The Count of Monte Cristo Movie Review 2002

Yet another remake of the Dumas classic revenge tale with some beautiful cinematography by Dunn to distinguish it. Hero Edmond Dantes (Caviezel) is betrayed by best friend Fernand Mondego (Pearce), who wants his girlfriend Mercedes (Dominczyk) among other things, and unjustly imprisoned. Dantes learns of a great treasure from fellow inmate Abbe Faria (Harris), eventually escapes, finds said treasure, and seeks his revenge under the disguise of--well, you know. Pearce has fun as the foppish villain and Caviezel is suitably heroic.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 131 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Books to Film: Alexandre Dumas, Revenge, Swashbucklers, Men in Prison, Period Piece: 19th Century, France, Betrayal

Screenplay

Jay Wolpert

Cast

James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk, Luis Guzman, James Frain, Albie Woodington, Henry Cavill, Michael Wincott, Alex Norton, Freddie Jones

Cinematography

Andrew Dunn

Director

Kevin Reynolds

Music

Ed Shearmur

Other

Peter Joly, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack, Conor Devlin, Tom Rand, Mark Geraghty

Producer

Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures