The Mask of Zorro Reviews

This is the best movie version of Zorro to date, and High-Definition makes it that much more exciting.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Full Review | Original Score: B

The Mask of Zorro stands as a pointed riposte to those who say they don't make 'em like that anymore.

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Full Review | Original Score: A-

Crisp and competent and often witty, but it only does what it's supposed to do; it's never quite inspired or exhilarating...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Directed with snap and panache by Martin Campbell, Mask of Zorro gives audiences a pair of dashing whippersnappers for the price of one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Not so much a blood-pounding swashbuckling adventure as it is a comfortable old friend--the kind of movie your grandfather might have seen at a Saturday matinee.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Buckling the swash in a way approaching Errol Flynn, Antonio is up for the action and handles the slapstick as the inept student with aplomb. The romance between him and Zeta-Jones has sparks, too.

Full Review | Original Score: B

| Original Score: 3.5/5

Zorro follows the predictable paths of action movies, but re-energizes the pattern with adrenaline, exuberance, creativity, and humor.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

A surprisingly good example of Hollywood's craftsmanship.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

At its best, this 'Zorro' captures some of the dizzyingly romantic flavor of pulp fiction. ...Unfortunately, Martin Campbell has directed this Mexican melodrama in an often uninspired fashion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

If Hopkins makes the story important, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones make it sexy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's as if Jackie Chan were channeling the spirit of Errol Flynn.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

With a perfectly cast Antonio Banderas slashing those Zs, The Mask of Zorro offers as many zesty sword fights as an Errol Flynn film festival.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The casting is great. Hopkins, Banderas and Zeta-Jones all look the part and breathe life and passion into their roles.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/4

We get clever physical gags, a perky chemistry between the dour Hopkins and the bumbling Banderas, and a spirited Catherine Zeta Jones tossed in...

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This zestful revival of the swashbuckler film will carve a mark in your consciousness.

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There are no clever ground-breaking effects, just lashings of good clean fun with desperately devilish baddies, and good guys so fantastic, so clever and witty, that they make you want to weep with pleasure.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5