The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 123movies

Watch: The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 123movies, Full Movie Online – ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is an adaptation of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes’ girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d’If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge..
Plot: Edmond Dantés’s life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
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Ratings:

	7.7/10 Votes: 138,692
	73% | RottenTomatoes
	61/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1477 Popularity: 22.805 | TMDB

Reviews:

Fantastic story given a quite smashing adaptation.

Every once in a while, when Hollywood is stuck for new swashbuckling ideas, they turn to the writer of “The Three Musketeers”, “The Man In The Iron Mask” and “The Count Of Monte Cristo”, one Alexandre Dumas père. Which of course is no bad thing as long as the adaptation is given care and consideration – which hasn’t always been the case. So when it was announced that the director of Waterworld, Kevin Reynolds, was to direct the latest version of “The Count Of Monte Cristo”, many feared the worst. Made for around $35 million, Reynolds’ film fared OK at the Worldwide box office, taking in around $76 million. Yet although far from being a flop, it upped and vanished rather quickly and was barely given a mention come the arrival of 2003. Thankfully the film gathered momentum with the rental releases and is now firmly established as a much loved genre piece.

On the two big hitting movie internet sites, Rotten Tomatoes & IMDb, the film scores 75% and 7.5 respectively, that’s about right I would say. Reynolds’ film doesn’t bring anything new to the table as regards the story, but if it isn’t broke then why fix it? Staying safe and true to the spirit of the source, Reynolds has simply crafted a rip roaring movie about betrayal, torture, faith, revenge and love. The makers have costumed it up and added the necessary sword play ingredient. All that was needed was for his cast to deliver performances worthy of such period shenanigans. And he got them.

James Caviezel plays Edmond Dantes. Two years away from playing Jesus Christ, the role that would make his name known, Caviezel had prior to Cristo looked anything but a leading man. But here he finds a role to get his teeth into and it’s a comfortable fit, and crucially he seems to be having a good time with it. No such point to prove for Guy Pearce (Fernand Mondego) though, for he already had “L.A. Confidential” & “Memento” under his belt. Here he gives it the full pompous villain act and struts around like some dandy spoiled brat. It’s a film stealing performance that shows that the guy who played Mike Young in Aussie soaper Neighbours, has indeed come a long way. Richard Harris adds a touch of class as Abbé Faria, gravel voiced Michael Wincott does a nice line in sadistic bastard as the Château D’If governor, Armand Dorleac. While Luis Guzmán as Jacopo is fun comic relief and Dagmara Dominczyk as Mercedès Iguanada is both sensual and heartfelt.

Never over camping the movie, Reynolds keeps it pacey and dots it with smart set pieces and memorable scenes. Backed up by an on form cast and a sure fire source story to work from, “The Count Of Monte Cristo” turns out to be period winner. So see it if you haven’t done so already. 8/10

Jim Caviezel is adequate, no better, as the wronged “Edmond” who gets caught up in a Napoleonic conspiracy that sees him confined on a remote island prison from which no-one escapes alive. His situation seems hopeless, until he receives an unlikely visitor – the elderly Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), who has been trying to tunnel his way out but took a bit of a wrong turning! The two become firm friends, and his parting gifts to the younger man are the secrets of an immense treasure – and his bodybag – that might enable him to seek revenge on “Fernand” (Guy Pearce); “Villefort” (James Frain) and “Maurice” (Christophe Adams) whose machinations stole a great chunk of his life, and cost him the love of “Mercedes” (Dagmara Dominczyk). His vengeance is cleverly structured, he determines to allow each of these people to turn on each other – using their own greed and mistrust to destroy the other. Alexandre Dumas wrote a great story, with loads of intrigue – yet somehow this iteration doesn’t really get going. Too much of the build up is abridged (or just not there at all) and that makes the rest of the story weaker and less engaging. The production is adequate, the costumes and look of the film are good, but the pace and performances are both about box office than about characterisations. I felt indifferent about all of them – even the naive young “Albert” (Henry Cavill) whose character is actually quite pivotal in the book, helping remind “Edmond” of the humanity he once had before incarceration. There are way better versions of this story – notably the Robert Donat one from 1934, and I’d recommend that instead, any day.

Satisfying revenge story from a famous book.
One of the most famous revenge stories, The Count of Monte Cristo is here turned into a dashing, old-fashioned swashbuckler. The plot is riddled with unconvincing coincidences and occurences (as indeed was the book), but other than that this is a well-made, enjoyable film, with some literate dialogue and believable action sequences. It is the fact that the action is believable that makes the film memorable, because in too many 2002 releases the action was so overblown and unrealistic (not to mention physically impossible) that the credibility of such films was destroyed.

Edmond Dantes (Caviezel) is a honest young sailor working out of 19th Century Marseilles. His best friend Fernan (Pearce) secretly craves the hand of Dantes’s fiancee Mercedes (Dominczyk), so he informs to the authorities that Dantes is a conspirator plotting to aid in Napoleon’s escape from Elba. Dantes is sent to a terrible, inescapable island prison, while Fernan takes Mercedes to be his wife. After many years of hardship, Dantes makes an audacious escape and, having acquired a fortune by solving a cryptic treasure map, slowly plots his revenge under the new identity of the “Count of Monte Cristo”.

Caviezel was a relative newcomer when he did this film, but he really catches the eye as the innocent man driven to despair by his terrible and unjustified punishment. Pearce is good too, perfecting his arrogant sneer as the deplorable Fernan. The prison scenes are well shot, with the hopelessness and horror of the place captured in considerably believable detail. It’s quite surprising that The Count of Monte Cristo was a relative disappointment at the box office, since its dramatic storyline, and the themes of revenge, betrayal and loss, are usually guaranteed crowd-pullers. This film deserves to be seen by more people, and the more people that see it the more its reputation will surely grow.

Box Office does not equal greatness in this case
The Count of Monte Cristo is such an under-rated gem. Great performances, exciting story, and a fun wit, this film has everything that was terrific in Dumas’ original novel and then twists it all up to adapt perfectly to the screen but doesn’t stray to far.

But is perfectly to strong a word? Of course not. Monte Cristo boasts the talent of both Guy Pearce and Jim Caviezal as former friends who have turned against each other in the epic-set Napoleanic French era. As Caviezal grows more throughout the film, Pearce becomes more and more a monster basking in his own greed.

The late Richard Harris is very bold in one of his final performances and Luis Guzman is perfect as Monte Cristos right-hand man.

See this film and reccomend it. It truly deserves better than what audiences gave it last year.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 11 min (131 min), 2 hr 14 min (134 min) (Spain)
Budget 35000000
Revenue 75395048
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Kevin Reynolds
Writer Alexandre Dumas, Jay Wolpert
Actors Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Christopher Adamson
Country Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 3,592 m (Germany)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman Kodak)