Film Review — Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady (The Three Musketeers: Milady)
The second of Martin Bourboulon’s two-part adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic is almost as exciting as the first
Earlier this year, the first part of Martin Bourboulon’s two-part adaptation of The Three Musketeers arrived on cinema screens but failed to make much of a splash. This is a crying shame as it’s a hugely enjoyable swashbuckling romp, giving the much-adapted Alexandre Dumas classic a fresh lick of cinematic paint. It’s shot through with a gritty, Bourne-like sensibility, with an emphasis on real stunts and swordplay over CGI. It also has wit, winning performances, fine direction, and all manner of adventurous derring-do. What’s not to like?
This sequel, Milady, features more of the same, though despite the title, it is still very much told through the eyes of D’Artagnan (François Civil). He’s on a mission to rescue his beloved Constance (Lyna Khoudri), who, in the previous film, unluckily observed conspirators working against Louis XIII (Louis Garell) and was kidnapped. Meanwhile, war is brewing with Huguenot Protestant separatists. D’Artagnan and his Musketeer friends Porthos (Pio Marmaï), Athos (Vincent Cassel), Aramis (Romain Duris), and Captain Tréville (Marc Barbé) are all drawn into the…
