The Count of Monte Cristo

...påkostad äventyrsfilm.

Swordfights, revenge, betrayal, torture, love and a classic story add up to two hours of guilty pleasure.

...classic Sunday serial material with its tale of injustice and revenge, spiced with duels, swordfights and a treasure map.

This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee, and it still is.

Aside from its sheer spectacle—shot by Andrew Dunn, it is a sumptuous, if slow-moving, business—the primary reason to see it is that it lets my boy Luis wear gold knickers.