Review of The Legend of Zorro (2005) by Movie K — 08 Oct 2015

Average sequel. I think its overly long for the story. 1850, people vote for California to become the 31st state of the union. Local baddie Nick Chinlund rob the votes chest and Zorro (Antonio Banderas) got it back safely.

2 men saw Antonio identity while he is fighting. Catherine Zeta-Jones is at odds with Antonio because of the identity. Their son Adrian Alonso idolize Zorro. 2 men threaten Catherine about the identity and she divorce Antonio.

3 months passed and Antonio is still in a mess. During a party by a wealthy man Rufus Sewell, he saw Catherine been his girlfriend. Nick keep threatening a friend of Antonio to sell his land. Rufus open a vineyard and say the people working for him are also working for themselves.

The son is sad Antonio is not fighter like Zorro. Nick want to rob the land deed and Zorro came to help but the friend got killed. Catherine snoop around Rufus home to find suspicious things and found a telegram machine and copied the message.

Antonio also hide and overheard Rufus telling Nick to build the train tracks within 2 days. In a school trip, the son followed Nick carriage to the site. The baddies bully him and Zorro rescue him. The crates are full of soap which puzzled him.

He get best pal Julio Oscar Mechoso to check a symbol and turns out its a shadow organization that is said to be ruler of the kings originated from Europe. Rufus propose to Catherine and she have to agree.

The 2 men that threaten Catherine lock Antonio in jail. They are secret agents and they intercepted a message the organization is creating a weapon so powerful to rule America. They need Catherine to be secret agent to get near Rufus and in order to hide Zorro identity.

The son goes out to find them both and end up in the bar. He help Antonio escape from jail and ask him to hide in the church. Nick came to ask Julio who is Zorro and kill him and abduct the boy. Catherine go to the vineyard and with Antonio they overheard the secret meeting of the organization.

Rufus make soap and have a formula to abstract a compound from it which is many times more powerful than gun powder. He intend to supply the weapon to the Civil War and cause chaos and they shall rule America.

Catherine identity is blown as the 2 agents are killed. Antonio wanted to blow up the train which carry the supplies but Rufus bring Catherine and their son. He quickly stop the bomb but caught. Julio didn't die and he help Antonio.

They killed Nick. He chase after the train and fight Rufus. Catherine let go the carriage and help her husband fight Rufus. The whole train blows up. The governor successfully sign the agreement and California officially become 31st state.

Zorro the identity continue to be the family legacy.