The Mask of Zorro: Raphael arrests Diego HD CLIP
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Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson from Lethal Weapon 3), the corrupt governor of the region, learns of De La Vega's (Anthony Hopkins from The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal) alter ego and attempts to arrest him. De la Vega's wife Esperanza (Julieta Rosen), whom Montero was in love with, is killed during the ensuing scuffle. Montero imprisons de La Vega and takes his infant daughter, Elena, as his own before returning to Spain.
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What’s the movie The Mask of Zorro about?
After being imprisoned for 20 years, Zorro - Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins from The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal) learns that his old enemy, Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson from Lethal Weapon 3), has returned. Don Diego escapes and returns to his old headquarters where he meets Alejandro Murieta (Antonio Banderas from Desperado).
Alexandro is trained by The Zorro (Anthony Hopkins from The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal) to be his successor. Ajelandro also wants to avenge the murder of his wife and daughter.
Things get complicated when Alejandro gets into a romance with the daughter of Don Rafael Montero, Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones from Ocean’s Twelve).
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I love how in less than 4 minutes, they establish a strong and personal relationship/opposition between the heroe and the antagonist.
Damn... I miss this time when movies could tell efficiently a beautiful story.
They usually weren’t. This was uncommonly good.
@@robertaylor9218 uh no, after 2001, movies went to shit. Hundreds of classics 90s and before. Sit down....
@@JoelTaylor734 no good movies after the 90’s? Lol, ok.
They still do. Still, times change.
@@JoelTaylor734 That's nostalgia.
I love that the opening to this movie feels like an epic climax of a previous film that doesn't exist. Love this movie
ABSOLUTELY agree!!
“ Z “
‘She has her mother’s eyes’... stares at Diego to make him know what he’s losing. They don’t make villains like that anymore!
It's worth noting as well that Diego was pretty much owning his ass in the duel, with a random sword off his guard.
It makes the audience hate Montero even more that he uses his status and power to suppress Diego when he can't physically outmatch him.
Diego lost everything because of nemesis Rafael.
Except Khan
I liked Stuart Wilson great as Jack Travis in lethal weapon 3
Stewart Wilson was always a good character actor. He also played General Al Kramer in the rock. He was uncredited for some reason, but yeah, I love Stewart Wilson I swear the 90s movies were some of the best
To be honest this film is really awesome and fun fact Anthony Hopkins Didnt except the role due to back pain but then had laser surgery and was able to accept the role thank god for that cos he was amazing Don Diego
Accept* you had me in the first half not gonna lie lmfao
I LOOOVE the Zorro movies!!❤️❤️❤️ definitely check them out if you’ve never seen them before!
There is no such thing as laser back surgery wtf are you talking about
@@Meltedcheese567 You don’t understand he time travelled for the surgery.
He accepted the role a mere month before filming began because Sean Connery backed out at the last minute.
“Rafael! You’ll never be rid of me!” That never fails to give me chills. Amazing film!
Lies again? Tiger Beer
Same here
not every time someone yells is meant to or should give you chills. ever since general zod yelled people think any yelling in movies gives or is meant to give chills
@@cagneybillingsley2165 Calm down gay.
I actually loved the figure of Don Rafael.
Such an evil character but still kinda elegant and not cringy at all (like villains nowadays).
His actor did a fantastic job.
Evil but has standards I guess. Stole Elena but raised her like a loving father. He wanted to capture/kill zorro, but not at the expense of his wife (who Montiero also loved) and was furious when he subordinate killed her
Check out no escape 1994 also directed by Martin Campbell which he also played the villain and went up against the late Ray Liotta. He was great in that.
Raphael is one of the most realistic villains. He hated Diego most of all not because Diego is Zorro, he hated him because Esperanza loved Diego over him. Also, after stealing Elena from him, Raphael raised her surprisingly well. What makes Raphael so corrupt is his ideology and lust for power - even though Raphael already has significant amount of power, he still wants more.
He’s a classic old school entitled nobleman. It was also a big blow to his ego and sense of entitlement that California rightfully belongs to him when he was overthrown and forced into exile. It was embarrassing and he lived with the reduced stature and the loss of favor in the Spanish court for twenty years.
