For obvious reasons, I kinda have the number "three" on the brain right now. And that means it's finally time for me to review Disney's The Three Musketeers, which once upon a time was my favorite movie ever.
Our story takes place in France in the 1620s, supposedly under the benevolent rule of the young, naive King Louis XIII (Hugh O'Connor), newly married to Anne of Austria (Gabrielle Anwar). However, Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) is the one with the real power, and the people of France suffer under his covert tyranny, despite the best efforts of the royal couple. Meanwhile, d'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnell) is off to Paris to follow in his late father's footsteps and become a musketeer, depicted in the film as the king's personal bodyguards. His timing is unfortunate, as Richelieu has manipulated the king into disbanding the musketeers, supposedly in preparation for a pending war with England. Three of them, however - Athos (Kiefer Sutherland), Porthos (Oliver Platt), and Aramis (Charlie Sheen) - have refused to resign their commissions and are now hunted by Richelieu's minions, including Captain Rochefort (Michael Wincott). Naturally, d'Artagnan ends up picking fights with all three of them, but he impresses them when he helps them fight off a group of the Cardinal's guards.
'Till next time!