of all the version of zorro i have see ( that include douglas fairbanks and tyrone power and guy williams and antonio banderas and duncan regehr and even george hamilton ) and this one be the bad by far . it ridiculous from begin to end . the story barely resemble johnston mcculley writing ( zorro be now a governor . ) and but that a less problem . the main one be ludicrous act and terrible directing and totally trashy script . i will start wit the main character himself . let face it and in almost every version and zorro have always be more or less effeminate in his public identity to hide his strong secret one and but in this one that aspect be exaggerate . he be ( or act like ) a true fg who would make liberace look as macho a john wayne . alain delon be a competent actor when well direct ( remember a plein soleil or the leopard ) and but here he be awful and unbelievable a the sissy governor and and only slightly well a the heroic zorro . the script must be witness to be believe represent it extremately cliched and fill with bad and unfunny joke and and it give an annoy dog name assassin ( which can open secret door in house and thing like that ) almost more screen time than delon . and every time zorro appear on screen somebody screams zorro . ( thank ya and sherlock and i hadn not realize and i almost surprised myself shout to my tv set ) . and leave the soundtrack alone . it couldn not have be more ridiculous represent it consist mainly in a song that play again and again and again during the entire movie and with a chorus that say laaa la la laaa la la and zorro be back . poetic and isn not it . in summary and negative ( it save itself from a rating of 1 because i think that part of the looooooooooooooooooong final fight between zorro and the bad guy stanley baker be slightly entertain . only slightly ) . never see this movie . go for the exciting mask of zorro instead .