Review of The Three Musketeers (1993) by Kai82 — 12 Apr 2022

This was my first experience with „The Three Musketeers“ in movies as I watched it in cinema as a child. Because of this take my rating with a grain of salt as I can not out-rule nostalgia influence.

The Three Musketeers is a timeless classic from Alexandre Dumas. It is one of the books anyone has at least heard of. Like Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, King Arthur and many other classics it is a story that will always be readapted from time to time.

This adaptation made more deviations from the source but is entertaining and has a great cast of actors. I enjoyed it quite a lot. It is the story of young d’Artagnan who went to Paris to fulfill his dream of becoming a Musketeer who are the Kings personal guard.

Because he is inexperienced and a bit hot headed he ended dueling with 3 Musketeers. Meanwhile Cardinal Richelieu who is the Kings Minister and unopposed has an opportunity to increase his influence even further with a scheme.

I end it here to avoid spoilers. Like I said the story works well and it is a timeless adventure tale. It is a story of friendship, adventure, fighting against overcoming a much more powerful enemy and a scheme that is incredibly dangerous.

It is basically a blueprint for movies. Then we have the cast and we got a lot of talented actors. Chris O’Donnel plays d’Artagnan and I think he is as good as believable. The three Musketeers are played by Charlie Sheen as Aramis, Kiefer Sutherland as Athos and Oliver Platt as Porthos.

A good trio. Impressive was Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu, Michael Wincott as Rochefort was excellent and Rebecca De Mornay impressed me also as Milady de Winter. A truly good cast of actors and also a reason why I enjoyed the movie.

The sets, costumes and visuals create a good atmosphere for the movie while the soundtrack is also fitting. Overall a good movie and entertaining but not awesome or mind-blowing. A 8/10 is valid for me.

Bonus knowledge: Did you know that in the books Rochefort and d'Artagnan became friends after dueling many times after the events? They slowly start to like each other and bonded as they left the past behind them.

So each time you see d’Artagnan kill Rochfort in movies know that his book counterpart would avenge him and kill movie d’Artagnan.