The Three Musketeers: Part II - Milady

Like last year’s “Napoleon,” this is megaplex entertainment at its most grand.

As yarns go, it is all comfortingly chunky and luxuriantly spun -- winter comfort viewing that treats its audience as gallantly as its heroes treat their mission, while taking itself just seriously enough.

Eva Green has an absolutely fine time playing the badest from Alexandre Dumas to the badest badass on the planet... If what you want is ripe, overcooked action with Eva Green chewing the whole thing up, that's what you get. [Full review in Spanish]

The genius adjustment to the source material by the screenwriters Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière was to forge an earthy connection between Milady and Athos...

An adventure yarn has rarely been so thoroughly satisfying...

If anything, this follow-up is even more enjoyable, its appeal boosted by Milady slinking on to centre stage, her weaponised sexuality backed up by her private collection of daggers and swords.

Gorgeous French period epic with complicated plotting.

A sky-high bonfire for the planet to gather around and witness legend in motion.

If you haven’t seen Part I or saw it months ago, I would not recommend a journey to the theater to see Milady. But, if you have an opportunity to stream them together or in closer proximity to one another, then you might have a more positive response.

While looping the characters’ lives into real history, the film takes the the impact of religion on the kingdom seriously, while the very real threat of British invasion looms over everything. Make more of these, s'il vous plait.