Zorro returns in a highly anticipated TV series starring Jean Dujardin and broadcast in streaming. We saw it before its release, here is our review.
“He signs his name with a Z at the tip of his sword, which means Zorro.” If you are nostalgic for this TV theme song, here is some good news for you: the masked vigilante is coming back soon in a TV series, probably one of the most anticipated of this fall 2024. Jean Dujardin has been chosen to play the protagonist opposite Audrey Dana, André Dussollier, Eric Elmosnino and Grégory Gadebois.
And it goes without saying that the series Zorro takes a rather clever stance: the plot begins 20 years after the original series, when Don Diego de la Vega has not called upon his double for two decades. Although he becomes mayor of Los Angeles, he remains powerless against the injustice and greed of a local businessman, Don Emmanuel. Especially since his marriage to Gabriella is seriously floundering… So many reasons to take up the mask and the sword again, for better, and especially for worse.
We have seen all 8 episodes of the series Zorro before its streaming release. And it goes without saying that viewers can expect a program full of humor, with a protagonist very different from what his status as a hero suggests. The series focuses on entertainment and fans of OSS 117 will be delighted to find a hilarious Jean Dujardin, handling both scathing and schoolboy humor, painting a clumsy Don Diego full of contradictions, who has a lot of trouble knowing who he is as he juggles between his two identities. The rest of the cast is also up to par, special mention to Gregory Gadebois, as touching as he is funny in the role of Sergeant Garcia.
We have a great time watching these eight episodes that dust off and desacralize this hero that we all know. The beginnings turn out to be very effective, unfortunately, over the length, the series loses its panache to get bogged down in more dramatic intrigues, but less well held over time. The fault, in part, lies in surprising narrative turns that seem to lose sight of the main character, and which remain on the surface, without really daring to go into depth or offer a real conclusion.
The series Zorro is broadcast on the Paramount+ streaming platform (accessible to Canal+ and MyCanal subscribers since August 20) from this Friday, September 6. The episodes should then be broadcast on France Télévision at a later date, which has not yet been announced.