The Count of Monte Cristo Review

Today I wanted to do a review on a great movie called "The Count of Monte Cristo," staring the amazing Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes, or the Count of Monte Cristo. This is a story of absolute betrayal and the relentless quest for revenge. Its dark, eloquent, and takes you on a great adventure. With the cast of Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, and the late and great Richard Harris, this movie is a power house and worth the watch just for the acting alone.
To begin the story, young Dantes and his best friend (Guy Pearce) Fernand Mondego cross path with the infamous Napoleon who asks Dantes to deliver a letter to his sick friend. (Dantes can't read so he did not know the letter was really spy information.) Thus begins the down fall for our dear hero Edmond Dantes.

It starts off simple enough, Dantes is innocent, but put on trial for treason, why? Because his best friend was jealous of Dantes and set him up to be proven guilty, even helps aprehend him, and send his best friend to the deepest, darkest dungeon to be tortured and broken for years. YEARS!
Enter Richard Harris. From the moment he is introduced to the story things start picking up for Edmond, despite still being in prison. Harris teaches Edmond to read, write, philosophy, math, all the things you could think of, including sword fighting.
For years the two of them work together to escape the prison, and gain their freedom... I don't wanna tell you the whole story, because its worth the watch! Edmond is freed from his prison and begins his long quest for revenge against his former best friend, who by the way, is married to Edmonds old girl once he gets out of prison.... I know! How Edmond gets back at Mondego is fascinating, as well as all the others who were in on his betrayal. This story shows the depth of the human soul and the relentless force of revenge, but at the same time wrestling with love and regret.
I like this story very much and would recommend it to anyone!
4.5 outta 5.