This is based on a classic world literature novel after all

@@link27823 it is so very different than the book but I do absolutely love it. More concise and streamlined plus it is nice to see poor Mercedes have a happy ending versus the book which is so depressing

@iliadodyssey6337 de quoi tu parle ? la france n'est en aucun cas capable de faire des films a la hauteur de leur histoire ou leurs romans. le cinéma francais est juste "bon" qu'a faire des comédies raté

​@@thegadflygang5381 I agree. I watched the Wishbone version on PBS Kids back in the late 90's. This movie's ending felt better to have his wife Mercedes and his son Albert with Edmond at the end. 😊

Edmond Dante Killed Him Like a U.S. Navy Seal.

The best line in the whole movie I think. 😂Was searching for this.

One of the best evil laughs I’ve heard for sure.

Always cracks me tf up every time 🤣🤣🤣

all those prisoners he probably tortured...

He unknowingly was praying for his own death. Ironic.

YES!!!!

Like he wouldn't know who Abbé Faria is. He asked if he had a map, so he knows he was suspected of knowing where the treasure of Monte Sparta was.

@@dartmaster501 I mean the movie just shows some content so maybe he knew this prisoner was the old priest who never revealed the map to the treasure, but forgot his name in time.

@@mercRus That is possible.

Freakin love this movie!

Agree. This version is better than the others and the ending is happier.

The script is very superficial, it didn't portray the bitterness well and the protagonist feels like it happens with Underground Man in Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky who went through unpleasant experiences and became someone bitter. His suffering and hatred are so superficial in the film

Yeah.

Same here. This is my favorite version. I liked the book but it was a bit depressing at the end. I enjoyed the cheerful ending here.

Yea. Funny thing is that on the surface he comes off as deadpan and bored, but inside he's a sadistic monster.

@@astrangerhere Yes, when he first met Edmond, the Warden appeared sad and even sympathetic. Then, the longer he talked the clearer it beca,e it was all a ruse and that the Warden was merely toying with him.

That's Why Edmund Dante Sent Him to Hell. (smile)

Hahaha the guy dies in every movie I see him in.

Just realized he acted alongside Dumbledore and Snape

Shoves a spanish steel sword thru his heart AT LEAST I DIDN'T USE A SPOON 😂

​@@philb9015"it's good steel!"

"Because it's dull you idiot....it'll hurt more"

Yes, his job sucks and he knows it.

Send the Warden to Hell (smile)

I think decades of being warden of the worst prisons in France, would drive me coo-coo too. Especially if I was already fucked up to begin with 😄

It's not really accurate at all

@@charlesburns7391 That's for the best. Dumas' writing style is terribly dated at this point. This incredible story needed a modern reimagining.

Chains added a more dramatic effect.

Also how the book wrote it. They tied a stone around his legs.

@@alexanderesposito5672 If i remember correctly they did use an Iron Ball, but it was only fastened to the ankles with a rope hence there was no reason for Dantes to take the key , from the warden, since he could just cut the rope with his knife. In the book they also do not realize that Dantes is gone until a few hours later.

@@CruL3er Exactly. He doesn't just leave the tunnel exposed to the naked eye.

I don't get the reference?

@@DH-rt2wl "Person of Interest"

Perhaps the ball and chain was able to break the water tension enough that it was survivable

Canadian iron worker fell from a bridge into the Detroit river and survived. He was rescued, didn't drown anyone andswim away though.

"I haven't got all day" (to live).

I have a CD of this.

Did you like the movie?

@The Way Thing's Happen just throwing an if! Never underestimate Hollywood's ability to ruin good legacies.

@Based 😂😭🤧

In the book it was hours before the switch was discovered and he had plenty of time to get away. Had it happened this way it's almost certain Dantes would have been recaptured.

He’s been working out for years (fencing and digging). He can last several for several minutes so the length of time is not unbelievable. What I find unbelievable is him holding his breath and staying focused after that kind of fall into freezing water.

@@Rushinator1 It's a movie. In the book they just sewed him in a burlap bag and since he took a knife with him he simply cut the cheap threads they used to sew the bag, Keep in mind it was not sewed tightly as they figured once it hit the water the fish would get to his body so the weights was not tied to him but just put in the bag.

@@janefelix3821 I recall that in the book the chain was tied to his feet.

@Mohd Khush Dantes was a sailor and and a good swimmer. He wasn't "most people".

@@colbymyman1487 A good sailor and swimmer he was. But being in Chateau d'If for 12-13 years may have blunted his skills a bit. But as Jane Felix said, it's a movie. You can do anything in a movie.

No, this is a newer version

No. This is the 2002 version featuring Jim Caviezel. I like this one better.

No...

This is the bad version of 2002, it is the worst version of the book. The script is very superficial, it didn't portray the bitterness well and the protagonist feels like it happens with Underground Man in Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky who went through unpleasant experiences and became someone bitter. His suffering and hatred are so superficial in the film You should watch the 1979 and 1988 version on KZfaq.

@Repent Harlequin No It's Not.

Turkey burger

The Chateau D'If. It was a real place, a fortress turned prison located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about 1.5 kilometres (7⁄8 mile) offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. The movie though had the prison located much more remotely

They put a lock on the chain to keep it tight on the body so it doesn't slip off

The lock kept the cannonball weight attached, so the body would sink and not drift on the waves.

I guess any other way instead of a lock would have made it impossible for him to escape, so the lock was needed to keep the story going

@@anthonydefex777 in the book Dantes just cut himself out of the sack. And the governor wasnt even there to see the body thrown over. Dantes was thrown in without grabbing anyone.

@@colbymyman1487 yeah. I had read the book too and like the movie better.