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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: UMD for PSP
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396118393
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Running Time: 138 minutes
Sales Rank: 70144
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 1998
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A sweeping romantic adventure of love and honor tragedy and triumph set against Mexico's fight for independence. Twenty years have past since Don Diego de la Vega (Hopkins) fought oppression as the legendary hero Zorro. Now he must find a successor and he chooses Alejandro Murietta (Banderas) a bandit with a troubled past who he must somehow transform into the fearless fighter he once had been. Then armed with sword whip mask and the jet-black stallion Tornado the new Zorro must stop tyrant Raphael Montero newly returned from Spain with a plot to actually buy California and enslave the populous to work in his mines.System Requirements:Running Time: 138 Min.Format: UMD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396118393 Manufacturer No: 11839
Amazon.com essential video:
A lusty and rousing adventure, this calls to mind those glorious costume dramas produced so capably by the old Hollywood studio system--hardly surprising, in that its title character, a de facto Robin Hood in Old California, provided starring vehicles for Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power, the '50s TV hit, and dozens of serials and features. Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version, which actually works as a sequel to the story line in the Fairbanks-Power saga, The Mark of Zorro. A self-assured Anthony Hopkins is Don Diego de la Vega, a Mexican freedom fighter captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Ana. Twenty years later, he escapes from prison to face down his mortal enemy, a land grabbing governor played with slimy spitefulness by Stuart Wilson. Too old to save the local peasants on his own, he trains bandito Antonio Banderas to take his place. Much swashbuckling ensues as Banderas woos Catherine Zeta-Jones, becomes a better human being, and saves the disenfranchised rabble. Director Martin Campbell wisely instills a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure, and it does so most excellently. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Amazon.com:
In this day of movies in which one can't tell whether the action was manufactured by computer generation or by a cookie cutter, The Mask of Zorro is a grand throwback. It recalls and celebrates the fantasy workshop that Hollywood was and can be at its best. It's an audience pleaser in the best sense of the word, combining great-looking performers with gorgeous vistas and production design, a story that is familiar yet never insults the viewer's intelligence, and plenty of eye-popping action.
Anthony Hopkins stars as the original Zorro, a masked vigilante protecting his people from official corruption in Mexico and what will become California (from Hannibal Lecter to Merchant-Ivory to action hero--is there nothing this man cannot do?). He's imprisoned for his troubles, and upon his release, mentors an impetuous pupil (Antonio Banderas, more suave than ever) in the fine arts of swordplay and triumphing over evil. Catherine Zeta-Jones capably portrays the beauty linked to both men--Zorro I's daughter, Zorro II's object of desire.
The plotting contains few surprises, but the interplay between the three leads is always winning, and the winks to the swashbuckling genre are playful without ever being heavy-handed or campy. --David Kronke
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Mask of Zorro
I can't believe how quickly I received by product. Excellent. Would definately purchase from this seller again.
Rating:  - Superbit Deluxe release: Stunning anamorphic video & surround sound
"The Mask of Zorro", released in 1998, was the first of two "new" Zorrro movies, the later entry being "The Legend of Zorro". Not only is the "Mask" highly entertaining--how could you go wrong with a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins (who plays the 'first' Zorro), Antonio Banderas (who takes over the Zorro role and is trained by Hopkins), and gorgeous Catherine Zeta-Jones? There is plenty of action (some great sword fighting scenes, but being PG-13, no profanity and minimal gore--but the villians ... Read More
Rating: - Well done!
Great movie. My husband had his doubts when he saw the movie cover, but we both really enjoyed the great acting and action scenes.
Rating: - A Fun and Entertaining Revisiting of the old Serials...
Every once and a while Hollywood surprises us by making a movie like it used to. In this generation most movies contain top-notch special effects, dizzying action, unabashed, explicit sex and gore, and less-than-decent plot and character development. Needless to say, many of these shallow films are deeply unsatisfying.
But every once and a while Hollywood makes a movie without these things. The Mask of Zorro is one of these movies.
It is a rousing revisiting of the classic ... Read More
Rating: - Behind the Mask
The first three times I saw this film (twice within a week; and the third a year later), I felt that it fulfilled its promise of being a first-rate, well-acted adventure thriller with delightfully comic overtones. The costumes and production values are also of the highest quality; and the music with its flamenco beats is truly exciting. I enjoyed each viewing immensely.
Anthony Hopkins portrays the elder Zorro with his usual elegant style; Antonio Banderas displays his considerable talent for ... Read More
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