Director Steve Lawson
Stars Jonathan Hansler & Matt Ingram-Jones
Rated PG
Score 1/6

At the behest of his father, young d’Artagnan travels from rural Gascony to Paris, where he becomes embroiled in a devious plot between the King’s Musketeers and the Guardsmen of Cardinal Richelieu.

Of the many adaptations of The Three Musketeers I’ve always been a fan of Stephen Herek’s 1993 adaptation because I always thought that it had the right balance of action and comedy. While the performances of Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu, Rebecca De Mornay as Milady and Michael Wincott Rochefort set the benchmark for their respective characters.
As much of an uninspired mess that this particular adaptation was, I’ll give the filmmakers credit for approaching this with an interesting concept being that the narrative of the entire movie: was a story being told by an old d’Artagnan to a young Musketeer cadet about how he joined the Musketeers. I also kind of enjoyed the performances of Jonathan Hansler as the Old d’Artagnan and Matt Ingram-Jones as the young d’Artagnan. The younger d’Artagnan dueling practice scene towards the start of the movie was kind of amusing. My biggest complaint about this movie was that it was too short, clocking in with a runtime of around 85 minutes. The movie failed to develop a sense of importance and circumstance. I will admit that this thought was a little unexpected and sitting here writing the review I feel that its an odd reference to make but some of the transitions reminded me of a children’s show from the early 90’s featuring Niamh Cusack ‘The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends’