Movie Review : The Lone Ranger

 

 

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Disney’s latest offering is a remake of the legendary 1950’s TV show of the same name. Since then, there have been a few attempts to bring The Lone Ranger back into the hearts and minds of a world that has, for the most part, moved on from the Wild West as a frontier of any great significance. All have failed miserably. Is this something new to throw on the fire?

First, let me fill you in just a little….

John Reid (Hammer) has just been deputised as a Texas Ranger by his brother Dan (Dale). The Texas Rangers are on the hunt for escaped bad guy Butch Cavendish (Fitchner). They are lured into a trap and all are left for dead. Their bodies are found by native American Tonto (Depp) and when he starts to bury them all, he discovers that Reid is alive. When a white horse, a respected animal of the native Americans appears, Tonto believes that Reid is now a spiritwalker who cannot be killed.

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