The Mask of Zorro
Sometimes watching older films can help one appreciate what might be missing in cinema today, and the 1998 action adventure, The Mask of Zorro , reminded me we are certainly in a drought for swashbuckling adventures since The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise finally ran out of steam in 2017. I last saw the masked swordsman on TV, most likely in SD, many years ago but then I came across the blu-ray and wanted to rewatch this to see if it was still as fun as I remembered, and thankfully time has not aged this. The Mask of Zorro sees a lowly bandit setting out for revenge against a US army captain who had cruelly murdered his brother in 1840s Mexico. But his drunken attempt for revenge is halted by the legendary Zorro, now a man nearing retirement, who has lost everything he once held dear and hopes the two can form an alliance to put wrongs to right. Coming off the back of Goldeneye , The Mask of Zorro is directed by Martin Campbell who has had his fair share of lacklustre fi...
