The audiences weren't ready for this, or they might have never been. With some advertising that more so focused on Johnny Depp and the Pirate of Caribbean movies instead of the fact this was a different movie all together, it might have just left audience underwhelmed. Perhaps, it was just the fail casting of Armie Hammer who someone seems to have thought could make up for his lack of acting ability with his looks. The movie has some great special effects, and some comedic scenes though, and overall it gets to the entertainment point they were aiming for, but without anything special to set it apart it left it for failure.
Summary: Tonto is still alive in the 1930s, but his life has changed. He's now a prop in a travelling circus show where he stands to show case the scenery of the old West. When a young boy passes through he reminds him of his past, and Tonto begins to tell the boy the story of John Reid, The Lone Ranger, and how his hunt for Butch Cavendish transformed Reid into a man for the law into a man wanting justice.
