Storyline
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
Directors
Cast
James Badge Dale, Chad Randall, Johnny Depp, Rance Howard, Steve Corona, Gil Birmingham, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson, Lew Temple, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Root, James Frain, William Fichtner, W. Earl Brown, Jack Axelrod, Matt O'Leary, Joaquín Cosio, Armie Hammer, Randy Oglesby, Margaret Bowman, Freda Foh Shen, Brad Greenquist, Leonard Earl Howze, Harry Treadaway, Damon Herriman, Chad Brummett, Argos MacCallum, Jason E. Hill, Kevin Wiggins, Robert Baker, Timothy V. Murphy, Leon Rippy, Tait Fletcher, Ruth Wilson, Nick W. Nicholson, Beth Bailey, Mason Cook, Saginaw Grant, Stephen Brodie, Matthew Page, Bryant Prince, JD Cullum, Damon Carney, Travis Hammer, Christopher Hagen, Luz P. Mendez, Laina Loucks, Devon J. Adams, Desirae Anslover, Charlotte Cormier, Megan Pribyl, Briana Van Schuyver, Julie Stracener, Joanne Camp, Bob Rumnock, Alex Knight, Pokey Lafarge, Joey Glynn, Adam Hoskins, Ryan Koenig
Trailer
Reviews
55
The fact that Johnny Depp alone gets top billing above the title, The Lone Ranger, despite not playing said character sums up the generally misguided approach taken by Depp and the creative crew behind the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise in bringing last century’s radio and TV hero back to the big screen in a big way.
50
A moderately amusing but very uneven revisionist adventure with franchise and theme park intentions written all over it...This attempt by Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to plant the flag for another Pirates of the Caribbean-scaled series tries to have it too many ways tonally, resulting in a work that wobbles and thrashes all over the place as it attempts to find the right groove.
50
It's a 2 1/2-hour slog, with tonal inconsistencies and monotonous, drawn-out action sequences. Scenes alternate between frenetic and tedious.
50
Gore Verbinski’s film is an overlong array of noisy, digitally-assisted chases, shootouts, crashes and explosions with the occasional flash of homage to the “real” Lone Ranger that suggests a better movie than the pricey, jumbled compromise Verbinski delivered.
42
By the time the origin movie stuff is wrapped up and the audience finally gets to see The Lone Ranger and Tonto on their first of their legendary deeds, it's far too late in the movie, particularly if your patience has already been drained by the simple yet over-elaborately staged plot, that struggles to be compelling.
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