Last Chapter- Trail of Blood
This has been a pretty fun ride, all things considered. I can see why Clayton was chosen to be the Lone Ranger after this, he makes a good hero. I'm really surprised we didn't get DVD releases of everything Zorro related back when the Banderas movies were released. This one has good action even without the stock footage from previous serials, and it's got Moore. Too bad the new Ranger movie seemed to be so awful.
Naturally Rita finds out who the real villains are. I'm impressed that we do get to see Zorro in this last chapter as well, figured he wouldn't have his mask on at all. How new "hero" movies have ruined wearing a mask now. They still dub a different voice in when he talks to Crane and Kilgore. After the final fight, the serial ends abruptly with our heroes laughing.
In the late 1950s, Disney's Zorro TV series starring Guy Williams was a big hit. To cash in on the character's revived popularity, Republic Pictures re-released Ghost of Zorro and Zorro Rides Again (1937), after editing each into a 69-minute feature film.
ReplyDeleteNot to be outdone, Disney edited episodes of their TV show into a feature-length movie, The Sign of Zorro, and released it in theaters in 1960.