Well said
It was the fact that Diego was Zorro that made Raphael hate him even more, not only did he wed the woman he lo see but he also foiled all of Raphael’s plans for power
“Blood never lies Zorro” is my favorite line in this scene!
The way Rafael whispers “Zorro” at the end of it makes it seem almost magical.
Can we all agree that the soundtrack was one of the best aspects of this beautiful film?
I get goosebumps when Zorro's leitmotif plays !
James Horner never disappointed :)
Everything was good, but yes, soundtrack was one of the top spots.
This movie is my childhood, all the performance was really good Anthony, Antonio, Catherine, all of them.
Mine too !!! Love it
Anthony and Antonio. Never realized they have the same name.
2:43 I think killing his wife, letting the hacienda burn, and stealing his child cements Monteiro as the villain more than anything else. He made things personal.
Monteiro didnt kill her he loved her to a soldat of his killed her through but it was his fault she died because he could had left them be at peace
He killed her killer the guy who shot her
His stole the child he saw as his
Things were already personal to him. Don Diego married the woman he loved and Zorro humilliated him. Imagine finding out both were the same person.
@@jasminkrieger8464 in the devils advocate phase, i see... you'll grow out of it
As a father this scene cuts deeper than any sword ever could! Long live Zorro!
"She was never yours to protect."
I've always loved that line.
Absolutely. He was always jealous of Diego's marriage.
I expect Rafael to take it as an insult, but I see it instead as Diego owning up to his duty as a husband and as the man chosen by Esperanza.
Well to be fair it was not Rafael s fault the soldier did not listen when he yelled no . He deserved to get stabbed . If i as a governor would be after someone and my soldier would do this shoot the innocent and unarmed id probably do the same and definetly to jail with him .
@@podsmpsg1 It doesn't matter. It was all Diego's fault that she died
One thing that gets me is that it's not only the unrequited love towards Esperansa that makes Montero's grudge against De la Vega personal but the fact that they are on a first-name basis, implying that they both knew each other on a personal level too.
They're from the rich class from Spain. They may have even known each other from their home country. If you recall earlier Montero gave some Dons land so that it wouldn't fall into Santa Anna's hands. De La Vega wasn't one of those Dons.
@@Lord_Bibulous - I think he was, because Montero said to his friend: "The rest of California I have divided up EQUALLY among the other Dons. I trust you will make sure that ALL of them receive their grounds."
So Diego was probably among them, and probably was in line to receive a substantial land grant, in addition to the land he already possessed, before Montero found about his alter identity.
@@thecowboy9698 That's a possibility too. Diego getting that close to Montero as Zorro could've blown his secret identity after.
@@Lord_Bibulous it did right as he says raphael you see the look in his eye as it dawns on him who zorro actually is, De la vega was banking on the fact Don raphael was in the process of leaving back to spain and didn't think he would take the time to go out of his way in the off chance he figured out this identity but unfortunately he misjudged Raphaels envy and resentment
@@thecowboy9698 Nice point, never thought about that honestly!
This is perhaps one of the most heart wrenching scenes when they pan to the baby. As a husband this pulls up some serious rage.
One of the many swashbucklers I grew up with, alongside The Count of Monte Cristo and the first Pirates of The Caribbean
Count of Monte Cristo and this ziti are my two favourite films along with the Princess bride.
Essentially the same story with different twists. They could keep churning that story/idea and I’d watch every one lol
Same here.
Count of Monte Cristo was a BEAST of a film.
Count of Monte Christo and This Zorro movie along with Gladiator are my all time most favorite revenge movies.
True.
I love it when an antagonist has real conviction and sympathy. It's also cool when they have a similar if not identical skill set to that of the protagonist. It makes a nice mirror reflection of what two different people might do with the same opportunities.
Although I don't think Montero was much of an acrobat as Diego, but I do believe that since they're both Dons of wealthy families they were probably raised in similar fashions and taught similar skills, especially in fencing.
In Mark of Zorro (1940) it shows Diego in the spanish army learning fencing, horseback riding, and most likely firearms but we don't see it. Rafael probably had similar training, but just didn't pursue it so passionately as Diego.
Fencing was a defense requirement, the nobles solved their problems with sword duels.
It is normal for Montero like Diego to know how to handle the sword, I suppose that Diego being the fox and dedicating himself to personally combat threats like the fox because he had to practice the sword more than Montero and when training Alejandro, he would improve his level.
