Ten years have passed since the events of "The Mask of Zorro.." Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) has a great life. He has a beautiful wife, an energetic son, and is able to live contentedly as a don. As the folk hero Zorro, he even is helping the state of California join the USA.

Jacob McGivens: It seems we have a fly in the ornament... or should I say a fox? Zorro.

This all changes when, after refusing to give up being Zorro, his wife, Elena, files for divorce. With his son thinking him weak, de la Vega falls into drunkardness. It does not help that Elena is now seeing a wealthy French aristocrat.

With a literal explosion, de la Vega finds that there is something else going on.

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