The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan is a suitably thrilling origin story for the titular Musketeers as well as a mostly satisfying part one. It divides nicely into two parts with a first half that's heavier on the action and second that goes further into the political scheming of it all and divides its characters in interesting ways.
François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï are all great. The rapport between them is a lot of fun, however the amount of time they spend together as a team is minimal, which helps and hinders in equal measure. Eva Green is delightfully evil and even though she's prominent throughout, more screen time wouldn't have gone unwanted.
Martin Bourboulon's direction shines brightest during the swashbuckling scenes which are really entertaining mainly thanks to them being almost exclusively one takes, the joins are obvious but it doesn't detract from the fun. Outside of the action the film has a generally impressive production value that extends a lot further than expected.
François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï are all great. The rapport between them is a lot of fun, however the amount of time they spend together as a team is minimal, which helps and hinders in equal measure. Eva Green is delightfully evil and even though she's prominent throughout, more screen time wouldn't have gone unwanted.
Martin Bourboulon's direction shines brightest during the swashbuckling scenes which are really entertaining mainly thanks to them being almost exclusively one takes, the joins are obvious but it doesn't detract from the fun. Outside of the action the film has a generally impressive production value that extends a lot further than expected.