what is the review of The Legend of Zorro ?”
“The Legend of Zorro” commits a lot of movie sins, but one is mortal: It turns the magnificent Elena into a nag. You will recall “The Mask of Zorro” (1998), which first united Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Zorro and Elena, in a resurrection of the character first played by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and subsequently by Tyrone Power, John Carroll, Guy Williams and — here’s a team for you — George Hamilton and Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins played the elder Zorro in the 1998 film, and Banderas played a street urchin who grew up to be a bandit but was taken under old Zorro’s wing and taught the tricks of the trade, such as swordsmanship, horsemanship and charm. That was a grand movie, filled with swashes and buckles. Banderas and Zeta-Jones rose to the occasion with performances of joy and unbounded energy, and it was probably the best Zorro movie ever made, although having not seen them all I can only speculate. Now come Banderas and Zeta-Jones again, with the same director, Martin
