The Legend of Zorro (2005)
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Critic Consensus: Zorro can survive a lot of things, but it looks like he can't survive marriage.
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The year is 1850. After fighting to help California become the 31st state of the Union, Zorro promises his wife Elena that he will give up his secret identity and live a normal life as Alejandro de la Vega. But now, the same forces that conspired to keep California from becoming part of the United States are plotting to unleash a threat that has been 500 years in the making -- a threat that could change the course of history forever. Only Zorro can stop it by taking on the most dangerous mission … More
| Rating: | PG (for sequences of violence/peril and action, language and a couple of suggestive moments) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure |
| Directed By: | Martin Campbell, Martin Campbell |
| Written By: | Terry Rossio, Alex Kurtzman-Counter, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ted Elliott |
| In Theaters: | Oct 28, 2005 Wide |
| On DVD: | Jan 31, 2006 |
| Box Office: | $45.4M |
| Runtime: |
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The Legend of Zorro is a campier sequel, occasionally given too much to childish antics. But once the story really kicks in, it transforms into a fine adventure film and a worthy addition to the Zorro film legacy.
Reasonably rousing, breezily hokey, and touchingly retrograde
Just obvious pandering to a younger crowd...
Catherine Zeta Jones' eminent allure and Antonio Banderas' leading man charm are reduced to mere furnishings for an ostensibly child-friendly adventure movie filled with tedious stunt sequences, endless sword fights and too many brutal murders.
excessively lengthy, swashbuckling-by-numbers exercise in tedium that fills the cinema with entirely the wrong kind of zs.
The ludicrous plot and special effects featuring cartoon physics means this zero is strictly for those under the age of eight or so.
Audience Reviews for The Legend of Zorro
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This sequel should never have been made. You know, there are film series in which subsequent films get better (Godfather II may be best example), and there are others that completely fall flat. In the tradition of Caddyshack 2, Staying Alive, and Jaw: The Revenge, here comes The Legend of Zorro. Come to think of it, Oceans Twelve, which also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, was pretty awful too. The Mask of Zorro was excellent; Banderas does Jackie Chan, Anthony Hopkins was suave and somewhat menacing, and CZJ was stunning as always- exotic as well as an outstanding actress. This attempt to update the story, with the addition of their young son (kind of an Anakin Skywalker), fails to recapture the boisterous spirit of the original. Zorro figuratively flies in on a chandelier and lands flat on his back.
Why make Elena (CZJ) a shrewish wife? Why have a cartoonish villain out to spoil the party and rule the world? It's all too formulaic and thus disappointing. I suppose other action oriented series like Indiana Jones or Back to the Future could be likewise criticized, but they never failed to entertain. One thing a Zorro movie should never be is boring; this one comes close.
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Great to see Antonio Banderas (as the swashbuckling hero) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (as the daughter of the original Zorro) return to this action-adventure sequel of 1998's The Mask of Zorro. Banderas brings out with great comic sense and Zeta-Jones' role is enhanced and she gets to be more than a pretty face.
There are plenty of funny scenes with the family (including the son) of the swashbuckling hero. And awesome action sequences of what Zorro comes to fight and rescue against the new villains - the best sequence is the train at the end.
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The Legend of Zorro Quotes
| Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro: | What are you doing in a bar?! |
| Joaquin de la Vega: | What are you doing in jail?! |
| Don Alejandro de la Vega/Zorro: | I asked you first! |
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