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★★½☆☆ Treasure Planet (2002)

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Plot: Jim Hawkins (Gordon-Levitt) tends to get into trouble wherever he goes. When a mysterious stranger, Billy Bones (McGoohan), crash lands near the inn his mother (Metcalf) owns, Jim brings him in. Seems Billy Bones is being chased for the map he has. Before he dies, Billy Bones gives Jim a map, and tells him to beware of a cyborg. Jim discovers the map leads to Treasure Island, a mythical planet said to be filled with the riches of a 1000 worlds. Adapted from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Animated.

★★★☆☆ The Count Of Monte Cristo (2001)

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Plot: Edmond Dantes (Cavaziel) is unjustly accused of treason. Due to a few corrupt people - Villefort (Frain) and Edmond’s supposed best friend Fernand (Pearce) - Edmond is sent away to be forgotten in a prison on the island of Chateau D’if. There Edmond meets a fellow prisoner, who aides in his escape. Now that Dantes is free, he only has one remaining desire: revenge. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.