The Mask of Zorro
THE MASK OF ZORRO (PG)
D: Martin Campbell
Columbia Tristar/Amblin (Doug Claybourne & David
Foster)
US 1998
136 mins
Action/Adventure
W: John Eskow, Ted Elliott & Terry
Rossio
DP: Phil Meheux
Ed: Thom Noble
Mus: James Horner
PD: Cecilia Montiel
Antonio Banderas (Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro), Anthony
Hopkins (Don Diego de la Vega), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Elena Montero), Stuart Wilson (Don Rafael Montero), Matt Letscher (Capt. Harrison Love)
Western-style swashbuckler adventure with the mask of the
Mexican swordsman passing from Anthony Hopkins to Antonio Banderas as both men fight for revenge, Hopkins vying to kill the man who kidnapped his daughter and Banderas sworn to avenge his
brother's death.
Catherine Zeta-Jones makes her Hollywood big screen debut
as the woman with whom both men have an underlying interest.
A hugely entertaining update of the old-fashioned style
Errol Flynn Hollywood swashbucklers.
6/10
