Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

*Spoiler/plot- Son of Zorro, 1947, Set in the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War, this project tells of a returning Canvalry officer, Jeff Stewart to battle outlaws who have taken over his home. He becomes the mystical Zorro to get justice for all citizens*Special Stars- George Turner, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft*Theme- Zorro is the icon for country justice.*Trivia/location/goofs- Republic theatrical Serial, black & White, Locations filmed at the west San Fernando Valley movie ranch's, Iverson Film Ranch Chatsworth California. Republic's 4th ZORRO project was the only the third based on the adventures of Johnson McCulley's sensational swashbuckler and his descendants. The exception was ZORRO'S black Whip ('44) which featured a similar lead character. Some stock footage from this project would be reused for another serial in 1950, Ghost of ZORRO starring Clayton Moore (so the be famous as The Lone Ranger)*Emotion- Though many theatrical serials were 'slowing down' in quality and content. This one is surprisingly a superior serial for 1947. A enjoyable film but has a slow plot. Even today, very watchable and enjoyable to see once. Slow pacing ruins this film.

Hero returns from the Civil War and finds his home county over run by crooked politicians who are taxing everyone out of existence. Run of the mill western is pretty good but what is Zorro doing in all of this? Clearly it was time to crank out the old cliffhangers and use them again. Give Republic points for turning out well done action chapter plays but take a few simply because we've seen it all before, in the B westerns they and other studios were producing. It suffers from being too much the run of the western serial mill. However if you haven't seen many serials or B-Westerns, this is a good little time killer.6 out of 10 simply because its so by the numbers

I would like to comment on Ed Jones assumption that Clayton Moore went from being the Lone Ranger to Zorro. He had been a serial star at Republic for some time, prior to getting into television. Actually, it was the other way around. In his book, "I was the Masked Man," Moore tells how his agent used his performance in Ghost of Zorro, released in 1949 before the Lone Ranger TV series but in the same year, to get him the job. I believe it was the way his eyes looked behind the mask. Moore always had that intense look. However, in 1952, Moore did take a hiatus from the TV series (for reasons which were never quite made clear) and returned to Republic to make Zombies of the Stratesphere, one of the Commando Cody serials. He also made Son of Geronimo at Columbia.

Typical 40's cowboy shoot 'em up action. Guess Clayton Moore would not give up the Lone Ranger mask and so the name Zorro was used. Nothing Zorro about this one, just trying to cash in on a legend. Here he is running around in a black outfit, in the same basic cut of the Lone Ranger, used a gun (and not a sword or whip) and bad guys kept on getting the better of him. Maybe it's the lack of a cape.... Still it was a fun serial....