I think that when he saw the fox's wound and when he saw Diego's wound he would tie up the ropes, he may have followed the fox and realized that he always went to the direction of Diego's Hacienda and when he saw the wound, then white and in a bottle.
I wouldn't say Montero has real sympathy, or is worthy of much sympathy: he's a "nice guy", and if he is denied what \he thinks\ he is owed, will be petulant and gross - like stealing Elena as his own, for instance.
Within the confines of the story this allows for it to be a much tidier telling than it would have otherwise been, but let us not pretend that Montero is anything other than what he is: a person who, in his fragility, could not take no for answer, and acted as a petulant shithead for it.
Yes in screenwriting it's referred to as the Unity of Opposites, the most famous example being Holmes and Moriarty.
Diego's acrobatic skills are based on the fact that Diego's father helped a circus financially and these in gratitude because they taught Diego, hence he knows how to move so well.
When this is movie is based, it might an law an vary old one with the aristocratical government vs the peasant that Zorro protects. Rafael arrested Diego for stealing an good woman’s future in an life of vigilance.
The Mask of Zorro, Jurassic Park, Men In Black, Independence Day, The 13th Warrior. The 90's was really the best decade in terms of movies.
This is the one story that deserves to be told. The story where it all started. How Diego became Zorro and why Diego and Raphael became hated enemies.
The love story of Diego and Esperanza.
Now that is a story worth telling.
they should have made a prequel, but who could play young hopkins? no one.
I’d pay to see that
@justalonelystrider5522 truly wish they would because making a new age female led zorro film or series won't work
It'll be a disaster.
I agree
@Thomas Magnum I’ll second that! Hell, even Tyrone Power was a decent young Anthony Hopkins! 😎
Anthony Hopkins was amazing. I read on IMDB that this film was supposed to be made and released years earlier and the role of Diego De la Vega was written for Raul Julia. He would have made an excellent Zorro.
Holy shit, Raul Julia would have been perfect!
@@stuntxl5783
Agreed. Basically a slightly less crazy Gomez Adams.
Still a romantic:
a swashbuckling, vengeful, charismatic romantic
A brilliant scene done between two great actors: Anthony Hopkins and Stuart Wilson. Wilson is great at playing villains; he was the crooked cop/gun runner Jack Travis in Lethal Weapon 3, unscrupulous gun merchant Walker in TMNT 3 and Walter Marek in No Escape (like The Mask Of Zorro, another Martin Campbell film).
I have to say, of all the films I've watched action and fictional in my 30 years, Don Rafael is really one of the best villains I've seen, the actor had such a commanding voice, very calm and assertive
Man, this scene alone is golden. Zorro exposed, loses his love and his child, is imprisoned and his enemy takes victory. This was an amazingly fun and enjoyable movie. Have to watch it again now.
Hopkins what an actor like no other, just with the use of his eyes !
Like with "The Count of Monte Cristo" this is one of the most underrated movies
Oh man, I love The Count of Monte Cristo, friendship turned betrayal turn revenge kind of movie.
Back when cinema was actually worth a damn
Cinema still is
Let me guess, you're almost 40.
@@jerrygu5316 33. Close enough
@@lupomena Well nowadays they dont take to many chances, there are only reboots, and tons of sequels, also the excesive use of CGI ruins a lot of movies and the current PC era limits a lot of stories
Amen!
Elena looks like her mother
Anthony Hopkins’ physicality in this movie is really impressive - that’s clearly him on the staircase, and he’s wailing on Rafael.
1:14 was always my favorite part.. the soundtrack and fight are perfect
For me too man, are perfect
The wide angle lenses from down the stairs I'd a good choice
Yeah each swing is strong and you feel like they're trying to kill each other
Love when he does that stab burst right before nailing him. De la Vega was a true swordsman 👍💪💪
To me the soundtrack evokes a hopeless fight fueled only by the will of De la Vega to protect his family. He's outnumbered and could never win but the music conveys that he won't go down without a fight.
"I would never have let any harm come to her" he said after one of his men - that he brought to her house - has just shot her dead.
Dude still thinks he has a shot with her. Reality is not his forte.
