Zorro
1975 Adventure / Action / Comedy / Historical
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Summary
When Miguel de la Serna is murdered, his friend Don Diego takes his
place as the new governor of the South American state of Nueva
Aragon. Having sworn to uphold Miguel’s ideals of morality and
justice, Diego immediately runs up against the sadistic Colonel
Huerta. Adopting the guise of a local hero, Zorro, Miguel sets
out on a one-man crusade to end Huerta’s tyrannous regime...Review
One of the best, and certainly the most popular, of the Zorro films -
adapted from the popular serialised stories of Johnston McCulley - is
this sumptuous Franco-Italian production starring French film icon
Alain Delon. With its mix of swashbuckling adventure, romantic
intrigue and tongue-in-cheek comedy, it is a film with a wide appeal -
beautifully shot, witty, well-paced and bursting at the seams with
impressive action sequences. It’s a pity that Stanley
Baker comes across more as an inept pantomime villain than a worthy
opponent for Zorro, but as the masked hero with a penchant for swords
and tight-fitting black apparel (there might just be a Freudian subtext
there), Alain Delon strikes exactly the right balance between tough
machismo and likeable folk hero. The film is a fast and funny
romp, which, mercifully, doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Amazing what they could achive in the good old days, without CGI special effects...
© James Travers 2007
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