Kirpianuscus
...is the basic purpose for see it. because it is one of many films about revenger and used as vehicle for not bad special effects. familiar name of actors, crumbs of classic western, few eccentric ideas. and it is enough for an easy show for everyone. nothing surprising, nothing too high. only fire, a crazy plan, John Malkovich and Alan Quinn as decent president Grant. and , sure, memories. about lonely revengers, not good, not bad, with terrible experiences in past and obscure future, invincible but good pellow for large sort of pains. so, fun. in large slices.
cinemajesty
DC Comic movie adaptation of "Jonah Hex" is one mess of a movie. A production budget of 47 Million Dollar put down to lowest corner of a Warner Bros. lot dumpster. Screen writing pair Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor gladly moved on as first-choice directors in favor for the movie "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vegeance" (2011), which did not really improved the situation for the partially innovative directors of "Crank" (2006) on the emerging domination of Marvel comic book adaptations with "Iron Man" (2008-2013) and "Captain America" (2011-2016) as front-runners. They made room for director Jimmy Hayward, who had at no time the picture under control, even though the promising ensemble cast starting from Josh Brolin in the title-given role accompanied by actress Megan Fox, who together share probably the most entertaining moments in "Jonah Hex"; a movie that glorifies booze, whoring and any acts of violence in a Neo-Western scenario with PG-13 rating, received through the MPAA butcher shop and green-lit WB executives, which brought the running time down to 75 Minutes (excluding the end credits), not worth any box office ticket; to actors John Malkovich and Michael Fassbender as double-team nemesis of anti-hero "Jonah Hex", who clearly had fun with their role variations, yet at no time were pressured by the director to make this picture a 90 Minute thrill-ride with no cheap looking animated flash-forward fill-ins and clear cut hardcore R-rated showdown on an unless promising battleship destroyer location, missing any passion for the original graphic novel content, where the main character, a former confederate soldier of the U.S. civil war, revived my Native Americans, who has the gift of awakening the dead by touching their skin and delivering punchline as "Cut myself shaving.", on getting asked on his disfiguring facial scar origins before sending the questioner pistol-shot to hell.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)
Python Hyena
Jonah Hex (2010): Dir: Jimmy Hayward / Cast: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett: Obscure comic book superhero made into an embarrassing showcase and deserving box office bomb. Jonah Hex has the ability to communicate with dead people after being put to death himself. He was forced to watch his wife and son burn to death. Now he wants revenge on those responsible. Directed to uninspired heights by Jimmy Hayward with superb special effects and facial makeup on Josh Brolin as Hex. Brolin is basically a one man killing machine as Hex and nothing more. John Malkovich is wasted as a cardboard villain threatening mankind with a doomsday device. Can he not come up with a better plan? It is depressing witnessing an actor of Malkovich's calibre wasted in shameless world domination schemes that were made fun of in Austin Powers. Megan Fox is fetching yet laughable as a feisty prostitute. She is yet another one of these women whom appears totally sexual yet dislikes the attention and when pressured she waves a knife about as to make viewers believe that she is tough as oppose to a joke. Michael Fassbender also appears for all the good it will do him. Will Arnett enlist in Jonah Hex's services but what he should have done is enlist in an agent that doesn't dupe him into projects like this. Superhero films are usually the item of profit but when viewers are mostly unfamiliar with it then the filmmakers are potentially kicking themselves in the ass by even thinking it will be a hit. The result is an idiotic pointless contraption should be hexed with a hatchet. Score: 2 / 10
Terryfan
Once again DC Comics took another try with one of their comic book characters and give them their own motion picture.This time however we get Jonah Hex a character I never knew existed in the DC world because all I knew were Batman, Superman and others After watching this movie now I know why I haven't heard of Jonah Hex.But from what I have learn from both the movie and research on the comic character himself is that he's a western comic book anti-heroHex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent.Now the movie has Josh Brolin playing the part of Jonah Hex and some praise his performance and thought he was the right actor for the role, I will have to agree he did a good job as the anti-hero of the film. He has a woman who works as a call girl Lilah played by Megan Fox.At the time I watch this movie it was because Megan Fox was in it and she did have some fair acting in the film as well as having a clever girl moment in the film. The film's main antagonist is Quentin Turnbull played by John Malkovich and he is a sick monster in the film and John deliver an twisted performance in the film. But the performance is not the three main cast members who give some good performance in the film the film's problem is the film itself it has too many dark scenes and graphic to boot, there also scenes that prove to be too intense for movie goersAnd I don't know how many know of Jonah Hex it's one of those characters you either know about or don't know about either way this film will not make you a fan of Jonah Hex because the script feels plain as the best word I can give it. Jonah Hex also has some powers like he can bring the dead back to life for just a few moments to gain informationIt's just hard to take this film even seriously, it just feels broken like they wanted to make a movie just to get a paycheck and to bring in on Megan's success in the "Transformers" filmsOverall the film is still graphic and hard to even consider serious but Josh, John and Megan performances are the only thing worth left to say about this film.I give Jonah Hex an 5 out of 10