Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Tagline: This Fall, adventure begins with a Z.
Plot: The year is 1850. The territory of California is seeking to become the 31st state of the union, but certain unscrupulous individuals, members of a mysterious medieval organization, are determined to prevent this event from transpiring.Once again the masked hero, Zorro, must come to the aid of the people of California so they can become citizens of the United States of America. At the same time, a corrupt robber baron McGivens (NICK CHINLUND) is intimidating the law-abiding residents of California, seizing their land and threatening their livelihoods. Again, only Zorro can stop him. Don Alejandro de la Vega (ANTONIO BANDERAS), who inherited the mask of Zorro, is now married to Elena (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES). They have a 10-year-old son, Joaquin (ADRIAN ALONSO). The boy misses his father, who is rarely at home. And when he is, Joaquin finds himself wishing that Don Alejandro behaved more like his idealized hero Zorro — having no idea that the two men are the same person. Meanwhile, Elena forces Alejandro to choose between his family and his crusading alter ego. When an unexpected crisis forces Alejandro to once again don the mask of Zorro, Elena feels betrayed and kicks him out of the house. Soon after, she serves him with divorce papers. When a former schoolmate of Elena’s,
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 Zorro has a distinguished history, dating back to 1919. It's unfortunate that the latest installment of his saga makes him look like a relic who's ready for retirement.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The Legend of Zorro commits a lot of movie sins, but one is mortal: It turns the magnificent Elena into a nag.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Zorro doesn’t get a chance to sword-swipe his initial into opponents’ clothes very often this time around, but when he does, it should be an “M” for “Mediocre.” C--Frank Swietek
Legend of Zorro is the sort of movie in which a stunt man can fall through all manner of wooden scaffolding but leap immediately back into the fray. C+--Robert Denerstein
A chip off the old block, the son of Zorro may be ready for his sequel. But this franchise looks exhausted except for some spectacular swordplay and the thrilling emergence of the alphabet's last letter in clothing ripped to shreds. --Susan Tavernetti
While there's no crime in trying to aim for a hit, the Zorro character deserves much better than what "Legend" has to offer. In what should've been Antonio Banderas's finest hour as the Mexican superhero, he is instead swallowed up by a second film that doesn't know what to do with him.  --Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
It's easy to overlook a film like this in a crowded marketplace, and I suspect that's what most viewers will do. Except, of course, for that cache of hardcore Zorro fans who have been waiting eagerly since 1998. Their day, at last, has come. B---Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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Roberto Orci
Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, Star Trek XI | |
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Antonio Banderas
Shrek 2, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, The Mask of Zorro |
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Sexo, amor y otras perversiones, Santos peregrinos, The Wait | | | | |
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| Not as good as the first film and hampered by some very poor comedy, but this is still a watchable adventure with likeable characters and a couple of decent action scenes. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Even though it’s over two hours, the only times I got restless were when Zorro got in his ridiculous fights against overwhelming odds. Sink those and it’s a much better movie. Even with them it’s a lot of fun. 8/10--Tony Medley
It's all rather harmless, which is nothing to carp about, but, at the same time, that's also the problem. The movie feels like a small, indistinct film trapped in a big film's clothes. It tries just hard enough to get by when it should be working more ambitiously to earn that mark of the Z. 6/10--Jeffrey Chen
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