This film is gorgeously shot by cinematographer Nicolas Bolduc. It opens with a take-no-prisoners fight in the rain and mud that includes D’Artagnan and Milady and sets the scene for all that is to follow.

What this installment energetically proves is that you can ruffle the feathers of a totemic tale and still capture what’s good, galloping fun in Dumas’ storytelling.

Dumas was a master of the serial form, and this version of “The Three Musketeers” manages to preserve that thrill-to-thrill sensation.

The movie is enjoyable, filled with swashbuckling and banter, and concentrates on presenting the 1600s with realistic grit and filth, and on the intrigues of the palace and the clergy in all their double-crossing detail.