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®fjp laily ®ar Mppl Bad Acting, Script Mar 'Musketeer' By Tiffany Fish Staff Writer “The Musketeer” falls flat on its face and wins the prize for corniest movie of the year. The appeal of the movie is that Hong Kong action expert Xin Xin Xiong chore- ographs the film’s fight scenes to cre ate an Oriental, karate feel in a sword-toting European setting. , CgrtgH/ "The Musketeer” ★☆☆☆☆ Surprisingly, the action scenes are unimaginative, badly edited and per functory. The disappointment of the failure of the film to deliver creative action leaves the viewer feeling cheated of the possibilities the film could offer. What is left of the movie is a really bad script that leads to even worse delivered fines. Hollywood newcomer, Justin Chambers, is the most inanimate D’Artagnan in the history of Musketeer adaptations. 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The only notable character is the evil Febre (Tim Roth), who takes his scenes and makes the most of his diabolical char acter. The strength of his acting clashes with the weak performances of die other main characters and makes it obvious that the film falls short of all acting credibility. The last Hollywood film adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ classic, “The Three Musketeers,” which featured Chris O’Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Tim Curry, Kiefer Sutherland and other notable actors, is in too recent memory to let this new adaptation get away with anything. Made in 1993, the old adaptation made the most of humor, all three musketeers and the handsome D’Artagnan. 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The veteran actress, Catherine Deneuve, delivers a brief, regal perfor mance as the queen and seems to be ignoring the fact that the rest of the actors are playing way beneath her level. The limited highlights of the movie do not in the least make up for its fail ures. “The Musketeer” is a complete miss on every level. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. Arts '>o* Jrk / /"> NOW, FOR THE HARD SELL. $24.95 a month for service. Unlimited messaging. Paging and email. $75 Motorola T9OO Exclusive student offer. Use this code (10711) when you call EA9TI4IIMI/ WIRELESS EMAIL. Pagers are so passe. Introducing Earth Link Wireless Email the easiest way to communicate. Send and receive emails whenever you want, wherever you want. It even comes with unlimited email and pager messaging. What kind of email addict wouldn’t approve of that kind of convenience? Use virtually any email address you want. 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