In this highly entertaining, beautifully photographed rekindling of the classic French novel by Alexandre Dumas, director Kevin Reynolds choreographs a fantastic adventure replete with breathtaking scenery, fiery swashbuckling battles, lavish costumes, and, above all else, sweet revenge. In 19th-century Marseille, Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is the optimistic but uneducated son of a sea captain. He cherishes his friendship with the son of a count, Mondego (Guy Pearce), and is deeply in love with his fiancee, Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Young Dantes is so innocent and naive that it is positi... vely shocking when Mondego turns on him, accusing him of treason, and having him sentenced to life in the dreary dungeon of Chateau D'If. Years of isolation and torture nearly defeat the revenge-thirsty Dantes, but with the help of invaluable lessons from the Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), his luck slowly changes. An incredible prison break starts Dantes on his way to a new life, and from there Reynolds' COUNT truly takes off. Battles with pirates lead to hunts for sunken ocean treasure, and soon Dantes is living in Marseille as the transformed, newly rich, self-proclaimed Count of Monte Cristo. Installed in a ritzy chateau, he slowly unfurls his excrutiatingly careful plans to exact his revenge on Mondego and all those who ever wronged him.
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EXCELLENT
I was given this movie by a friend to watch on DVD. Initialy the movie is slow to start off with and one can start you thinking is this another wasted night in. However, the plot starts to turn and get more exciting. It's full of twists and turns and loads of action. It's all about revenge, true love and what a true friend is. Very well thought out movie and keeps one to the edge right to the end. We saw this movie 3 times in one week it was so good. The DVD extras are worth watching too.
Overlooked revenge-em-up classic.
I don't remember this getting many plaudits from the pundits on its cinematic release (or thereafter), but I was pretty pleased by it when I saw it.
Slickly made, clearly with a canny budget fairly well spent. Harris is good as the mentor and Guy Pierce is suitably unlikable as the dastardly Mondego. The sets and the costumes are all lavish and complete, and the action pieces are great with plenty of swordfighting.
Obviously the story is a dark tale of injustice and single-minded revenge that is at once cleverly calculated and also violently consuming and destructive. Actually pretty grim I suppose, but played out well. At least I never felt sorry for the baddie.
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Count of Monte Cristo, The
This umpteenth version of Dumas' Napoleonic-era revenge novel makes a preposterous, expansive and self-conscious...
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This movie was done FANTASTICALLY. I was a little reluctant to watch it because I ‘read’ the story in high school and I managed to catch an older version on the AMC which was utterly ridiculous but I gave it credit none the less. The acting is amazing, as mentalman said it is the ultimate revenge and some of the ways he gets revenge is just SO unique. Amazing sets, and costume design. I have to say that maybe the reason I love this movie so much is because the more James Caviezel the more I like him.
