Director Peter Hyams brings the modern choreography talents of famed Hong Kong fight sequence designer Xin Xin Xiong to this action adventure that departs widely from its classic novel source material, focusing exclusively on the DArtagnan character and either excising other characters completely or relegating them to minor supporting roles. Justin Chambers stars as DArtagnan, a country-bred lad whose skill with a sword has led to aspirations of becoming a Musketeer, one of the French kings elite guard. Upon arriving in Paris, however, he finds that the Musketeers have been disbanded by order of Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea), who is usurping the kings authority with the help of a lethally gifted henchman, Febre (Tim Roth). Soon, DArtagnan is embroiled in an effort to prevent a war between his native country and England, meeting up with a beautiful love interest (Mena Suvari) along the way. As he has often done before, director Hyams doubles as his own cinematographer. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide