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The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

March. 12,1998
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6.5
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PG-13
| Adventure Drama Action

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

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Exoticalot
1998/03/12

People are voting emotionally.

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SnoReptilePlenty
1998/03/13

Memorable, crazy movie

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Pluskylang
1998/03/14

Great Film overall

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Guillelmina
1998/03/15

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Filipe Neto
1998/03/16

In this film, based on a novel of Alexandre Dumas, king's musketeers seek to replace the ruthless French king for a twin brother of him, that people don't know and that has been kept secret by state reasons. Directed by Randall Wallace, which also provides the script, has the participation of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu and Gabriel Byrne.The script is good and makes an interesting adaptation of the novel. Initially, I had few expectations about the film due to Randall Wallace, who was involved in the disaster that was "Braveheart". In fact, this film is low in historical accuracy, but Dumas also invented quite in his own novel. The recreation of the court environments, costumes and sets, on the other hand, seemed to me more in line with historical reality and also fill the expectations of the audience, showing the splendor of the Sun King's court. Maybe Wallace has taken some positive lessons from "Braveheart" after all. The action scenes were interesting, and the swashbuckler style sword fighting's deserves a positive note. Leo DiCaprio was at the highest level and showed great talent, having to make two characters deeply antagonistic. Depardieu was not bad but not surprised except in humor. His character is the funniest and the actor was perfectly able to play with it and make him funnier. John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne and Jeremy Irons incarnated the deepest and psychologically demanding roles, having made an inspired performance and showing great ability to collaborate with each other. After all, they are all veterans and established actors, they don't have to prove anything to anyone. The soundtrack accompanied the film faithfully and fulfilled her role with style.Not being, nor by far, one of the best movies I know about this historical period, this film doesn't frustrate the expectations of the public and give him what he wants: fencing, old-fashioned chivalry, dances, the luxury of Ancient Regime and a story that combines, in the right measure, history, romance, drama and action.

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Leila Cherradi
1998/03/17

How can there be so many 'good' actors playing so badly? It was a horrible acting, as if the actors were playing scene-to-scene, without any glue between them : oh, now is time to cry, let me act it out! And really loud! Not enough inner play! For instance, when Gabriel Byrne has a rose in his hand, and in a very cliché way, Anne Parillaud puts her hand to her lips! Beuhhhh!Terrible! But funny though! As it is cruelly nice to look at some of the most revered actors and see that they can be really flawfull.Don't get me wrong. I really love them. But it is interesting to also see them in bad acting. That makes them human.I wonder why it has gone that way though. Was it the directing? Don't know.

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Alexander_Thomas_Wilson
1998/03/18

Astonishing story directed , produce , written by Randall Wallace with a very huge great cast and an incredible performance from DiCaprio , Malkovich but especially I loved also Gabriel Byrne , Jeremy Irons & Gerard Depardieu these 3 last ones it's the first time that I see them in a film I think so and it was just awesome .A story about King Louis XIV and his twin brother sent away blocked in a prison with an Iron Mask after Louis finds out he lives and doesn't want to risk the throne so he punished Philippe with this awful suffer , that in fact he didn't want to murder him thinking it's too much .There's some great stuff around the film you see romance , action , drama Christine hangs herself in the end after finding out Raoul's death was planned by Louis , D'Artagan is the father of Philippe loved the Queen until his last breath in the end they trick Louis into the iron mask replace Philippe as Louis and he will be known as one of the greatest rulers in his nation's history .Great movie don't miss it old fashion classic , perfect 10 :D

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Kate Black
1998/03/19

I saw this film about a year ago and loved it the minute I saw it! The plot is wonderful, the acting perfect, the costumes are beautiful as are the locations and sets, the whole thing is great! The story is well told and intriguing, keeping you interested through the whole film. And I loved some of the unexpected plot twists, especially near the end. WARNING BIG SPOILERS HERE The fact that D'Artagnan loved Queen Anne and that King Louis and Philippe were his sons, the was a great idea! I didn't like D'Artagnan dying at the end, that was really sad but Leonardo Dicaprio gave an amazing performance in that scene so it wasn't all bad. Also that they put Louis in the mask after, I thought that was a little cruel for good guys to do. I mean he was evil and everything but still, almost no one deserves a fate like that. But I guess he got a pardon later so... END OF SPOILERS Anyway as for the leading man, I think this was one of Leonardo Dicaprio's best films. He was perfect in playing both the spoiled brat Louis and the kind, oppressed Philippe. His performance was, I think, the best part of the film. The scenes where the twins are together was an example of some amazing filming. The two Leos fit perfectly, it was like it really was twins instead of the same actor! Jeremy Irons was really good as Aramis and I loved Gabriel Byrne's D'Artagnan too! All in all a great film. Bravo! Encore!

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