“Jonah Hex” (2010)
Rating: 
The reviews on this movie were spot on. Boring, uninteresting, and not even Megan Fox’s hotness nor John Malkovich could save it.
The story is reminiscent of the Clint Eastwood film “The Outlaw Josey Wales” … actually, you can see influences from a lot of the Eastwood/Sergio Leone westerns in this film. And there’s a bit of the old “Wild, Wild West” TV series thrown in too. It’s about a guy in the Civil War who’s a great soldier who crosses the wrong people and gets his family killed in the process and then goes into bounty hunting and revenge seeking.
The elements for a good movie were here. A decent story based on a graphic novel. Malkovich as the main bad guy. Megan Fox. And a license to shoot people in a variety of creative ways. The problem is that it just does not work. Josh Brolin doesn’t carry off the role. He’s neither funny nor charismatic. Eastwood’s characters were stoic as well, but there was always that wry smile he’d show at the right time. Malkovich was either overly constrained by the script or director, or bored … but he’s just delivering lines up there. Megan Fox really serves no purpose to the film other than to draw in 20-year old guys who want to look at her sweaty body.
Bottom line: stay away. The production values are decent (hence the 2-star rating) but after half an hour you’ll be doing what I was: reading news on my iPhone while I waited for something decent to happen on the screen.
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