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Legend of Zorro [Blu-ray] | ![Legend of Zorro [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NsoPS96ZL._SL160_.jpg) | Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 304284
Media: Blu-ray
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: SBR39330
EAN: 5050629933017
ASIN: B000X4ZGKW
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 16, 2008
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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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 Mangled history, bewildering continuity, splendid swashbuckling July 9, 2010
Chrijeff (Scranton, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is supposedly a sequel to The Mask of Zorro (Deluxe Edition), and it does feature two of the same characters (Antonio Banderas as the former Alejandro Murieta, now known as Alejandro de la Vega--perhaps Don Diego adopted him, or perhaps he took his wife's name--and Catherine Zeta-Jones as his wife Elena), but before it's run more than half an hour it trips itself up when Elena says that Alejandro has been Zorro for 10 years. That's impossible if the original was set, as it claimed to be, in 1846, because the very beginning of this installment sets it in 1850, just as the inhabitants of California are voting on whether to accept the new state Constitution. And as the movie goes on, it keeps on getting confuseder and confuseder, with mention of the Confederacy and its army (neither existed till early 1861), croquet (which wasn't imported to the US till c. 1863), Henry rifles (not introduced till c. 1860), polo (not imported till the '80's), the Pinkertons (established 1850) operating for the Government (they didn't start doing that till Lincoln was elected), a railroad in California (I don't think there were any till later that decade), and "bathrooms" for toilets (the term simply wasn't used that way till indoor plumbing became common in the '80's and '90's). There's also an assertion that the people of California were "poor" (by 1850 the Gold Rush was booming), and several of the American bad guys use swords (something Americans had pretty much ceased to do around the 1830's). Still, the wild plot and wonderful fight scenes go a long way toward making up for all of this. Alejandro has promised Elena he'll give up the mask once the US government is in a position to defend the rights of the people, but Zorro has become so much a part of who he is that he can't bring himself to do it. Before he knows what's happening, Elena has served him with divorce papers (and would a good Catholic girl have done that back then?). This leads him to embark on a three-month binge, but when he learns that Elena is being courted by a French newcomer (Rufus Sewell), it leads him to some startling revelations, and soon the Fox is riding again.
Besides its gymnastic sword fights (it's clear that the director was familiar with Richard Lester's exuberant The Complete Musketeers (The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers)), Elena's spitfire modernity (which modern feamle viewers will like), and a really slimy villain (Nick Chunlund as Jacob McGivens, a sadistic hypocrite who isn't described as a nativist--a species very common at that time--but clearly is one), the plot offers Alejandro and Elena's young son Joaquin (Adrian Alonso), who idolizes Zorro and has even mastered some of his moves, and the "Knights of Aragon," a secret society said to be "the power behind all the kings in Europe," who fear that America threatens their supremacy and are plotting to bring her down with tactics that will resonate nicely with old viewers of The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series. As with its predecessor, then, the best thing to do is assume that everything is going on in an alternate Universe (and that the "1850" in the opening crawl is a typo), and just sit back and enjoy the fireworks (literal and figurative).
 Zorro is Great! March 19, 2010
Tommy
Excellent Movie. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are two of my favorite movie stars.
Zorro needs to come out again.
The Legend of Zorro December 31, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is great. I loved it. Antonio Barderes and Zeta Jones are magnificant together. Great stunts and swordfights. This movie has a lot of heart. A comedy that sneaks up and tickles your funny bone. Very entertaining.
Yep! November 13, 2009
Wade S. Pennell (heartland,usa)
AAAAAHHH! CATHERINE!!! I almost didnt notice zorro because i was in a dreamy trance over her!! HA-HA! But really this is very nice on blu ray.
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