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125 MINUTES | BOSTON COMMON + FENWAY + FRESH POND + CHESTNUT HILL + SUBURBS Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films set the template for a new breed of on-screen hero, as witness Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. Now Zorro — the masked avenger who inspired Bob Kane’s comic-book vigilante — returns after a seven-year absence. Martin Campbell once again directs Antonio Banderas as a Zorro reinvented for Bush’s America and sporting Spider-Man-like agility. This is progress? Set in 1850, this bloodless, family-friendly outing finds the land-locked swashbuckler balancing domesticity with crimefighting — battling not just for the impoverished but for the good of America! Zorro’s adversary? A Frenchman (non-threatening, non-French Rufus Sewell) with designs on Zorro’s wife, Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), whose sexy sparring with our hero has been tempered with impotent, sit-com-worthy situations. Throw in mugging 10-year-old Zorro Jr. (Adrian Alonso) and Zorro’s trademark "Z" will join the ones floating above your head.
BY BRETT MICHEL
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