The Lone Ranger (2013)

Plot:

The movie focuses on the origins of how the Lone Ranger came to be. The movie begins with an old Tonto in the 1930's talking to a boy dressed as the ranger. The boy trades him peanuts for a dead rat and he tells him the origin story of how the ranger came to be. He begins with how John Reid is in pursuit of bringing Butch Cavendish to justice for his multiple murders to law abiding citizens. Throughout the plot, Reid is faced with many opportunities where he is allowed to kill Butch himself, but Reid is constantly faced with his ideals of bringing him to justice to rather face a trial and this in part with his role as the new district attorney.  His brother, Dan Reid is excited for his first initial capture of Butch and deputizes him to be an official Texas Ranger. As they are escorting Butch to trial, Butch's bandit friends free him and he cuts Dan Reid's heart out as tribute for his capture. All the rangers are shot and left for dead.

Tonto later comes by and starts burying the bodies of the dead and trading random things with the bodies for things that he wants to keep. As he is doing so, a white horse comes and stands in front of John Reid's body and Tonto realizes the horse is telling him he is meant for great things. Tonto takes Reid and buries the rest of the bodies. He trains Reid and helps him realize the importance of masking his identity.

The movie get's into action finally with the transcontinental railroad having an evil man trying to steal silver from an old Indian reservation where Tonto comes from while Reid needs to save his brother's wife and son.

My Thoughts:

For the most part, this film dragged. The rewarding part is the ending. The last 20 minutes remind us of what people look for in a western. As far as Johnny Depps performance as Tonto, I felt the role itself was restrictive from the start for him. It's not what you'd expect from Johnny Depp, but he plays it as best as he could. I also felt they could have casted the Lone Ranger better. The actor did ok, but I can't tell if it was a poorly written part or poor acting.

Rating:

1 Popcorn

It's not going to be earth shattering if you miss this movie.