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THE LEGEND OF ZORRO DVD REVIEW
The Legend of Zorro (Special Edition)
(Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment)
| The Movie |
The Extras |
Reviewed by |
| 6.5/10 |
6.5/10 |
Liam |
The Legend of Zorro picks up 10 years after the events of the first film. Zorro (Antonio Banderas) and his beautiful wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) are raising their son while Zorro dons the mask and defends the people of California. As the movie starts, there is an election to vote whether California should become part of the United States. Zorro makes sure things run smoothly, and in the course fighting a few baddies, loses his mask. When a couple of guys discover his true identity, they blackmail the beautiful Elena into helping them foil a plot that involves destroying the United States. (Did I mention already that she's beautiful?) So, Elena leaves Zorro, hooks up with a former sweetheart and Zorro becomes a drunken fool. When he discovers the truth as to why she left him, the two team up to save California and the United States with plenty of sword fights, explosions and even a few laughs along the way. Then, there's also their son, a little firecracker who has inherited the best traits of both his mother and father.
Special features on this DVD begin with an okay audio commentary with director Martin Campbell and director of photography Phil Meheux. The two play off each other nicely and provide your basic behind-the-scenes stories on the making of the movie. Next, we get four featurettes looking at the film's stunts, the climactic train scene, the party scene and finally the visual effects. This is followed by four deleted scenes with optional commentary including an alternate opening and closing scene for the movie. The special features are completed by two multi-angle shots comparing the finished film with rehearsal footage.
While I enjoyed the first film in this series, I found this sequel to be a little too kiddie-friendly. I guess that's not such a bad thing, but it really wasn't what I was looking for. To top things off, the bad guy was pretty weak and cliched. I'm guessing it was a bit of a throwback to the days of old but it didn't work here.
This sequel had been talked about forever - but it was all about getting the right script. I can't help but wonder if this is the best they could do, or if they just made the movie because time was running out on the sequel's viability. For fans of The Mask of Zorro, you might want to check this one out for curiosity's sake. Otherwise, if you've had kids in the last several years since the original, this one might be more their style.
Features
Director and Cinematographer Commentary, Deleted Scenes with Optional Director's Commentary, Four Behind The Scenes Featurettes, Two Multi-Angle Scene Deconstructions
Video
Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio
English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French Dolby Surround
Subtitles
English, French, Closed-Captioned
Release Date
January 31, 2006
Rating
PG
Length
129 mins.
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