Cartooney swash-buckling action, with a strong cast (Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and Antonio Banderas) and lots of poor repressed Spanish peasants to save. This is an enjoyable film that reminded me of the old Musketeer films staring Richard Chamberlain.
This film was also interesting to me on a historical level as it is set in the days when Spain still had control over areas of northern America, such as California. However after I'd seen this film something bugged me about it for days later and then I suddenly realized what it was there's an American soldier in this film in a Union uniform who seemed rather anachronistic. Wasn't the Union formed after the American civil war and wasn't that after the state of California had become part of the rest of the northern states and under control of the English ? Hmmm But I could be wrong !
Its still a fun film to watch though (especially for the kids and the big kids like me) !
This film was also interesting to me on a historical level as it is set in the days when Spain still had control over areas of northern America, such as California. However after I'd seen this film something bugged me about it for days later and then I suddenly realized what it was there's an American soldier in this film in a Union uniform who seemed rather anachronistic. Wasn't the Union formed after the American civil war and wasn't that after the state of California had become part of the rest of the northern states and under control of the English ? Hmmm But I could be wrong !
Its still a fun film to watch though (especially for the kids and the big kids like me) !