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Hammer has proved himself capable of mocking his golden-boy looks to good effect in Mirror Mirror, but John Reid doesn’t provide him with the same comedic opportunities, even though the character (especially early on) is meant to be a ridiculously effete city-slicker who doesn’t have the backbone to survive in the rough-and-tumble American West. The performance may be less culturally offensive, but Depp’s Tonto is still a bit of a buffoon - and not a particularly entertaining one. Unfortunately, the portrayal is nonetheless bothersome because Depp digs into his usual bag of actorly tics and cutesy deadpan expressions to get laughs. Depp, who has claimed partial Cherokee heritage, has insisted that he wanted to play Tonto with more sensitivity than has previously been afforded a character who in the past has been little more than a “noble savage” cliché. That’s especially problematic since Hammer’s John (the movie’s central figure, who will transform from a meek lawman into the assertive Lone Ranger, complete with trademark black mask and white hat) pales in comparison.īut the complaints don’t end there.
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As he did in his performance as Jack Sparrow, Depp turns Tonto into a surreal, eccentric character who dominates the film.
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Though they come from warring cultures, John and Tonto must work together, with Tonto believing that this white man has been granted special powers by the spirit gods.īased on the 1930s radio serial, which was later adapted into films and a TV show, The Lone Ranger resembles the Pirates Of The Caribbean series (whose first three instalments were directed by Verbinski) in its mixture of playful slapstick and large-scale action. Told in a series of flashbacks by an elderly Tonto (Depp) to a young boy, The Lone Ranger takes place in the mid-1850s in Texas as idealistic young attorney John Reid (Armie Hammer) ends up befriending the distrustful Comanche warrior Tonto while pursuing Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner), a sadistic outlaw who has killed John’s older brother Dan (James Badge Dale), a Texas Ranger. So, stratospheric grosses may be unrealistic, although this Western still seems destined to be one of summer’s better performers. However, downbeat reviews may translate into mediocre word-of-mouth, especially if there are complaints from Native American groups about Depp’s gimmicky portrayal of the Lone Ranger’s loyal sidekick Tonto.
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Unspooling on July 3 across North America and other territories, The Lone Ranger looks to have a dynamic initial launch thanks to the movie being the major action draw for the US Independence Day holiday weekend. The Lone Ranger resembles the Pirates Of The Caribbean series (whose first three instalments were directed by Verbinski) in its mixture of playful slapstick and large-scale action. Reuniting the Pirates franchise’s creative team of director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp, this origin story of the iconic American cowboy character has plenty of combustion, but it’s almost entirely devoid of charm or genuine excitement. Transplanting the Pirates Of The Caribbean aesthetic to the Wild Wild West proves disastrous in The Lone Ranger, an indigestible swill of forced humour and oversized, overbearing action sequences.