The Return of the Musketeers

With a script and story just as good as the original films in the series, The Return of the Musketeers is only let down by the cheap humour made at the expense of the physical inabilities of the now aged musketeers. However, even this is done so that you cannot help laughing at it, and so leaves us with a little comic jewel of a film. In the UK this film has remained quite high profile as it marked the death of Roy Kinnear, one of Britain's best and most beloved comic character actors of all time, who died while falling off his horse during the filming of one of the horse-riding scenes, and his families pursuit of compensation. Kinnear's death does leave the rest of the cast visibly downcast on screen and brings down the end of the movie with an over all somber mood as Kinnear's scenes are filled with a mixture of doubles and audio dubbing. However, this is still a very funny movie which is ideal for a late night of non-thinking entertainment.

April 2021 The follow up to the 1970s pair "three and four musketeers", 15 years later. Don't worry its just as good, everybodys just a little bit older, and most of the origianal stars are back, with the addition of the lovely Kim Cattrall joining in with the swordplay. Really good sequel, plenty of laughs along with the action. 10 out of 10.

Richard Lester attempts to recreate the magic of his '70s "Musketeer" films, and for the most part he succeeds, but "The Return of the Musketeers" is a bit too episodic at times and occasionally feels rushed, particularly at the end. It's fun to see the foursome back together again, though, and Jean-Pierre Cassel (who played Louis XIII in the earlier films) has a nice turn as a delusional Cyrano de Bergerac. Too bad this turned out to be Lester's last film (not counting the Paul McCartney concert film "Get Back").