The Lone Ranger

TRAILER

PLOT (SPOILERS)

Armie Hammer as the one and only Lone Ranger

The film sets in the year 1933 with a young boy visiting a Wild West exhibit. He was observing wax figurines of animals of the grizzly bear and some bull I have forgotten what it's called. The third wax figurine was a weird looking man which is stated as a Comanche Native American. While the small boy was looking deeply to it's soul, the eye of the wax figurine glance at him (horrifyingly) and seems to be alive. The alive and moving seemingly wax figurine is actually known as Tonto. Tonto then starts to tells the young boy of his experience of a certain friend, The Lone Ranger (which he mistakenly thought the boy as him, with the mask on). The story that Tonto tells brings us all back to the year 1869, where the first transcontinental railway was managed by a man named Latham Cole. John Reid, a lawyer was in one of those exclusive train heading to Colby, Texas and in the other car next to Reid's there's Tonto and an outlaw Burch Cavendish, being transported for his hanging after being caught and arrested by Texas Ranger Dan Reid, John's brother. Burch's gang came to rescue him in style, it even came to Burch jumping from the on moving train to the galloping horse without looking, with his back facing the horse (Bad @$$).

Tonto (Johnny Depp) and The Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer)
 obviously have different fashion sense

Before all that happen, Tonto had the opportunity to kill Burch but was then ruined by good guy John Reid but end up both cuffed and could not do anything while Burch escapes. High action train maneuver scenes can be seen later. Upon reaching the destination, John imprison Tonto for god knows what reason he has and Dan deputises John as a Texas Ranger (not because he imprisons Tonto) with his own gang as well to go after Burch's gang. While the Texas  Rangers were keeping up with Burch's gang, they were ambush and killed after the betrayal of one of the Texas Ranger, Collins. Burch then walk over to Dan's corpse, cut out his heart and eats it (it's true). Tonto somehow escapes from jail and ends up at the location where all these mayhem occured and buries the dead Texas Rangers. A white horse appears which is known as a spirit horse awakens John as a "spirit walker" which means John cannot be killed in battle. Tonto suggested John to wear a mask to protect his identity as he was thought to be dead as it is best to keep it that way and gives him a silver bullet made from the Ranger's badges and tells him to use it on Burch. Tonto and John then travels to a brothel where Collins recently visited where Red Harrington informs them of Dan and Collins fighting over a cursed silver rock. Meanwhile, Burch's men, disguised as Comanches, raid frontier settlements. John and Tonto arrive after raiders abduct Dan's widow and son, Rebecca and Danny. Burch instructed Collins to shoot Rebecca and Danny. Regretting his betrayal to the Texas Rangers, Collins attempts to help Rebecca and Danny escape but is shot dead by Latham Cole, who rescues them. Claiming the raiders are hostile Comanches

Latham Cole (Tom Wilkinson) the chess player

Latham announces the continued construction of the railroad and dispatches United States Cavalry Captain Jay Fuller to exterminate and kill the Comanche. A Comanche tribe captures John and Tonto soon after they found the railroad tracks in Indian territory. The tribe leader tells John of Tonto's past. As a boy, Tonto had rescued Burch and Latham from near-death and showed them the location of a silver mine, in exchange for a cheap pocket watch. The pair murdered the tribe to keep the mine a secret, leaving Tonto with great guilt making himself believe that the men were possessed by evil spirits within the silver and vowed to find and kill them both. Tonto and John escape as the United States Cavalry attack the Comanche. John and Tonto rides to the silver mine where they successfully capture Burch after killing his men. Tonto demands that John use the silver bullet to kill Burch, but John refuses and both of them have a little spat with each other regarding Tonto's past and ideas. Tonto attempts to kill Burch, but John knocks him unconscious and brings in Burch alive. Upon returning Burch to Latham and Captain Jay's custody. It is found out that Latham and Burch are partners and their plans to control everything. With shock and regret after Captain Jay found out they were both working together and attacked the innocent Capache but also fearing that if his actions are publicly revealed he'll be charged as a war criminal, Captain Jay sides with Latham. Rebecca and

Is this just another disguise of Captain Jack?

Danny are held hostage, and John is taken back to the silver mine to be executed. However, Tonto rescues him and the two flee as the Comanche attack and are massacred by the cavalry. Realizing that Latham is too powerful to be taken down lawfully, therefore John puts on the mask again and bad @$ mode on. John and Tonto rob a bank to steal some highly explosive chemicals and use it to destroy a railroad bridge. Tonto manages to steal the train with the silver and later on being pursue with a second train (which Rebecca and Danny are being held captive) by Latham, Burch and Captain Jay. Riding the white spirit horse, John with his bad @$ move still on, pursues both trains. After a furious chase and fights on both trains, both Burch and Captain Jay are killed while Rebecca and Danny are rescued. Tonto caught Latham in a corner and reveals himself by returning the watch he traded years ago, leaving Cole to drown buried beneath the silver ore after the train plunges off the severed bridge into the river below. After the heroic scene, John decides to decline an offer to be in a law enforcement position and rides off with Tonto. Travelling back to 1933, the young boy questions the truth of the story, however, the elderly Tonto gave him the silver bullet and asked him to decide it for himself. 

REVIEW

One word to describe The Lone Ranger: FUN. Yeah, I find it fun to watch although there are some scene which were unexplainable and does not define reality, probably those kind of scene are the reasons that make this film fun to watch. For instances, the white spirit horse (which is called Spirit by the way), somehow manages to climb on trees and rooftops, John and Tonto jumping off trains without getting a hurt and some other part of the film I've forgotten, sorry. The scene where Burch's gang comes to rescue him at the beginning of the film reminds me of a scene from Fast Five (which is also at the beginning of the film) however the cars were replaces by galloping horses for this film (just pointed that out for fun). Tonto then also reminds me of a certain character that was also played by Johnny Depp, Captain Jack Sparrow (DUM DUM DUM). At some scene I would thought that the theme score of Pirates of the Caribbean would be playing but hey, who wouldn't want Captain Jack Sparrow and Tonto 

Spirit and Tonto have some intimate moments

teaming up together, they will be a deadly duo with randomness acts to follow (although Tonto seems to be someone who doesn't really too much on improvisation). Both characters were quick witted, fun and charming and both with a mysterious past (but in for Tonto it's pretty much revealed a little). As Empire, a film magazine reviewed, "The device of an oldster telling a tale to a boy was genius in William Goldman’s The Princess Bride and it works as nicely here, the youngster’s intermittent objections, indignation and incredulity over aspects of Tonto’s story taking us back and forth in time periods and effectively linking episodic adventure into one big story in five acts". It was some sort of a brilliant idea to also tell the audience of the classic story. The score of the film was brilliant, absolutely loved it, because it was by the legendary Hans Zimmer. The last ending credit soundtrack "Home" kind of sound like "Time" from Inception which both of these score I love to listen to over and over again. One more thing before this concludes, the scene where John and Tonto chase and fights with Burch, Latham and Captain Jay with "Finale" also makes my eyes in tears (don't know why), it was fun and action packed with a well known music playing into your ears is some of my favourite scene of the film. Another scene to highlight is while the credits role, filming elderly Tonto walking through a canyon is also enlightening and mysterious while "Home" continues to play while he walks. Probably a tiring scene to walk for so far in a slow and gentle pace. Audience that have watched or have not watch the previous shows or films of The Lone Ranger would probably enjoy this new film.

Overall, this film earns : 3/5 rating