Film review: The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan - 'All for one'... is one for all

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan
Cert: 15 | ★★★★★

Martin Bourboulon directs this star-studded adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s classic novel. Dumas’s book has had countless film and TV adaptations throughout the years, ranging from live-action to numerous animated incarnations.

But now it’s time for French cinema to reclaim one of its best and enduring stories in this fast-paced and hugely engaging interpretation.

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Drama at the palace for the musketeers (Pathe)

The setting is France, 1627. D’Artagnan (François Civil), a young nobleman, rides to Paris in the hope of joining the musketeers, a group of soldiers loyal to the king. D’Artagnan finds himself involved in a violent scuffle and is left for dead.

His attackers, led by a mysterious young woman (Eva Green), have been hired by the duplicitous Cardinal de Richelieu (Eric Ruf) to help bring down the king and his queen (Vicky Krieps) .

After recovering from his ordeal and finally making it to the court of King Louis XIII ( a magnificent Louis Garrel), D’Artagnan meets Athos, Aramis and Porthos (played by Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï) under less than ideal circumstances.

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Eva Green (Pathe)