Jim Caviezel (Pay it Forward, Thin Red Line) and Guy Pearce (Momento, The Time Machine), two of the hottest young actors today, give sizzling performances alongside Richard Harris (Harry Potter) in THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is a guileless and honest young man whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) are abruptly shattered when his best friend Fernand (Guy Pearce) betrays him. Unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D'If, Edmond is trapped in a nightmare that lasts for thirteen years. With the help of an equally innocent fellow inmate (Richard Harris), Dantes plots his mission to escape from prison, whereupon he transforms himself into thy mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo with only one thing on his mind - revenge.
