Review of The Lone Ranger (2013) by Patrick A — 07 Nov 2014

Funny how when the review is a case of 'the less said the better', and the little that's to be said also has a 'but' followed by a small pat on the back.

As boring, and mostly unfunny, as 'The Lone Ranger' is, it does save its best for last, unlike a recent Bond movie that starts with a thunder but keeps on dragging after the first 10 minutes.

The winners are Silver the horse, Hans Zimmer for his score, mostly good photography, and some nicely crafted action sequences that are silly yet amusing. Together, they keep dragging the dead weights called Tonto (Depp), the sorry looking protagonist (Hammer), and an ill-conceived script that chooses to go the murky way that Pirates' episodes 2 and 3 did, than be charming and entertaining like Zorro did for which there was plenty of room here given the canvas and backdrop.

What a wasted opportunity, and, going by the initial response at the box office, a slap in the face for this $235 million intemperance.