The Count of Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
This certainly has the benefit of being an adaptation of the greatest revenge fantasy story ever told. Wrongfully accused, sent off to prison and the love of your life stolen away from you only to stumble upon the greatest cache of F🤩k You Money ever so that you can meticulously plan the most elaborate and exacting revenge on your enemies possible.
The story never gets old and I loved this adaptation from the opening frames. The depiction of the shipwreck completely grabs your attention and the production and cinematography are pretty stellar throughout. Even at 3 hours, the film zips along at a brisk pace that you never really feel the length. Wish I had made the effort to catch this in cinemas. My kids really can’t sit through a 3 hour subtitled film yet but this does kind of make want to make them.