The film is weak.

Turning Albert into the count's son was bullshit. It's not because Albert is his biological son that Edmond will necessarily love him. In the brothers Karamazov, Fyodor was the father of 3 children and did not love them.

Mercedes is not the most beautiful woman in the world for Edmond to fight for her as Menelaus did for Helen when she ran away with Prince Paris. He traveling like Odysseus, he would meet other women as Odysseus did, with Circe and Calypso, but without the desire to return to his old relationship.

When Prince Hamlet felt betrayed by Ophelia, he was extremely aggressive towards her. so much so that he hurled insults at her. Kind of naive and simple-minded to think that silly words and an alliance would undo all of Edmond's anger.

The vibes were poorly executed and felt amateurish. It was so obvious that they were a trap that no one would fall for them.

Better if Edmond sought to challenge Fernand to a duel as did Paris and Menelaus.

Not even Villefort would confess to a crime in such an obvious trap.

The 1979 French miniseries is better.