Catherine Zeta Jones captivated audiences and shot to stardom via her role as Elena in the 1998 take on the Zorro legend, MASK OF ZORRO. This sequel, set in 1850, finds her married to Alejandro, aka Zorro (Antonio Banderas, also returning to reprise his character from MASK OF ZORRO), and demanding he stop all the derring-do and .. Read more
| Starring | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund |
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| Director | Martin Campbell |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
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Catherine Zeta Jones captivated audiences and shot to stardom via her role as Elena in the 1998 take on the Zorro legend, MASK OF ZORRO. This sequel, set in 1850, finds her married to Alejandro, aka Zorro (Antonio Banderas, also returning to reprise his character from MASK OF ZORRO), and demanding he stop all the derring-do and spend time with their smart-as-a-whip 10-year-old son, Joaquin (Adrian Alonso). The boy has some serious acrobatic skills, but is unaware of his father's secret identity. He can only look askance as his parents separate and Dad starts spending too much time with his hard-drinking horse, while Mum lets herself be wooed by the odious Count Armand (Rufus Sewell). It's up to little Zorro Joaquin to get to the bottom of things and get his folk-hero parents back into action. Jones is a stunning sight in her elaborate lace-and-linen ensembles, and there's some complex DA VINCI CODE-style secret society skullduggery, but otherwise this sequel has more in common with classic old Walt Disney comedies like THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG or Robert Rodiguez's SPY KIDS than with the 1998 movie. The swordfighting and death-defying action sequences are all totally bloodless, and director Martin Campbell, who also helmed the 1998 film, keeps the dialogue very contemporary and child-friendly throughout.
| Starring | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund, Lou Diamond Phillips, Giovanna Zacarias, Raul Mendez, Adrian Alonso, Pedro Armendariz Jr. |
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| Director | Martin Campbell |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 10 mins |
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| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Dutch, English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 06 Mar 2006 Blu-ray: 03 Dec 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
It's been seven years since Antonio Banderas donned The Mask of Zorro. The sequel finds his marriage on the rocks because he's too busy saving the people to spend time with his... read more »
This film really does return to the days of swashbuckling movies that are 'fun for all the family'. Its action packed and slyly funny in places - lots of swordplay and somersaults, horse stunts and explosions. This is definitely a film that you can sit your kids down in front of, there is very little blood and its often reminiscent of old Errol Flynn movies. Banderas is suitably dashing in the lead role, camping it up enough to give the part a little more depth, and Zeta-Jones is as straightforward as ever (albeit unspectacular). But the real star of this film is Adrian Alonso, 'son of zorro'. One to look out for in the future I think. This film delivers excitement and adventure in a classic good guys vs bad guys manner. My only criticism is that I feel it lacks the style of the first film due to obvious lack of Anthony Hopkins' character. Apart from that, its great fun for a saturday night. Enjoy!
Sat down expecting to watch a great action movie with some good funny sidelines but was a little letdown.
Although the film was watchable and infact enjoyable in parts, for me it didn't live up to its earlier counterpart.