PLOT:
Set in the American Southwest, the territorial governor enlists the help of the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on white settlers. Native Americans who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore (Lyle Bettger) wants to expand his land to include Spirit Mountain sacred to local tribes. The Lone Ranger realizes these events are related to encourage a war between settlers and natives to scare settlers away so they won’t discover the rich silver deposits on Spirit Mountain.
REVIEW:
It may come as a surprise to some of you out there, but I have actually never seen an episode of Thr Lone Ranger. When I chose this film from instant streaming today, I thought it was a series of episodes, but, as it turns out, this is the first foray on the big screen for the maked rider.
Some people may say that this plays out as nothing more than an extended episode, but if you look at almost every film that came from TV series that were airing at the time, almost all of them play out that way. Remember the 1966 version of Batman?
I really liked the simplistic story here. Nothing too fancy or complicated, just cowboys and indians fighting over land with the Lone Ranger and Tonto doing what they can to keep the peace and, ultimately, save the day.
Yes, that’s all there is to this. See, nothing fancy, but this is The Lone Ranger. Did you really expect something along the lines of How the West Was Won? If so, then you obviously are not familiar with 60s television series.
In the end, The Lone Ranger is one of those pictures that one would have seen in this era at a Saturday afternoon matinee. It isn’t one of those Earth-shattering pictures, nor is it one of these overhyped, CGI laden, overproduced pictures we see these days. It is just good fun, and I highly recommend you check it out.
4 out of 5 stars
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