8/10
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
6 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
While I think the original, 1934 version is much better with better actors, I really enjoyed seeing this movie. The actor who plays Sir Andrew in the first one comes back and had a larger part and in my opinion Sir Andrew is allowed to shine in this one. Marguerite is just played differently, she is kidnapped and perhaps a bit over dramatic, but so was the one in the book on occasion. She is also a perhaps more innocent version than was played by Merle Oberon and later Jane Seymour. Chauvelin doesn't have the air of evil that Raymond Massey is able to portray, you almost feel sorry for him in fact, rather than thinking him a evil villain. Overall, I believe it is worth seeing and I liked it. You have the chance to meet some of the other League members, which is an improvement over the original where Dewhurst is seen and not heard or credited and the others, except Andrew and maybe Hastings, are virtually non existent.
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