THE MASK OF ZORRO

1998

Channel 5, 1pm

Martin Campbell’s swashbuckling blockbuster made a star of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. The film follows Banderas’s Zorro as he helps the original masked vigilante, Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins), to avenge the death of his wife – while accidentally falling in love with his precursor’s daughter (Catherine ZetaJones). It’s dramatic and over-the-top fare – with just the right amount of romance – and entertaining enough for a Sunday afternoon.