To which I responded "that is where you fail"
I think he mostly wanted to punish her for having chosen his rival over him. Hence, the reason he personally came to her house to arrest Zorro right in front of her and pretended to be ''sorry'' for doing this. Just like with Don Diego, I think he also wanted her to live to see her whole life crumble before her eyes. All while still having strong feelings for her. Yup! Don Rafael needed therapy, more than anything.
Yeah but he didn't wanted to kill her, it was the gunman who accidentally shot her, the bullet was meant for Diego.
He was furious and killed the soldier afterwards, it really show how he loved her
@@MsSirAndy His love for her doesn't change the fact that he's full of shit, he said he'd never allow harm to her when he literally allowed her to be shot dead in her own home.
These were his men, they were under his orders, he chose these trigger happy morons, getting mad and murdering them won't change the fact that he's to blame.
Antony Hopkins and raphael’s character playing the same character even ~20 years apart on screen is still convincing to this day
Nobody ever seems to take into account that Tornado is downstairs in Zorro's secret lair probably just chilling like horses do as all of the goes on upstairs. He was probably curious & heartbroken as to why his owner never returned after this night.
I used to dress up like Don Diego De La Vega in High School when I saw this movie clip now
.... what?
You mean you stopped wearing it!
Dude you seripusly stopped? That was classy as hell.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq that vest is poppin’
@Peter-will Swarts I much prefer Diego’s Zorro outfit to Alejandro’s. The costume Hopkins wears displays De La Vega’s Spanish heritage while Banderas’ Zorro outfit showcases Murrieta’s Mexican ancestry.
You can see how much these two absolutely hate each other
The way the music swells at 1:14 is as good as it gets in film.
I just saw this movie again after about ten years and wow. It still holds up, great story, great acting. Something did bother me this time, though: I never realized how improbable it is for Diego De La Vega to stay in prison for more than a couple of day, let alone 20 years. It's just not consistent with his character. I would have loved for the writers to expand on that a little more.
100% agree, being the Zorro I don't think he couldn't find a way to escape prison and follow Montero wherever he goes to rescue his daughter, the story would've been better if Diego would've been in a coma or he wandering all over the world until 20 years later he finds out Montero had returned to California. But definitely putting him on prison for 20 years is not what I was expecting.
I’m also wondering how he managed to stay in peak physical condition for 20 years in prison in the EARLY 1800’s 🤨
There's also the question of why the new Mexican government would keep a man in prison put there by the Spanish governor they had just driven out.
Montero paid them. The Dons who ran the country after he left were still loyal to him as well.
My guess, he lost everything he ever cared for. Rafael broke him in that scene. He had nothing to fight for. He was replaying the moment Esperanza died to protect him. He was Zorro, and couldn’t protect her. As soon as he saw Montero back, he woke up, dusted himself off and went into action.
This scene proved that Anthony Hopkins is *THE FATHER* .
And many years later he told Elena, "I am your father."
She said, "You are Darth Vader?"
James Earl Jones would dissagree
Her death was sad but not cheesy like talking to each other one last time she just died so realistic but so sad
I recently watched this movie again, and I spotted how Diego got the scratch on his arm that gives him away. It's when he's fighting on top of the gallows and he activates the trapdoor. He scrapes his arm on the way down.
The scratch wasn't what gave him away; it was when he addressed Rafael by his first name.
@@CuteDwarf11 Yes, but the scratch confirmed Rafael's suspicion.
@@anthonyvasquezactor Only because Zorro made the mistake of addressing him by his first name. If he hadn't done so during their confrontation, Rafael wouldn't have tried looked for the said wound, and confirmed his suspicions.
@@CuteDwarf11 Of course, everyone on UA-cam HAS to be a contrarian. 🙄
@@anthonyvasquezactor It's the truth. Problem?
Gotta say, Hopkins is kinda the guy.
I love the cinematography in that staircase fight. Looks like a sword fight from an old 1930s swashbuckler film.
This scene with the sword is such fantastic. What a technique and ability!
I don’t know what is worst. The fact he lost his wife, dying to protect him. Him almost believing his daughter was in the fire of their house. Or the fact he just wanted to hold her one more time, and the governor just mocked him saying “She has HER mother’s eyes.~” Yes, we have to pick one which is worst.
