Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger is one of the most schizophrenic of recent movie releases. It’s a western comedy with an uncommon amount of realistic mayhem and carnage (an entire Comanche tribe is wiped out). For Baby Boomers who grew up fascinated with and entertained by the legends of the masked ranger of the west, the movie offers some respect for the character and a nod to that famous derring-do (and the familiar “William Tell Overture” at climactic moments), but it just as often dumps on the character’s square-jawed, sober approach to law and order and makes him the target of quite a few mocking japes and jests. So a comedy dominated with real-world tragedy featuring a hero who’s alternately praised and mocked: it’s hard to get into the right frame of mind for whatever the director and producer Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to make of this renowned symbol of the righteous west.
Studio: Disney
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DD
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 2 Hrs. 29 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy
keep case in a slipcoverDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: ABC
Release Date: 12/17/2013
MSRP: $39.99
The Production Rating: 3/5
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Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 5/5
Special Features Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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