Capt. Harrison Love

Captain Harrison Love is a fictional character and the second villain of the 1998 film, The Mask of Zorro, portrayed by Matt Letscher.

Film Biography
Love is first introduced into the film when after the Murrieta brothers finish a robbery. He wounds their leader and then Alejandro Murrieta's brother, Jaoquin. Rather than being arrested, Murrieta shoots himself. Although he was probably still alive, Love delivered the killing blow, beheading him. This creates an extreme lust for revenge in Alejandro. Later, it is revealed that he is in the employ of Don Raphael Monterro, who uses him as military aid for his current project. He is later seen at a party at Monterro's home, in which he seems to fall for Diego's daughter, Elena, who is under the impression that Monterro is her true father.

He then comes alongside the group of other Dons to Monterro's mine, named El Dorado. He explains that blasting is now a part of the mining process and then mortally wounds a slave, who is later shown to be Alejandro's original leader in their old gang. He coldly grins at the subject, since this was the second time the gang leader was shot flying through the air. Love then invites Alejandro to meet with him. In a rather grotesque scene, he offers Alejandro a drink, and puts a small jar with a severed hand with two fingers missing on the table. Love asks if he wants something else, and puts a large jar on the table with Jaoquin's severed head. He also implies that he's suspicious of Alejando. This infuriates Alejando, who breaks his cane in fury.

Love is present during the first time Alejandro is now fully Zorro. He is the one who discovers the map is missing and the first one to fight him. Zorro escapes, and Love proceeds to the mine in which to oversee the final stages and to destroy the mine, with all the slaves in it. Love lights the fuse, and then stops it by cutting the fuse when he discovers Zorro is present. Zorro manages to stop the crane pulling up the remaining gold from the mine. Alejandro and Love enter a final vicious fight. Alejandro cuts an "M" for "Murrieta," revealing that the new Zorro was the escaped Murrieta brother. Love brought this up later, saying that his brother would've shot himself at this point. Love disarmed Alejandro by sending him to the roof of the gold elevator. The two fought one last time and Alejandro disarmed and impaled Love through the chest. Alejandro revealed himself to Love, who fell on his knees. Love was later crushed to death by the wagon containing the gold bars which had fallen over the edge thanks to Diego de la Vego (who did it in a final desperate act to kill Monterro).

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