A surprisingly bright movie with Depp at his best. Rango stands out from the growing crowd of digital animations with an imaginative take on the Western genre.
Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp reunite for a Western inspired animated feature, Depp playing the titular role and Verbinski directing the latest outing from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM); Rango. Flung from his tank when a car narrowly avoids a road accident, the previously unnamed chameleon arrives head first into the Western world of the Nevada desert, where a whole host of creatures live in the town of Dirt. He fancies himself something of an acting aficionado and moulds himself with a brand new personality, akin to classic ‘man with no name’ characters, even becoming Sheriff of the town. But how long can he keep up his act, or maybe just survive, when he must help the town’s water crisis and become the hero he claims to be?
