Rating: 7.6/10
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Release Date: 25 January 2002
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris
Storyline: ‘The Count
of Monte Cristo’ is a remake 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.