Probably 20 years later, you see her all grown up, looking like her mother, knowing you missed her entire childhood. Meanwhile she calls the SOB who took her from you, "Father".
Now THAT'S how you make an effective villain.
The best part of this scene is the payoff later in the film when Captain Love tries to shoot Diego while Elena's in the crossfire, it's Rafael who pushes him away to prevent history from repeating itself.
In a deleted scene he even slaps him afterwards for putting his "daughter's" life in danger.
@@WestLegend03 They shouldn't have left out the scene where Rafael slaps Love.
Guys! everyone for one moment marvel at the action, direction, music and cinematography from 1:00 -1:50. PURE MAGIC! Movies like this do not exist anymore! Hopefully one day I will be able to direct one like this!
Rafael: "I would never have let any harm come to her".
Also Rafael: *Holds a gun to his adopted daughter on the final showdown*
Uh, Rafael meant: He'd never let any harm to Esperanza in the first statement.
@@kristenslice561 I know, but he still holds her daughter to the gun showing that he probably would have done the same to Esperanza to save his own skin.
True, but him holding a gun to Elena was a bluff, and he reacts with genuine shock and anger at Diego believing he would actually shoot her.
It's almost like he's a villain and a no good, rotten, low-down, dirty POS.
This film never fails to amaze me with it's sword fights.
Stuart wilson is such a great villain
Ive seen all the zorro movies as a kid, Anthony Hopkins was fantastic.
El Zorro is like the Mexican Batman 🇲🇽
He has an alter ego, his other me is Don Diego De La Vega, aristocrat, Novohispano-Mexican, from Mexican California, who lived in Los Angeles, during the Mexican era.
While Don Diego keeps the personality of a millionaire, arrogant, carefree man, El Zorro, is altruistic, helps the most vulnerable, persecutes criminals, always seeks justice.
The zorro was a ispiration for the bob kane, batman creator, becuase he takes zorro+ green hornet
El Zorro was spanish man, ridículous.
@@gianluisaguilar3515 ironically, Zorro was the the very movie a young Bruce Wayne and family were seeing when their date with destiny awaited
@@dariojonasbaines4140 Yet El Zorro was inspired by Joaquin Murrieta, a Mexican outlaw. Don Diego was a Spanish Nobleman, but Alejandro was already born when the struggle for Independence against Spain began. Also he is mestizo which makes him Mexican.
@@donlalo2002
Joaquin is Irish btw
This movie is so fucking underrated.
that Spanish outfit it just look spectacular
had the fight gone on, i suspect de la vega would have killed montero.
obviously...
in terms of clean sword fighting Montero was never a match for De La Vega...
That was the whole point. Diego De La Vega is the ACTUAL canonical Zorro of myth. The premise of the MASK of Zorro is more important than the MAN inside it. So if Diego is the HERO of the myth, he easily would have triumphed had he not taken his eyes off the ball with that one momentary distraction.
Heck they even spell out in the film he could have escaped the prison at any time, he just felt zero need to when the man who took his money and murdered his family had left. But once he discovered Montero returned, he was out of there within mere hours!
@@SoraMatt never realized something so obvious as the name of the movie implying how the mask is the point, so to speak. A concept that would be later used for The Dark Knight Rises. Unsurprisingly, Batman following Zorro again.
As for the fight, de la Vega would have beaten Montero, but surrounded by armed guards he wouldn't have triumphed. Contrary to other situations where he planned his attack as Zorro, he was ambushed and cornered here. The fox had no way of outwitting his hunters this time.
@@samuelperezgarcia no I agree. Talking about when he got locked up. He could have escaped the prison at any time but instead he chose not to. In his grief he chose not to. To him, the need for Zorro was dead as was his desire to live taken from him. With Montero back 20 years later? Zorro escapes INSTANTLY.
Diego de la Vega was the greatest swordsman in the land. He wiped the floor with Rafael, you can see it in this short clip.
Anthony Hopkins really Make me feell , he is The original Don Diego de la Vega i knew since i was a little kid . He looked like an older Diego from Disney black And white tv show
I have been watching the 1957 series. I have really been enjoying the series. Anthony does a great job playing an older De La Vega. I highly recommend it.
