Thoughts on ZORRO, Part 8: The Banderas movies (spoilers)

The most famous Zorro movies to modern audiences are probably the pair directed by Martin Campbell: The Mask of Zorro from 1998 (written by John Eskow, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio) and its 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro (written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman), both of which I saw on Netflix. I remember seeing the original at least once, though I don’t think I ever caught the sequel. The Mask of Zorro opens during the Mexican Revolution, where the corrupt Governor Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) is staging a peasant execution as a trap for Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) just before he has to give California up to Santa Anna. He “donates” the Spanish-owned lands to the dons, led by Don Luis (the great Tony Amendola of Stargate SG-1), so they’ll be safe from nationalization by Mexico. His trap fails, thanks in part to the intervention of two teenage brothers, Joaquin and Alejandro Murietta, to whom Zorro gives a medallion in thanks. But Zorro says something in the fight that tips Montero…

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