Antonio Banderas is a little slower, and Catherine Zeta-Jones' corsets are a little tighter, but the stars of 1998's stellar The Mask of Zorro are back in 2005's family-friendly sequel.
But now there's too little swordplay, and too much family bickering. There's too little drama, and there's entirely too much of that annoying kid.
Banderas and Zeta-Jones have lost much of their chemistry from the first film, but they ring true as a couple bickering their way to a divorce. And I got tired of Elena protesting how adventurous and daring she was, and then doing the *exact* opposite of adventurous or daring.
The humor's somewhat silly, and the best action sequence in the film is the first one. But there's entirely too much punching where there should be dueling (the fight scenes are too safe and tame) and the action takes great liberties with the laws of physics.
Not a terrible popcorn sequel, but not a great one either. It might be worth a watch on cable, but I wouldn't go out of my way.
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