History Film / TheLoneRanger2013

** The ending train chase/crash recalls Buster Keaton's ''Film/TheGeneral'';

* ChekhovsGag: The dead bird that Tonto wears as a hat actually proves its worth near the end of the second act when he uses it to fake a CanaryInACoalMine situation.

* ChekhovsGun: [[ChekhovsArmoury An entire trainful.]]

In the film Creator/ArmieHammer (''Film/TheSocialNetwork'') plays the title character, while Johnny Depp portrays Tonto.

-->'''Cavendish:''' [[GenreSavvy Trust me, these two have a hard time stayin' dead.]]

* OutDamnedSpot: Captain Fuller stares in horror at the blood on his (formerly) spotless white gloves after running the Indian chief through. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:[[IgnoredEpiphany it doesn't quite manage to change his mind.]]]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Real-life Texas does not have the [[TheMountainsOfIllinois the rugged, pine-forested mountains]] seen in the climax. Also, Promontory Point (where the transcontinental railroad was completed) is in Utah.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Rebecca's attempt at a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind on the bad guy is interrupted when Tonto accidentally beans her on the head with a big hunk of silver.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Latham Cole seems to genuinely believe he's doing the right thing with his actions.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Latham Cole]]:''' [[WarIsHell I was at Gettysburg. Twelve thousand casualties before lunch. You know what I learned in all that carnage?]] Nothing is accomplished without sacrifice.

* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter is in the film for about 10 minutes tops (in a 150 minute film). The marketing made her out to be the lead female.

* ActionSurvivor: [[DeterminedHomesteadersWife Rebecca Reid]] is a woman in the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Marion Ravenwood]] mold: While she's no brawler, she doesn't panic and handles a shotgun like a pro when the "Comanches" are attacking her farm, takes every available opportunity to defy or evade her captors, and, when possible, picks up a weapon to defend herself.

''The Lone Ranger'' is a film produced by Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Pictures and Creator/JerryBruckheimer that reunites Creator/JohnnyDepp with his ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' director Creator/GoreVerbinski. It is the latest adaptation of ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' franchise. It was released on July 3, 2013.

** One might say that the script kind of turns the simple "lawful or good" yarn on its head. In contrast with regular and even revisionist Westerns, here the evil, cynical and scheming villains turn out to be not some sociopathic deviation or even excess; they're portrayed as an inevitable societal norm in the implied future. The reveal of the villain's morbid arrangement before the finale is quite familiar and feasible for a modern viewer, and wouldn't look out of place in a much more dark and serious film about corporations and political corruption; it's the cartoonish, fairy-tale finale that reverses everything - and again, only in Tonto's retelling! In this context, Lone Ranger himself turns from an unruly helper of the [[LawfulGood government that's ultimately good and just]] to a desperate rebel vigilante who keeps on fighting despite the all-permeating corruption. Ditto the "never take off the mask" slogan and Tonto[[note]]Note that he is dressed (and moves) like Chaplin's Little Tramp, i.e. the first iconic "little man" lost in a modern version of a big cruel city ruled by cutthroat businessmen and rotten politicians.[[/note]] walking away directly from the heart of the City into the freedom and integrity of an empty canyon... painted on a wall.

* IHaveTheHighGround: [[CoolHorse Silver]] likes [[OffscreenTeleportation high places.]]
-->'''Tonto:''' "Something very wrong with that horse."

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As a child, [[spoiler:Tonto rescued Cole and Cavendish from the desert and then told them where they could find the silver mine in exchange for Cole's pocket watch, and in return [[TheFarmerAndTheViper the two men slaughtered Tonto's entire tribe and village]] [[{{Greed}} to keep the location of the silver deposits to themselves.]]

** The scene where Rebecca falls off and her dress get caught in the trains's mechanism also happened to Clara in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''.