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"The Legend of Zorro," starring Antonio Banderas as the masked one, made me long to re-watch "Zorro the Gay Blade ," the great spoof starring George Hamilton . In that film, the Spanish accents were meant to sound deliberately fake. Here, even Banderas sounds like he's having a hard time sounding authentic. Zorro's nemesis plans to blow up America. He seems to be under the misapprehension that Zorro is James Bond. Grade: C- (www.csmonitor.com....b-almo.htm)
This movie, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, comes off as a weird hybrid of 1984 and Zorro: The Gay Blade . Set in a futuristic, post-capitalistic Britain, where the police are brainless thugs, the Anglican Church has turned into a weird pseudo-Nazi regime, and women have been relegated back to the roles of baby factory and housewife, V (Weaving) is a former convict and disfigured byproduct of hideous experiements in genetic engineering. Freed by a prison fire, he leads his life underground , plotting flamboyant acts of terrorism against the British government in the mold of classic British anti-hero Guy Fawkes . Evey (Portman) is his unlikely sidekick, at first rescued, and later abducted and tortured by V as part of his Jedi-like quest to transform her into the perfect terrorist. But, since the government in this case is totally corrupt and evil, it57;s OK to be a terrorist, right? Or something. (www.cinebad.com/)
It is no surprise that "The Mask of Zorro ," the new Antonio Banderas movie, evokes that hero's favorite disguise. Over the last 80 years, Hollywood has constantly titled and retitled its latest Zorro adventures by oblique references to his mark, his son, his ghost, his whip and even his gay blade. Yet it is his black half-face mask, like his rapier Z slash, that forever evokes the caballero with classic intrigue and simplicity. One can only wonder, after four generations of cinematic reincarnations, if Zorro's real face is any closer to reality. Does it matter (www.salon.com....turea.html)
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