It's been a long time since we last saw the Western icon The Lone Ranger on the big screen, and if this reboot from the team behind the Pirates of the Caribbean movies flops then it might also be the last time we see him. Sadly, this fan of the Lone Ranger and Westerns in general didn't find enough in this Gore Verbinski-directed reboot to believe it will connect with audiences in a meaningful enough way to sustain the character's cultural longevity.
This is an origin film about how stolid, young lawyer John Reid (Armie Hammer) becomes a masked avenger after his big brother and model lawman Dan Reid (James Badge Dale) and the Texas Rangers are wiped out by outlaw Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner). Reid teams with the offbeat Comanche spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp), who has his own deeply personal reasons for pursuing Cavendsh. (Tonto's dramatic backstory is the best and most interesting aspect of this incarnation, but it's at odds with Depp's otherwise loopy portrayal.)
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