In Venice, the Three Musketeers Athos (Matthew Macfadyen), Porthos (Ray Stevenson) and Aramis (Luke Evans), with the help of Athos' longtime lover, Milady de Winter (Milla Jovovich), steal airship blueprints mad
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e by Leonardo da Vinci. However, they are betrayed by Milady, who gives the blueprints to the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom). Upon returning to France, the Musketeers are forced to disband by Cardinal Richelieu(Christoph Waltz) for their failure, and they end up on the streets of Paris.
One year later, the young man named D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) leaves the village of Gascony for the town of Paris in hopes of becoming a elite Musketeer, like his father once was, only to learn that they no longer exist anymore. In the local bar on the rural road, D'Artagnan ends up challengingCaptain Rochefort (Mads Mikkelsen), the leader of Richelieu's guard, to a duel after being offended by him, but Rochefort merely shoots him while he's distracted. In an attempt to get revenge, D'Artagnan offends Athos, Porthos and Aramis for petty reasons, and schedules duels with each of them secretly, at the same day and at the same place, but in different times, not knowing who they are really.Athos brings Porthos and Aramis with him to the duel as his seconds, and introduces all of them to D'Artagnan. He then realizes who they are but is prepared to continue with the duel. Before they can begin, however, D'Artagnan and the Musketeers are attacked by the guards for breaking the law by having a public duel on the street. They fight the soldiers off, killing many of them, but are summoned before the young King Louis XIII (Freddie Fox) and his wife, Queen Anne (Juno Temple). Richelieu attempts to convince the king to execute the four prisoners, but he and the queen are too impressed by their bravery and congratulate them instead, much to Richelieu's anger.
Later, Richelieu meets with Milady, who is actually working for him. He orders her to plant false love letters among Queen Anne's possessions and steal Queen Anne's diamond necklace and hide it in the Tower of London with the objective of framing Queen Anne as having an affair with the Duke of Buckingham, who is in France on behalf of the King of England, along with a fully armed airship built using the designs stolen from the Musketeers. The affair would force King Louis to execute Queen Anne and declare war on England. At this point, the people would demand a more experienced leader for the country: Richelieu himself, so Richelieu is working all of this to take the France's leadership for himself. Before leaving, Milady demands that Richelieu give her an authorization declaring that she was working on behalf of France's best interests, so she can protect herself in case of danger.
However, Queen Anne's lady-in-waiting Constance Bonacieux (Gabriella Wilde) discovers his plan and pleads with the Musketeers to stop Richelieu. They follow Milady and Buckingham to London, while Constance is kidnapped by Rochefort for helping the Musketeers to escape from him. Meanwhile, King Louis finds the false letters and is advised by Richelieu to set up a ball in which Queen Anne would be forced to wear the necklace. If she doesn't, then her affair is real, and there will be war against Britain.
In London, Milady warns Buckingham of the Musketeers' arrival, claiming that they want revenge for being outsmarted by Buckingham one year prior. Milady warns Buckingham of their all secret moves and habits of the attack so Buckingham would be prepared, but Athos deducted this move and the Musketeers agree that they would do everything opposite. After their arrival, Buckingham captures D'Artagnan and prepares to interrogate him when D'Artagnan reveals that he was acting as a decoy to allow the Musketeers to steal Buckingham's airship. They rescue D'Artagnan, demolishing the top floor of the Tower with the airship itself, and capture Milady, who is actually wearing the diamond necklace. She gives them the authorization in an attempt to have her life spared, but jumps out of the airship into the English Channel when she realizes that she has failed, rather then allow Athos to kill her.
The Musketeers return to Paris with the necklace, but in the air near the city, they are attacked by Rochefort in an airship secretly built by Richelieu: Milady gave him copies of Da Vinci's blueprints, so Richelieu could build his own army. Rochefort feigns an attempt to exchange Constance, in which D'Artagnan has love interests, for the necklace in order to capture D'Artagnan, but the Musketeers come to his rescue and the two ships crash in the Notre Dame Cathedral. There, D'Artagnan fights and defeats Rochefort, but he is badly hurt. Meanwhile, Constance returns the necklace to Queen Anne at the time of the ball.
The Musketeers arrive at the ball in Buckingham's airship. However, for the sake of King Louis and his people, they claim that Richelieu had built it for the king and had exposed Rochefort as a traitor. To convince King Louis, Athos presents Milady's authorization, which King Louis accepts. Richelieu, impressed by how they handled the situation, offers the Musketeers a place in his army. However, they refuse, infuriating Richelieu, who swears revenge.
Meanwhile, at sea, Milady (who survived her fall) is rescued by Buckingham, who reveals that he intends to avenge her near death and destroy the Musketeers. The camera closes up, and it is revealed that Buckingham is advancing towards France's shore with a massive fleet of battleships and airships, intending to conquer France.
SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(2011_film)
