&lt;div class=&quot;track&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/25330?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=The+Three+Musketeers+*+review%3AArticle%3A1646861&amp;ch=Film&amp;c3=Guardian&amp;c4=Film%2CJames+Corden%2CAction+and+adventure+%28Film+genre%29%2CCulture&amp;c5=Unclassified%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CFilm+Reviews&amp;c6=Peter+Bradshaw&amp;c7=11-Oct-13&amp;c8=1646861&amp;c9=Article&amp;c10=Review&amp;c11=Film&amp;c13=&amp;c25=&amp;c30=content&amp;h2=GU%2FFilm%2FJames+Corden&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;standfirst&quot;&gt;The musketeers are steampunk superheroes, cruising through the skies in an armed airship, but it&#039;s all a bit ho-hum&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nothing looks as messy as an unbuckled swash, and sadly that&#039;s what we get here. Richard Lester gave us the fondly remembered version of Dumas&#039;s novel in the 70s, with much swordplay, wenches and cleavages. Here, the musketeers are steampunk superheroes, cruising through the skies in an armed airship. They battle for love and honour, and save France from the scheming Cardinal Richelieu, played by Christoph Waltz: the one actor who puts a bit of fizz into the film. It&#039;s all a bit ho-hum &ndash; James Corden has the Roy Kinnear role of comedy fat servant, but there&#039;s not much for him, or anyone else, to work with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;rating&quot;&gt;Rating: 2/5&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;related&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/james-corden&quot;&gt;James Corden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/actionandadventure&quot;&gt;Action and adventure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/peterbradshaw&quot;&gt;Peter Bradshaw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;terms&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk&quot;&gt;guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &amp;copy; 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html&quot;&gt;Terms &amp; Conditions&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds&quot;&gt;More Feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;