The Legend of Zorro
2005 Directed by Martin Campbell
Synopsis
This Fall, adventure begins with a Z.
In 1850, the people of California were voting to decide whether or not to join the United States. The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro,
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4.0/10
The Mask of Zorro was a really good adventure comedy film and the presence of Sir Anthony Hopkins among other things made it a memorable movie. This sequel may have worked considering that Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones did their best effort to make this one enjoyable but there were so many things wrong with it, starting with a very thin plot, boring action sequences and a general lack of charm.
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I had never seen the sequel before and wow it was pretty terrible. Some of the swordplay was decent but mostly it was kind of disappointing. It is a terrible shame too because I really like Antonio Banderas as Zorro. He has pretty great chemistry with Catherine Zeta Jones as well. The script was just overwhelmingly bad though.
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A film that succeeds in the Gore Verbinksi 'Pirates of the Caribbean' milieu but wasn't followed up very well. I think he pinnacled at Casino Royale. Interesting director. Have actually watched the film many times and enjoyed it since it's release.
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Zorro = Antonio Banderas <3
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Romance, Action
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Martin Campbell looks backward to the Roger Moore James Bond years for this robust, preposterous entertainment. Reuniting his stars from the 1998 The Mask of Zorro, Campbell finds the black-masked hero (Antonio Banderas) and his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) having marital problems just as impending California statehood has brought more trouble to their doorstep. The battling Bickersons relationship gets a bit wearying—as does the stuff involving their precocious 10-year-old son—but fortunately it takes a back-seat to bigger-than-life adventure. Silly? Absolutely, but it works when a filmmaker commits to this kind of action model. Like the Moore Bond films, it’s really all about reality-defying stunts, villains bent on world domination and a zesty sense of fun.
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Not a big Zorro fan, but this was a decent movie.
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A film that suffers from annoying kid-itis.
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The Legend of Zorro, see’s Antonio Banderas return as the swashbuckling title hero in a movie faster, funnier and more furious than the first. Following Martin Campbell’s 1998, The Mask of Zorro, the sequel lacks the polished style and dynamics of its predecessor; however the film is an alluring ride that boasts some wonderful performances and outstanding action sequences.