La Máscara del Zorro, está ambientada en una época donde las bombas y las armas sofisticadas no existían.

Al igual que en cintas como Las Aventuras de Robin Hood (1938) o La Marca del Zorro (1940), son la espada, la habilidad para usarla y la astucia del héroe como jinete, aparte de una historia que tiene comedia, drama, suspenso, aventura y romance clásico, los elementos que se ofrecen al espectador con el objeto de disfrutar de una opción fresca y diferente en este género cinematográfico. La Máscara del Zorro logra con éxito recordar a las grandes películas de aventura de tiempos pasados.

En esta nueva versión del famoso héroe enmascarado, han transcurrido 20 años desde que Zorro luchó contra la opresión española en Alta California. Don Rafael Montero, gobernante español, le arrebató a su esposa y a su hija, así como su libertad. Ahora, después de tanto tiempo, Zorro ha encontrado al sucesor perfecto para detener a Montero y frustrar sus planes de conquistar California.

Estando en prisión, Don Diego de la Vega conoce a un bandido llamado Alejandro Murieta, a quien tratará de preparar para que tome su lugar en la lucha contra la injusticia. Aunque parece una elección errada, Murieta pronto prueba que posee tanto el corazón como la inteligencia para desempeñar su rol. Al igual que de la Vega, Alejandro está motivado por la venganza, ya que su hermano fue muerto en manos del Capitan Love, quien trabaja para Don Rafael Montero. Zorro vive de nuevo.

Alejandro comienza su doble vida como caballero noble de día y enmascarado de noche en Alta California, asumiendo las responsabilidades asignadas por de la Vega; también se ve involucrado sentimentalmente con Elena, una joven que, aparte de sentir atracción por tres hombres diferentes, descubrirá muchas verdades referentes a su padre y al hombre enmascarado.

The movie itself was as entertaining and stirring as I remembered from seeing it at the movies, but I was disappointed in the special edition.I bought the special ed for the added features and was annoyed to find that it had no theatrical trailers,no advertising materials, no music video (which I specifically bought this edition for), and only two deleted scenes. My advice to any to buy this edition is this: save your money and just go with the regular version and enjoy this thoroughly entertaining film.
Stephanie

well, the movie was a mixture of original zorro, batman and indiana jones. anyway that's not important in such movie. it was a great movie afterall but, there was too much ridiculus or unnecessary sequences. I expected a more serious movie. the sequence that zorro stole the black stallion, was one of the worse ones! that old ridiculous story and musical broadwaylike fight scenes was probebly funny for the audience of 40s but it was a great weakness for this sequel! the fight scene between zorro and elena was another ridiculus and even unnecessary scenes. and the first love scene of the movie! oh man! that was senseless! antonio banderas was not the gentelman zorror but a masked unpoliet bandit. can you tell me why in anyway, lady elena loved that bandit? I think they must have met in the party for the first time. and... elena was in love with three different people and didn't know they were same man! what was she? was she a bitch? scenario had too many weaknessess like theses.
and about DVD! I had a superbit edition of the movie and even seen the special edition. superbit has no special features but the picture and sound quality is extremely high. between this edition with no special features and the special edition, I Suggest to all collectors and professional costumers, buy the superbit edition of the movie without any doubt!

Zorro is back in this epic adventure film for the entire family to enjoy. Although the movie falls into the same cliches and the characters are stereotyped, it's still worth watching. The story takes place after Zorro is already married, but his life is drastically altered when the Santanna realizes Zorro's true identity. Now several years later, a young man's brother is murdered by Santanna, so he now seeks revenge. With help and training from the legend himself, a new Zorro is born to rise and fight the injustice. Overall, this film may not be the best action film out there, but it's definitely worth noticing.

I really liked this movie. It does have a little blud, but it is fun and acshon packd. Zorro is so cool