Is it even legal to remake a movie that starred both Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland in 1993? Apparently so, because no one’s chasing after director Paul W. S. Anderson for taking on another remake of THE THREE MUSKETEERS!
THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D is a sci-fi-, steampunk retelling of the classic novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas. The film tells the story of D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman), a hot-headed young’n who joins forces with three rogue Musketeers, Athos (Matthew Macfayden), Aramis (Luke Evans) and Porthos (Ray Stevenson). Together, the four must face off against the villainous yet beautiful Milady (Milla Jovovich) and the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) while also stopping the evil Richlieu (Christoph Waltz) from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Sure, we’re not all about the “lets put sci-fi in history” thing, but the visual effects and choreographed fight scenes are top notch. Beyond that, Lerman is enough excuse to see the film, as he’s really grown from the Percy we once knew in PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF. Plus, we’re excited to see how Orlando Bloom does in a role that’s not William Turner from PIRATES or Legolas Greenleaf from the LOTR series. – 3.5/5