![]() ![]() Before long, however, the unlikely pair find themselves embroiled in a much bigger plot, involving a secret silver mine, corrupt military officials, peg-legged prostitutes, and the wholesale extermination of the Comanche nation. He is saved by Tonto, who convinces John to take on the identity of The Lone Ranger and bring Cavendish to justice. Suffice to say, the roundup does not go as planned, and John ends up mortally wounded. Before it reaches its destination, however, Cavendish’s gang hijacks and derails the train and he escapes into the desert John is deputized by his brother Dan (James Badge Dale), a local Texas ranger, and a posse sets off in pursuit. Also on the train is convicted murderer Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner), on his way to be executed, and a mysterious and slightly peculiar Comanche Native American named Tonto (Johnny Depp), whose presence on the train is unclear. The railroad is coming through, and Reid is seen to be part of the onset of ‘civilization’ in this part of the Wild West. The film is made by the majority of the creative team behind the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and stars Armie Hammer as John Reid, a morally upright lawyer who is on a train traveling to rural Texas circa 1869 to take up a job as the local district attorney. Sadly, Disney’s $250 million blockbuster seems to be following the trend on the back of appalling reviews and disappointing box office returns, possibly consigning the masked man to the annals of history forever. Following the adventures of a former Texas ranger, morally forthright and unfailingly just, battling bad guys in the Wild West with the aid of his trusty Indian guide Tonto and his horse Silver, The Lone Ranger was massively popular during the early part of the 20s century, but has become something of an old fashioned cliché in recent years, despite numerous attempts to resurrect the character for modern audiences. Over the course of the next 70 years the character appeared in almost 3,000 radio shows, countless books and comics, in a much-loved 1950s TV series starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, and in several theatrical movies, the most of recent of which – The Legend of the Lone Ranger – was released in 1981. The character of The Lone Ranger first appeared on WYXZ radio in Detroit, Michigan in 1933, the brainchild of station owner George Trendle and writer Fran Striker. ![]()
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