They need a 3rd and last movie of Zorro. The Legacy of Zorro. Antonio B. last zorro movie before he passes his torch to a new young Zorro (apprentice).
Maybe that could be the plot to a hypothetical Django Unchained sequel that has floated around. Its based off of a graphic novel where Django goes out west after the Civil War and goes against bandits and allies with Zorro
The apprentice would have to be his son Joaquin.
@Zero Omega2100 Nope, let’s try and erase that sequel from our minds. Good god, there’s downgrades and then there’s that. They should have just left this film alone. The ‘Mask’ is already the legacy. The film displays a perfect cyclical nature. It’s like a cycle that repeats. The same story told again and again.
If they did it now, the young Zorro would be a black lesbian with the sides of her hair shaved, who beats Antonio Banderas, while Antonio Banderas apologizes for the legacy of capitalism and patriarchy.
@@magonus195 lol lay off the ben shapiro cringe fest
Anthony Hopkins is such a boss in this movie.
Looking back this movie is actually better than I remember
You can’t make a woman love you.
i love how the other soldiers don't even bat an eyelash to the sergeant/captain getting executed by Raphael
What are they going to do? The captain killed the woman, I suppose that Rafael, before entering the house, would have given instructions to the soldiers not to harm the woman. Rafael didn't want to hurt Esperanza.
I dress like De la Vega in this scene when I go to parties, like a gentleman but I don't have swords sadly lol
Neither did he have one. He grabbed one off one of the guards at the beginning of the fight.
Even the kindness..
@Dragan Ivanisevic I much prefer De La Vega’s Zorro costume to Murrieta’s. You can definitely tell the noticeable differences when viewing the two side by side. Hopkins’ outfit displays Diego’s Spanish heritage, while Alejandro’s showcases his Mexican ancestry.
You sound like gay
This movie was really awesome
Now this is blockbuster movie
So good
One of the most fun movies I have ever watched!
The cinematography in this movie is perfect
Can we all appreciate that Rafael despite being the main villain, He inmediately killed his own captain for shooting Diego's wife, and saying He wouldn't have let any harm come to her?
At the end He wasn't that bad. At least in that sense
well, he lead the harm to her doorsteps
@@rgama1173 Also, that soldier interfered with whatever plans Rafael had for Esperanza after Diego/Zorro was out of the picture, such as perhaps blackmailing her into marrying him in return for not letting Diego suffer/die - it would be in character for him to do so. And that probably also played into why Rafael killed him in response: he probably wasn't "done" with her yet.
He just loved Esmeralda and wished she loved him and Elena was his real daughter
In the devils advocate phase, I see... you'll grow out of it
He also would’ve murdered a hundred innocent men if it meant killing Zorro
Once the fight starts the dominance Diego shows is impeccable. He leaps full into Rafael, ragdolls him around and easily beats down his defence, cuts his shoulder and traps his weapon. If it weren’t for his backup he would have obliterated Rafael. Hell 20 years later despite spending most of the time prison he still wins.
Yes, Rafael Montero is a competent sword fighter, but Zorro is on a different level of sword fighting. Zorro is quicker with his sword, has better coordination/offense, and better defense.
This And The Mark Of Zorro 1974 are the finest versions of Zorro
My name is Rafael and my brother is called Diego... So, yeah, we made a few jokes when we saw the film!!
Let's be real, we all have an ex we want revenge on
Revenge?? Like what??
Diego has a bleeding wound from several hours ago, but Esperanza doesn't have a drop from getting blasted by a shotgun. I love pg13 movies.
First time in years I seen this part of the movie, it hits a lot diffrent now when I'm adult.
This movie is what inspired the TMNT 2012, Season 3 episode "Tale of the Yokai." In that episode, Hamato Yoshi is Diego de la Vega and Oroku Saki is Don Rafael Montero. Hamato Yoshi's wife Tang Shen is Esperanza. Yoshi and Shen's baby daughter Miwa (now called Karai) is Elena.
I just love the score to this movie!
Spanish women are so beautiful!
“I would never let any harm come to her”
You went to the house of Zorro with armed men bro. You had to have known the risk you were making.
Raphael should have taken Diego seriously when he told him he'd never be rid of him. He's had 20+ years to plan his revenge and 20+ years of pent up rage. Raphael made a huge mistake.
