Jonah Hex is a film that needed something better than a strong lead actor. Josh Brolin gives it his all, but the rest of the film doesn't live up to his screen presence. Not that he's playing a unique character, as he's all archetypes, but at least he commanded my attention. Everything else falls flat. The best thing about it is that it only takes about 75 minutes to finish, meaning you won't waste much time if you decide to watch it.

If there was a perfect example of a film's potential being compromised, it's with this one. It has the things needed to make a great popcorn film - a great cast (Michael Fassbender, Michael Shannon, John Malkovich, Josh Brolin), a script by Neveldine/Taylor of Crank High Voltage and Gamer, and music by the progressive metal band Mastodon - but it gets squandered, turning the film into a edited down and generic comic book film.

It's a shame I have to use numbers for the score because I want to rate it as eeeeeeh. Or . Or so-what. This is 80 (?) minutes of meh. It's like they hired a bunch of good actors (and Megan Fox) and then thought "Now what". I really wish I had waited until I discovered immortality and had billions of years to fill before watching this. Also, I could rate this lower but that might imply there is entertainment from the badness. No, no and thrice no.

How much was cut from this movie that Michael Shannon is onscreen for literally three seconds and is the 6th highest actor on the billing? Also, how is this ONLY 70 mins? It feels much longer. I don't get the "It's good until..." reviews -- the movie is bad from the start, quickly bungling the introduction & making it impossible to care about any of the characters. For a comic book western, the movie has no visual style whatsoever. The animated opening looks TERRIBLE. What an ugly waste of time.

Yeah, it's pretty crappy (well, at least Megan Fox's acting is pretty crappy) - but if you go in expecting the worst movie ever, you might be pleasantly surprised!

Weird. That is about all I hvae to say

So much wasted talent. Every actor in this is way better than this film, I seriously don't understand what attracted them to this, money can't have been it - the budget looks so stretched it makes Wild Wild West look Oscar worthy. Still, wasted time on a Sunday afternoon. And it's barely over an hour long. So, it's practically over before you even realised what you're watching. I knew it was going to be crap. Just, not this crap.

Josh Brolin is awesome. John Malkovich is awesome. Michael Fassbender is awesome. Mastodon are awesome. Westerns are awesome. Megan Fox is hot. With so many awesome/hot things, how did they fuck this up so badly? It's either down to the worst cinematography I've ever seen, studio interference or lack of respect for the source material. Either way, it was terrible.

34.500

I didn't expect to like it, but it just didn't leave any lasting impression, good or bad.

Well shot and interesting visuals... that's about it.

I tried to sit through it. I fell asleep. I gave it a second chance. Needless to say, it did not deserve it.

Man, this was a total mess. Brolin is badass as usual and John Malkovich has some epic facial hair, but that's just about all Jonah Hex has going for it.

A boring film with a confusing mess of a character that tries to explain away some fantastical weapons by recasting Eli Whitney as a wild west Da Vinci. Jonahs super powers are barely explained to us and when he uses them we're left wondering simply "what?"

Even the brilliance of Josh Brolin cant save this "Wild Wild West : part II'. Everything down to the music. Terrible. And naturally, Megan fox only adds eye candy. Avoid unless avid Fox fan.

Steampunk is a hit today. Fine. I like steampunk. I also liked the mood and Josh Brolin as Western medium was good. Fox in corset was hot as long as she kept her mouth shut. But the structure of script was a mishmash. And I did not like Bondish black and white characterizing.

Underwhelming. I wanted to love it because it's a comic book movie and comic books haven't been represented well in movies, generally. But this isn't worth your time. It's not awful it's just kind of there and it doesn't need to be there. It lingers like the relative you don't like.

Bad, but not obscenely bad like Wild, Wild West. At least they kept it short (70 minutes minus the credits).

Hayward's live-action adaptation of a DC Comics superhero series from the Seventies comes across as an imitation spaghetti Western translated back into vernacular American, a mac-and-cheese Western, let's call it, or a Beefaroni Western. The plot stuff will satisfy no one's hankering for a Western, or even a spaghetti Western. It can only serve to measure the genre's further advance into decadence.

Unwatchable.

What gets bigger the more u take away? A hole. What gets smaller the more u add? This movie. Hex is a simple, but perfect character 2 build a gritty western around so what's w/ all the hardware & magical powers? Hex is now also part The Crow & part James f-cking Bond(!) which adds up 2 one of the most generic, dull & uninspired "westerns" ur likely 2 c. Unfortunately DC is owned by Warner, which allows Warner 2 swallow & crap out their characters however they please, & that's not good 4 any1.

Action western, based on a DC Comics character, about a bounty hunter who is asked by the U.S. military to stop a terrorist in order to eradicate the outstanding warrants on his own head. a confusing and poorly shot adaptation of a minor comic-book story that feels days longer than its 80-minute running time.... a jumble of supernatural elements, a love story and selective bits of the comic book. None of the parts are developed enough to be interesting.

This movie would've been much better as a bond film. It has everything a great bond film has, except a chase scene and a good story that simply moves too fast for you to notice the holes. Here you can see the holes as well as a great villain, a hot chick in a corset, and a steampunk-esk array of weaponry that lets it stumble into an alright movie. Maybe next time they can work on that plot thing.

This horrible piece of shit makes zero sense and all of it is too dark to see what's going on. The only time you can see is when they're showcasing some truly wretched CGI. Megan Fox is terrible, bringing nothing to the movie, and Brolin slurs every line through some horrible prosthetics. The worst film since "Gamer" last year. 10 points for Malkovich's facial hair.

"JONAAAAAAAAH HEX"

Watch this film for one reason: You have nothing else to do and you want to turn off your brain for 70 minutes of cowboy-I can talk to the dead when I touch them because I was once saved by Indians and now I am a vindictive bad ass, who has to save America on its 100th birthday-action. Yeah... Thats the only reason to watch it. Brolin is cool (As always), but nothing else about the movie is so dont waste your time. That is of course unless you are in the mood that I described above.

During the first 30 minutes I actually wondered why is everyone bashing this. The next 50 minutes showed me why, but it's still not all bad.

a patchy--at best--adaptation of a comic all but forgotten. the writing is sub par, the direction is sub par, and the acting is acceptable. it's easily forgettable and what could have been a decent throw away action flick becomes an uwe boll-esque production.

I have to bump it up into low-end average for the following reasons: steampunk weapons; Megan Fox in a corset; John Malkovich; comic book movie. The plot? Come on, man. This ain't that kinda movie. I'm of the majority that don't think that Megan Fox deserves to be on the same screen as John Malkovich, BUT, I will give a hearty "fuck you" to all those people who avoided this movie JUST because she was in it. Stop being teabags. You're not clever, you're not hip for hating on Megan Fox - you suck.