SYNOPSIS
When a gang ambushes a group of Texas Rangers, an Indian named Tonto (Jay Silverheels) find one survivor and nurses him back to health. The survivor (Clayton Moore) recovers and rechristens himself "The Lone Ranger" and vows to bring down the gang.
A promising start quickly devolves into a crapfest.
The film was comprised of the first three episodes of the TV series The Lone Ranger (filmed in 1949.) I never knew how the Lone Ranger came to be, so this origin story piqued my interest.
The initial moments of the story are actually great. You feel for the characters and hope the sole survivor gets back at the all-evil gang. But once the survivor dons the mask of the Lone Ranger, the film quickly becomes cornier than a can of creamed corn and cheesier than Velveeta. The Lone Ranger and Tonto become infallible and undefeatable destroying any believability.
The film/TV episodes are poorly edited together.... with several unnecessary shots of heroes and villains riding horses from left to right of the camera endlessly linked together, clearly to pad the already short 70 minute runtime.
Both Moore and Silverheels give the iconic performances that they are best known for, yet it's clear very early into the simple revenge plot that the film will go their way. It quickly becomes tedious and boring... and practically unwatchable.
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