Haven't you ever seen a naked woman before?" she asks as Chambers turns away respectively. Such idiotic hints of innuendo are juvenile in this poorly produced junk. Finally there is Catherine Deneuve who leaves us wondering what an actress of her class and stature doing in a piece of sh*t like this. There have been commercials for dog food that have been better produced than this. This garbage should be buried some place where it will never surface again. Score: 1 / 10

It's France in the 17th century. King Louis XIII is weak and manipulated by Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea). D'Artagnan loses his parents to Richelieu henchman Febre (Tim Roth). A grown d'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) goes to Paris to join the Musketeers. He finds the loyal order disbanded by the deceitful Richelieu. He befriends Porthos (Steve Speirs), Aramis (Nick Moran) and Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp). He falls for the Queen (Catherine Deneuve)'s chambermaid Francesca (Mena Suvari).This version tries to marry the classic French literature with eastern martial arts stunts. The fighting is impressive especially the ladder fight. The acting is muddled with many unfamiliar faces. The story and the construction is messy. Everything is muddy and brown which strips the picture of energy. Other than the fights, nothing is achieved in this new interpretation.

Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure novel "The Three Musketeers," 2001's "The Musketeer" stars Justin Chambers as d'Artagnan who, as a kid, witnesses his parents murdered by the wicked Febre (Tim Roth). As a young man seeking justice, he travels to Paris and hooks up with the three Musketeers (Nick Moran, Steve Speirs and Jan-Gregor Kremp). Meanwhile he takes a fancy to fiery chambermaid, Francesca (Mena Suvari), who is the daughter of the deceased seamstress to the Queen (Catherine Deneuve). Stephen Rea plays the corrupt and despicable Cardinal Richelieu.While people love to loathe this film I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was directed by Peter Hyams (director of 1999's "End of Days") and comes across as a less-grim Conan tale switched to 17th century France and plays like 1995's "Rob Roy" with a kinetic Indiana Jones flair, albeit set in France rather than Scotland. The tone is essentially realistic until the swashbuckling scenes take place, which are dynamic, but totally over-the-top.If you're a fan of the Conan, Rob Roy, Indiana Jones, Sinbad and Zorro flicks I think you'll appreciate this movie. It's as good or better than most of them. No kidding. Beyond the thrilling action sequences, there are a number of great or near-great elements: Chambers plays a great protagonist and Roth the perfect villain, the latter proved in "Rob Roy" (he's just as wicked here). Not to mention, the lovely Mena is formidable as the babe. But it's the excellent sets and mood that I like most – the cobblestone streets, torches, horses & carriages, villages, castles and 17th century costuming. It's inexplicable that Chambers didn't go on to become a star, like Brad Pitt. The film runs 100 minutes and was shot in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.GRADE: B+

The main centre-piece to the 2001 addition to the "Three Musketeers" adaptation simply titled "The Musketeer" is that they set the bar low by replacing old style French sword play with ancient Chinese sword play. But this exhibition is only featured near the end of the movie where the lazy art direction is nothing more than an array of dark, isolated cramped rooms with ladders aplenty. Our hero is an incoherent mumbling protagonist D'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) as he engages into battle with the evil homicidal manic Febre (Tim Roth) in a fight to the death where our rivals awkwardly crash and stagger in a narrow room and just for flawed entertainment, they play teeter-totter on a ladder balanced onto a beam. Like all the other action scenes in this movie, the final battle lacks in any kind of engaging or exciting value. All that campfire lumber is crammed and scattered all over the place makes the fight scenes very hard to move around. What makes matters worse is that the editing is frenzied with poorly constructed jump-cut rhythm. The choreography is one of the most graceless and confusing display that I have seen in a long time. It also lacks in enthusiasm and cheerfulness. The death scene near the end was also displayed quite mundanely you wouldn't know what hit till it bites you in the lower crevices to the human anatomy. Peter Hyams is the director of this insult to Alexandre Dumas and also served as the cinematographer. The film may look old school, but it serves as a new school denomination which means the old school fight scenes are replaced by new methods to fit the modern spirit. For instance the wide-view angle of a royal carriage being drawn by horsemen and a castle is being under attack falls into a disjointed mess and makes you ponder what has just transpired and the scene-setting logistics never panned out to begin with. Also in terms of dramatic integrity, it has trouble deciding whether it wants to be filmed as an old school Errol Flynn traditional costume period piece or the more modernized MTV with the more modern language and movements. The end is neither seems to work. In the performance department, Justin Chambers looks and fit part quite authentically. But one he opens his mouth, well that's a whole different neck of the woods. His voice is so monotone and dry, that he's less entertaining than watching paint dry. Mena Suvari fares better as his peasant lover Francesca and has a gleaming bit of charm in her eye, but the lines fed to her in the script written by Gene Quintano is enough to make you want to poke your eyes out with a stick (especially a blatant sexual remark while dressed in period piece apparel was what took the cake). To the supporting cast members, Catherine Devenue was the best performer here as the kindred Queen of France who along with Francesca was held captive by the evil Febre (Tim Roth). With grace and style, Devenue was everything you would expect in an Alexandre Dumas novel. Stephen Rea is the second in line to great performances here as he captures the political state of mind in the time period as the equally diabolical Cardinal Richelieu who want nothing more than to overthrow the power of the King and Queen. And finally Tim Roth looks and acts too much like a villain character in cartoon show and just can't seem to play off his role because his performance is too far out there from reality. The most accurate thing about "The Musketeer" is that the city of Paris was waddling in its filth as the cobblestone roads were saturated with mud and debris and the taverns are filled with drunken slaves and slobs. It makes you wonder why our leading stars are meandering these condemned streets in clothing that looks quite uncomfortable? Hey? Am I missing something here? What's the point of me reviewing a movie about "The Musketeer" without giving mention to the swashbuckling triad The Three Musketeers? I mean D'Artagnan's allies Aramis (Nick Moran), Porthos (Steve Speirs) and Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp) are only on sporadically, there really isn't much to talk about here. There mentioning is just a mere cry for help to appease the die-hard action junkie. Sure their iconic battle cry "All for one and one for all" can be echoed through the realms of this film repeatedly, but it never comes to full effect.