THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Genre: Action, Adventure
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Rated: M
Released: 2002
Country: US

Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is an honest man whose peaceful life is abruptly shattered when his best friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pierce) deceives him and steals the heart of his fiancée (Dagmara Dominczyk). Deliberately and unlawfully sent to prison, Dantes is trapped in a nightmare that lasts for 13 years - until he escapes and transforms himself into the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. With cunning ruthlessness, Dantes concocts a clever plan to systematically destroy those who have betrayed him.