I didnt watch this film first time round as it didnt really take my fancy.
However, with my list running low this got added.
And am i glad it did. The film is just great entertainment. Why dont they make films like this anymore?
Zeta Jones and Banderas have some serious screen presence to which no doubt helps.
A good old fashioned swashbuckling adventure with plenty of stunts, sword fights and chases combined with a sexy romance and a solid tale of heroism and vengeance. It holds up very well when watched today. Anthony Hopkins proves his action chops as the original Zorro, hero to the repressed people of California in the 1820s, ruled over by a despotic Spanish Governor. Captured and imprisoned he vows vengeance for the murder of his wife and the abduction of his baby daughter. Twenty years later he escapes and trains a young thief (Antonio Banderas) as the new Zorro to help him get justice. Catherine Zeta Jones plays the beautiful romantic interest and holds her own in the fighting set pieces including a hilarious sword fight with Zorro who uses his sword to undress her! A family adventure film that is worth seeking out if you've never seen it and a rewatch if it's been awhile as it's recently restored onto 4K UHD.