Jonah Hex

2010

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 12% · 155 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 61571 61.6K

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Plot summary

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.


Uploaded by: OTTO
October 01, 2012 at 06:41 PM

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Megan Fox as Lilah
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Jeb Turnbull
Lance Reddick as Smith
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1 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mjk280 5 / 10

Short and not bad enough to offend at least

I'm a fan of comics and westerns so even though I knew of Jonah Hex in name only this was something I knew I could probably at least sit through. I've seen some reviews and they seem a little harsh. It wasn't anything special but it moved a long fairly quickly and I wasn't bored for what that's worth.

I agree with others that Brolin was a good choice for Hex. I was glad to see Malkovich there but he seemed a tad underwhelming. I think he's a great actor so I trust he nailed the character though. Will Arnett stuck out like a sore thumb in the small number of scenes he was in. He's a goofy, funny guy I just don't really want to see him in a serious role. You almost can't tell if he's for real or being sarcastically serious. Megan Fox is Megan Fox. Why people are complaining so much about her acting I have no idea. She's there for sex appeal. No one thinks she's the next coming of Meryl Streep or something.

The movie looked a little too synthetic for me especially some of the "ultimate weapon" stuff. It looked a little too clean for a western too. I don't know why some movies like There Will Be Blood can look so authentic and suck you in to the setting but others like this just look too fake.

I figured there would be some fantastic elements involved even though it was grounded in real life, just because of the comic influence. That might have prepared me a little more for the stuff others might have found to be out of place. In fairness movies are a little bit like watching a sporting event for the first time. If you don't know the rules or know what to expect you're likely to not enjoy it much. After the first 5 minutes or so I figured as much to not be jarred by some of the more out of place plot elements, so all in all I thought it was a short, somewhat entertaining movie. Glad it wasn't much longer though.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 4 / 10

I Talk To The Dead, But Will They Listen To Me?

Josh Brolin, who is looking more and more like his father as he grows older, plays the title role in Jonah Hex based on DC Comics hero from the old west. He's one mean and nasty character, but there's a reason Brolin is like that.

Back during the Civil War, Brolin betrayed his commanding officer, a Nathan Bedford Forrest like character played by John Malkovich who was going to blow up a hospital. For doing that Malkovich slaughtered Brolin's wife and family, branded him with a nasty scar on his cheek, and left him hanging on his fence. Almost dying he's rescued by Indians and brought back to life. The near death experience has left him with an ability to communicate with the departed. And a nasty disposition which is needed to go into the profession of bounty hunting.

No less than the centennial president of the United States, one Ulysses S. Grant summons Brolin saying that this Forrest like character is alive and word has he's planning some really nasty surprise for the American centennial celebrations. Nasty doesn't begin to describe some kind of new weapon he's developed, some kind of gatling gun like cannon that fires rounds of these glowing phosphorescent type balls that can set off terrible explosions.

Jonah Hex will not be on the top ten of either of the stars work and the film leaves a lot to be desired except in the way of action. But Brolin and Malkovich seem to be having one great old time in a contest of overacting. They know they have a bad story and they're bluffing their way through the film, looking like they're having a ball.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 2 / 10

Awful, awful stuff

I'm no big fan of comic book adaptations, but even by the standards of the genre, JONAH HEX is a terrible film. I should have guessed that the taint of Neveldine & Taylor (responsible for directing CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE and GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE) was on this one, as it has the same bargain basement quality, hyperactive child look and feel. Even if they didn't direct (that job went to a Pixar animator, of all people) the film still looks like one of their efforts.

The story is about a scarred, supernatural gunslinger looking for revenge on the guys who murdered his wife. Josh Brolin plays it gruff and miserable, and is just about passable; given that he's virtually unrecognisable beneath the makeup, I guess he gets away with it. The supporting cast aren't so lucky. John Malkovich hams it up as the bad guy, and as for Megan Fox, well she appears to have the kiss of death in terms of the quality of the films in which she stars. The only person who comes away with any credibility is Michael Fassbender, whose henchman villain is more menacing than the chief bad guy.

Elsewhere, the film is a mess of poorly-shot action and endless CGI. 90% of the thing is shot in near pitch blackness so you can't really see what's going on, and you easily miss cameoing stars like Michael Shannon and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The action is an awful, over-directed mess, with an emphasis on boring CGI explosions and the like, and as for the story...well, what story? Give this mess a miss at all costs.

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