Rafael was booted out of California soon after, though, and went back to Spain. Or perhaps it was a crueler punishment to let Don Diego rot in prison, knowing that everything he ever had was destroyed.
@@howardsmith9342 Probably.
Rafael was happy because he had defeated Zorro, in everything, he had discovered him, taken away his daughter, his possessions, for him he was no longer the invincible swordsman but a man of flesh and blood. I guess he would think that no matter how GOOD he was he couldn't escape.
ABSURD THING because later in the film he says IT'S NOT A MAN IT'S THE ZORRO.
Rafael fought like he didn't know how to use a Rapier Sword, no wonder why Diego defeated him.
If I didn't know how to handle the sword, I wouldn't have been able to fight Diego, what you're seeing is that Diego was on another level. I suppose that Diego, being the fox, trained and trained much more than Rafael.
I am surprised we did not see the wife as a Bond girl in the years after Zorro as she is certainly beautiful enough my God she is breathtakingly beautiful and Martin Campbell who directed Zorro actually directed a number of Bond films.
1:22 excellent form with a stab burst to match a spearman.Fuggin De La Vega was the TRue swordsman 😎😎😎
He never loved Elena. She was just a prize he stole from Diego, a posession- like his house or his horses. A man who loves his daughter will never put a knife to her throat- he will die trying to protect her. But power hungry sadistic sociopaths are incapable of understanding love. What a loser.
Yep!
He did love Elena.
@@sugs1191 Olivia Benson says it best: No one deserves someone else’s child
Yes, he loved her, if in the end he uses her as a hostage it is because Diego was going to kill him, as he rightly says. Did you think I would kill my own daughter?
They never really explained how Montero figured out Zorro's identity in the first place. Did he always suspect Diego but lacked proof until he saw the arm wound from the rescue? Was he clueless until Zorro talked to him at the end of the rescue?
Because he talked to him and because of the wound which confirmed Raphael suspicion
@@draganivanisevic5182 hmm so his mistake was that he talked to him?
He knew from long time. But couldn't gather enough prove in order to take in in a trial. They battle each other for over 20 years. De La Vega belongs to the upper class and you would never see it in trial with convictions. And he was secretly jailed sort like the man in the iron mask.
This feud probably spanned 15+ years, he just needed the power and an opportunity. 😍 this movie.
There is a particular moment when Diego gives Montero the Z scar that montero looks at zorro and seems to recognise him.
Absolutely magnificent film
What’s crazy is both Zorro and Montiero both love Esperanza and their hatred for each other caused her death. Zorro genuinely believed he could overtake Montiero and his men and escape with his family. Montiero thought he subdue Zorro without too much of an issue. Both men’s overconfidence led to her death and you can sure even in the hero vs villain scenario it deeply hurt them both
I remember the old cartoon series of Zorro it was a good show
Me too!
While Montero is a villain, he still raised Elena well. She had an upper class upbringing, was allowed to train in sword fights. The only thing he does wrong was lie about her mother and try to tame her wildness and make her behave; which becomes an asset so she can easily give that image but then surprise people of what she's capable of. He could've raped Elena, kept her prisoner, make her his bride, but he was a decent father to her.
Interesting how you’re able to downplay his actions and brush aside the fact that he was basically responsible for her mother’s death.
The fact that he did a decent job of bringing her up doesn’t change the fact that he had no right to raise her in the first place.
He killed her mother, imprisoned her father. Theres nothing noble or “decent” about any of his actions. It was all done out of pure selfishness.
@@therealmistahjay Yes he had no right and was evil an all that.
But when we get someone as bad as Stalin, we expect his kids, adopted or not, to be raised either badly or with a corrupted moral compas and all that.
But he did not. He truly is a mirror of Zorro for whom Zorro would be if he was self centered and power hungry.
@@therealmistahjay Oh absolutely evil. I'm just more fascinated with the writing itself and how they chose to go this direction. It made Elena's life far more fascinating.
Don't see Montero as so much of a loving father, as he makes several slights toward her in the film. If Elena turned out well, credit would go to her nannies and tutors.
Elena for Montero is his daughter, he would never hurt her but he wanted her to behave like a woman of the time, submissive but Elena was not.
