The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Directed by

Kevin Reynolds

Genre

drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 2,049 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He escapes and reinvents himself as a wealthy count to get revenge on the people who framed him.

swashbucklingdramaticromantictenseadventurousmelodramaticsuspensefulsoapy

What happens

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 2002 historical adventure film, which is an adaptation of the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman, and directed by Kevin Reynolds. The film stars Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Luis Guzmán and Henry Cavill in one of his earliest roles. It follows the general plot of the novel, with the main storyline of imprisonment and revenge preserved, but many elements, including the relationships between major characters and the ending were modified. The Count of Monte Cristo was released in North America on January 25, 2002, to generally positive reviews from critics. It was commercially successful, grossing $75 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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