The Lone Ranger (2013)
Directed by Gore
Verbinski this film based on the classic characters of the same name
stars Johny Depp, Armie Hammer, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner and Tom
Wilkinson. An ageing Native American retells the story of the origin
of the title hero in the wild west.
Of all the franchises
you could pick to reboot this is one of the stranger as no one makes
westerns any more and this is not a franchise that is relevant to
many modern cinema goers. There is however plenty of room to update a
genre filled with problematic elements but unfortunately this film
has all the old problems in spades (Native American character player
by a white person, Native American massacres trivialised as plot
points and female love interests with agency waiting to be saved). I
did enjoy some occasional references to Once Upon a Time in the West
but otherwise this film just seems to be an excuse to try to launch
another franchise around Captain Jack Sparrow but this time in the
guise of a Native America.
2/5
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