Release Year: 1998 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 136 minutes Other Title: Mark of Zorro Director: Martin Campbell Producer: Doug Claybourne, David Foster Distributor: Columbia Tristar
Two Tonys (Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas) give us two Zorros in Martin Campbell's winsome revival of old California's legendary masked hero. It's a summer movie showing that swords and repartee are more fun than a barrel of asteroids. The elder Zorro comes out of retirement to train a new Zorro to fight the enemy Montero.
cast
Anthony Hopkins as Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro Antonio Banderas as Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro Catherine Zeta-Jones as Elena Montero/Elena Murrieta
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Alejandro Murrieta: So, how much are we worth?
Three-Fingered Jack: Uh, all told... about two hundred pesos?
Joaquin Murrieta: That's it? After all the payrolls we've robbed, a lousy two hundred pesos apiece, that's all we're worth?
Cpl. Armando Garcia: We're wasting time.
Three-Fingered Jack: Now that's two hundred pesos for the both of you.
Alejandro Murrieta: What? Are you crazy? Don't take it, Jack!
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In response to the critical drubbing he received for "Armageddon," director Michael Bay pointed to the box office receipts and speculated that film critics may be out of touch with popular tastes. Hopefully, Bay will catch a screening of "The Mask of Zorro" and realize that it's still possible to make a rousing popcorn flick without treating your audience like wide-eyed rubes suffering from attention-deficit disorder.