The story of course is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, unread by me, although I was a close student of the Classics Illustrated version. Rich, enigmatic, mysterious, he fascinates the aristocracy and throws lavish parties, all as a snare for Mondego, while renewing his love for the beautiful Mercedes ( Dagmara Dominczyk).
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This middle section of the movie lasts long enough to suggest it may also provide the end, but no: The third act takes place back in society, after Faria supplies Dantes with a treasure map, and the resulting treasure finances his masquerade as the fictitious Count of Monte Cristo. Together, the men study the philosophies of Adam Smith and Machiavelli, and the old man tutors the younger one in what looks uncannily like martial arts, including the ability to move with blinding speed. Enlisting Dantes in a renewed tunneling effort, he also tutors him in the physical and mental arts he's the Mr. "I have counted them." Faria can think of better ways to pass the time. "There are 5,119 stones in my walls," Dantes tells Faria. Alas, by digging in the wrong direction, he came up in Dantes' cell instead of outside the walls, but c'est la vie. Faria has even more hair than Dantes, but is much more cheerful because he has kept up his hope over the years by digging an escape tunnel. A stone in his cell floor moves and lifts, and Faria ( Richard Harris) appears. Condemned to solitary confinement on the remote prison island of Chateau d'If, he spends years slowly growing mad and growing his hair, until one day a remarkable thing happens.
Jim Caviezel stars, as Edmund Dantes, a low-born adventurer betrayed by his friend Fernand Mondego ( Guy Pearce). This is the kind of adventure picture the studios churned out in the Golden Age-so traditional it almost feels new. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a movie that incorporates piracy, Napoleon in exile, betrayal, solitary confinement, secret messages, escape tunnels, swashbuckling, comic relief, a treasure map, Parisian high society and sweet revenge, and brings it in at under two hours, with performances by good actors who are clearly having fun.
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