'The Legend of Zorro': An older, tamer hero saves the world
by Phil Kloer

In "The Legend of Zorro," they're an old married couple — Zorro and, um, Zorrette — but a pretty hot old married couple, he with his hair hanging insouciantly down in his face, she all heaving-bosomy in a series of corseted gowns. They have a cute and spunky young son, Joaquin, a heckuva hacienda, and a problem that's really just something ginned up to launch the sequel: She wants him to quit being Zorro and be a family man. He wants to keep dashing off and saving everyone. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Though Alejandro continues to don the mask of Zorro to protect the poor and oppressed residents of the California territory from the greed of the overlords, he is torn between his duty and his desire for a more normal life with his wife Elena and their 10-year-old son, Joaquin. Now he must face that conflict again head-on in a crisis that threatens his life and the safety of his family.

FILM FACTS ...
Sony Pictures
'The Legend of Zorro'

Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Run time: 130 minutes
Release date: Oct. 28, 2005
Rating: PG for sequences of violence/peril and action, language and a couple of suggestive moments.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"We need more adventure flicks that play like grown-up movies and can still be enjoyed by kids, like this one."


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