The Count of Monte Cristo
Jays Rating: B. I'm glad I could hear it.
Actors: Guy Pearce / Henry Cavill
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Alexander Dumaas’s classic book of betrayal, escape, and revenge came to life in the newest remake of the film Count of Monte Cristo. The time is early 1900’s and a Frenchman named Edmund Dantes (Jim Cavezel) has just come home after an unexpected visit to Napoleon Bonaparte. Once at home he proposes marriage to his girlfriend Mercedes, but in a twist of fate his friend Fernand Mundego (Guy Pearce) betrays him. Convicted of crimes he didn’t commit, Dantes is sentenced to life in a dungeon on a rocky island. (All prisoners are innocent, right?) While in prison planning his revenge, Dantes meets another prisoner named Faria (Richard Harris) and together they dig a tunnel under the prison to escape. They should have named this movie, “Count how many years does it take to dig a tunnel out of prison with a spoon.” Many years later, Dantes finally escapes and with the discovery of a long lost treasure he is ready to have his revenge. This swashbuckler type fi lm has everything: drama, action, suspense, romance and even a light humor. Okay, it’s predictable and the plot is a little thin (in fact, it’s so thin I could read a newspaper through it) but the story moves along at such a fast pace, the movie is over before you know it. Almost everyone will enjoy this film, I know I did and I give it a B rating.
This movie has been given a PG-13 rating by the MPAA
Although I am blind, I can appreciate a good movie as well as sighted individuals.
I rely more on a good story line than special effects.