Back when movies were not about comic book characters
Zorro was a comic book character lol
what a handsome husband though.
Zorro: "A California governor once tried to test me.
I stole his daughter, and had his body incinerated after i pushed him to his death.....
.... FhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFhFh"
Was that a stunt double or was Sir Hopkins really laying the mash on that fool? I'd love to see him take a more physical active role now, aged or not. Man is brilliant in all ways
hands down one of the greatest heroes of all time. Both Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Benderas did an amazing job playing the batman before batman was ever created.
And also hands down of the greatest villains of films of the 90's as well. It shows the villain had a little bit of humanity. He truly loved Esperanza. It is not that the villain despises Zorro because Zorro opposes the villain but because Esperanza picked Zorro over the villain. Yes, the villain is power hungry, but he is apparently a good father.
Holly shit people can't stop mention Batman everywhere like relax with comics Jesus Zorro not only isn't that original Batman but has little to no connection with the superheroes he is a folk hero with historical content
In the film it is never said how Rafael discovered Diego's identity, it could be that:
- Rafael deduced that Diego is the Zorrobecause the fox ruins Rafael's operations and that ONLY the nobles knew about those operations.
-That he hated Diego and the Zorro so much that that common hatred allowed him to deduce their identity.
- That Zorro, when calling Rafael with that name, was discovered.
-That the wound gave him away.
But whatever, the great thing about this scene is that we see Rafael's cruelty/humanity and basically the death of Zorro.
Some doubts from Rafael Montero.
1 If he lost the Queen's favor, then how is it possible that twenty years later he returns as governor?
2 Rafael as governor, he could take away all of Diego's possessions, that is, his lands and money. Because in the movie you can see how Diego gets suits for Alejandro.
By the way, a curiosity is that Rafael, despite being the villain with an army, is almost on par with Diego in swordsmanship.
EPIC sword play on the stairs, in defense of doña Elena!! Love it! 👍🏼
“ Z “
Rafel: Your an traitor to your country and your class
*Me who just got done playing the Zorro Chronicles disagrees*
1:14 goosebumps every damn time
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The smirk Anthony Hopkins dons is perfect.
Montero find the true identity of Zorro by the cut on the left arm, and probably also by the voice. He suspected that Don Diego could be Zorro. Then, during the fight, Don Diego wants kill the Governor and escape away with his wife and his daughter. But he couldn't
Why did he bring the soldiers before he saw the cut on the arm ?
@@fredrikandersson5787 He already suspected he was the zorro but Don Diego was a noble and rich person Montero couldn’t arrest him without proof and maybe because of his money and power Don Diego wouldn’t be convicted that’s why Montero went before leaving back to Spain to kill Don Diego but after esperanzas death he believes prision was a better punishment also he puts him with a fake name
@@reyartorius1 What makes you say he already suspected? The movie gives literally no hints or reasons about it. Rafael already suspected because the script says so.
@@anidriX Well , Rafael was in love with Don Diego’s wife , perhaps he kept an extra eye on him to see if he had any chance with Diego’s wife , also in the public execution he heard Don Diego’s voice that was the moment when he confirms his suspects
@@reyartorius1 Well, being in love with Esperanza doesn't mean anything. In fact, it's clear Diego and Rafael don't have a relationship at all because when he sees them he says: "Don Rafael. What an honour. The governor in my home".
Zorro and Rafael seem to be long-time enemies. Therefore that can't have been the first time Rafael has heard Zorro talk. And if it was, Diego wouldn't give himself away so stupidly. Zorro getting his voice recognized goes along the same lines as Clark Kent being recognized with his glasses on.
If someone says that Rafael suspected for a while for reasons not shown in the movie then I can accept that. But the movie itself doesn't give any reasons. The script simply starts with him already suspecting which isn't far-fetched considering it was an aging Zorro and like you pointed out, Rafael was in love with Esperanza.
"I would never have let any harm come to her" Bro, you just did. Crazy how Montero really doesn't see how he's largely responsible for Esperanza's death
I suppose he would have ordered his men NOT TO HURT ESPERANZA. The soldier who shot would think that either he shot or Montero would be defeated by Diego, Diego in that duel was superior to Montero.
This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to protect/have a SECRET IDENTITY
An important lesson Marvel straight-up refused to learn.