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Title: see Iron Monkey instead!
Review: Plenty of people have complained about the storyline and acting. I have to agree. I've read Dumas' book, it's great, and this is not even close. Enough said.Others have praised the fighting, but really, you can see better fighting in better movies. The fights range from no-skills brawling (for example, knocking out two men with two punches to the face, or beating down two swordsmen with a tree branch) to Hong Kong-style acrobatics. But then, it wasn't even close to the acrobatics you can find in Iron Monkey (from 1993, directed by Yuen Woo-ping) in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, or in Jet Li's Fist of Legend. Those kinds of stunts fit nicely in the Asian culture but look strange in 17th century France.Are we really supposed to believe that overweight slob taught D'Artagnan how to fight like that? And in the end, Tim Roth might have won the fight if he'd spent more time fencing and less time jumping around on ladders like a circus clown. See Iron Monkey instead!
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