The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan

The cast is entirely White and European, and the central male musketeer characters display arrogant machismo over petty grievances. But one of the musketeers is bisexual. And the female characters are given more dimension here than in the book the movie is based on: They're less submissive and more in control and independent, including the female villain. A grave digger who has a wooden leg is threatened into doing the villains' dirty work and then abused by the heroes.

Mass shooting by a sniper within a safe, sacred environment. Death by suicide is portrayed as a noble act. Hanging. A female murder victim's breasts are exposed and bloody in a post-sex position in bed. Frequent gunfire and swordplay from muskets and pistols, killing and injuring. First-person point-of-view during surprise attacks and other battles, which makes the character's peril more intense. Use of a red-hot branding iron. Torture. Domestic abuse. Character is buried alive. Severed finger. Close-up of open wound being sewn up. Explosion. Issuing, accepting, and showing up for duels is seen as a sign of masculinity. Dead bodies.

Aramis is a womanizer who's said to be torn between God and women, and there are several allusions to his interludes with married women. Brief discussion of Porthos' sexual desires; he's shown in a "morning after" moment after a threesome that includes another man and a woman. A torrid love affair causes a near-international incident but is conveyed only in an embrace. A courtship with flirting; completing a difficult and dangerous task is viewed as a gesture of love. A man is shown waking up in bed next to a dead naked woman (see Violence for more).

Drinking scene at a pub; the cut to the morning after suggests that drunken debauchery took place. A character smokes an elegant pipe.