The two Zorro movies starring Antonio Banderas
and Catherine Zeta Jones!

THE MASK OF ZORRO(1998)

This movie is about passing the torch(or sword
as it were) on from the elder to the younger!
While not really holding to the story line of
the famous Disney rendition of the swashbuckler,
it is still a really great movie! Perkins does a
bang up job playing the elder Zorro, while, tho'
not at first, Banderas also plays a mean Zorro!
And the bad guys are really bad!! A

From Amazon.com:

A lusty and rousing adventure, this calls to
mind those glorious costume dramas produced
so capably by the old Hollywood studio system-
-hardly surprising, in that its title character, a
de facto Robin Hood in Old California, provided
starring vehicles for Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone
Power, the '50s TV hit, and dozens of serials and
features. Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented
by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new
blood in this fast-moving and engaging version,
which actually works as a sequel to the story
line in the Fairbanks-Power saga, The Mark of
Zorro.

A self-assured Anthony Hopkins is Don Diego de
la Vega, a Mexican freedom fighter captured
and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California
to Santa Ana. Twenty years later, he escapes
from prison to face down his mortal enemy,
a land grabbing governor played with slimy
spitefulness by Stuart Wilson. Too old to save
the local peasants on his own, he trains bandito
Antonio Banderas to take his place. Much
swashbuckling ensues as Banderas woos
Catherine Zeta-Jones, becomes
a better human being, and saves the
disenfranchised rabble. Director Martin
Campbell wisely instills a measure of
frivolity into the deftly choreographed
action sequences, while letting a serious
tone creep in when appropriate. This covers
much ground under the banner of
romantic-action-adventure, and it does
so most excellently. --Rochelle O'Gorman

While not as great as the first one, this still
is a fun watch! One of the problems is that
there doesn't appear to be any purpose in
anyone's life, except, perhaps, Joaquin!
The story is very mish-mashish, and the "love
story" leaves a lot to be desired!! But the
action is great! And it all makes sense in the
end! B+

From Amazon.com:

The Zorro brand of hot-blooded derring-do
returns with The Legend of Zorro, starring
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
in the roles that brought them stardom with
The Mask of Zorro. Now married for ten years
and parents to young rascal Joaquim (charming
Adrian Alonso, perhaps being set up for a
future Son of Zorro), dashing swordsman
Alejandro (Banderas, a Spaniard playing a
Mexican) and sultry spitfire Elena De La Vega
(Zeta-Jones, a Welshwoman playing a Spaniard)
abruptly divorce, sending Alejandro on a drunken
binge--which only gets worse when he learns
Elena is being wooed by the mysterious Armand
(Rufus Sewell, a Brit playing a Frenchman).
Little does Alejandro know that Elena has
ulterior motives, and that a worldwide
conspiracy and a secret weapon will soon
threaten the integrity of the U.S. The Legend
of Zorro has way too much plot, leaving room
for only two genuinely preposterous donnybrooks
and a handful of lackluster brawls. Banderas
and Zeta-Jones flash a bit of their considerable
charisma, but by and large they (and the
movie as a whole) are on autopilot. Not
awful, but lacking any real spark. --Bret Fetzer

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