Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

Synopsis

Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood. Female lead Megan Fox has told the media in early reports that “Jonah Hex” will be “super-violent” despite being a PG-13 movie. In the Wild West, a scarred bounty hunter tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead.

Official Site: www.jonah-hex.com

Singapore Release Date: 5th August, Thursday

Running Time: 80 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller | Western

Cast: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon

Crew: Director (Jimmy Hayward), Producer (Akiva Goldsman, Andrew Lazar), Screenplay (Neveldine & Taylor, William Farmer, John Albano, Tony Dezuniga), Music (Marco Beltrami, Mastodon), Cinematography (Mitchell Amundsen) and Editing (Dan Hanley, Kent Beyda, Fernando Villena)

The Trailer

The Review

Basically Jonah Hex is a mediocre western shoot-em-up flick.

Yes Megan Fox is in this one, and at times I felt her excellent looks distracts the plot.

Josh Brolin was brilliant as usual in the acting department, playing the anti-hero, but what doesn’t click right for this movie is the add-on storylines.

The supernatural part just makes the comic series less realistic. I would have hope the producers would stick to the original comic series plot, but I guess Hollywood knows better eh.

Entertaining, YES, lots of action, YES , CGI excellence, YES … but the story has plenty of loopholes and doesn’t make sense.

The Good

• Excellent character development

The Bad

• Conflicting genres
• Predictable lame ending

Editor’s Ratings