Review of The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) by Compi24 — 12 Oct 2017

Yes, it's a tad goofy at times and the accents are certainly all over the place, but with the O.G. of all revenge stories at the center of this particular swashbuckler, you end up with an ultimately satisfying motion picture.

Indeed, it's Alexandre Dumas's masterfully staged tale of retribution and duplicity that helps keep the audience on the edges of their seats, but credit should be given to the screenwriter for compressing a thousand-page book into a single, coherent, cinematic narrative.

The solid direction from Kevin Reynolds also helps anchor some of the larger set pieces and action sequences down to a consistently impressive level of realism. It also helps that you have Guy Pearce playing on of the douchiest characters in literary history - Count Fernand Mondego.

Pretty solid flick overall.