Rating: NR
Genre:
Adventure
Release Date: 10/18/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
This is perhaps the best of the many
Zorro films as
Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing and swashbuckling son of a 19th century California aristocrat. As a champion of the oppressed,
Zorro must face a wicked governor portrayed by
J. Edward Bromberg, who, of course, has a beautiful niece whom our hero loves.
Basil Rathbone is a delightfully evil assistant to the governor. Based on
Johnston McCulley's novel
The Curse of Capistrano,
The Mark of Zorro was a remake of the 1921 silent film and by far superior to all the
Zorro incarnations. Interspersed with humor and one-liners but still keeping up with the highest of
swashbuckling traditions, it is an action-packed story of one man standing against a corrupt, oppressive government on behalf of those less able to bear their burdens.
~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide