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Jonah Hex 2010
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Enlisted by a Union soldier (Will Arnett), scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) scours the Wild West in pursuit of Turnbull (John Malkovich), a crazed voodoo master with a scheme to assemble a zombie army that will fight for the Confederacy. Based on the cult DC Comics hero, the action Western also stars Michael Shannon as strange circus impresario Doc Cross Williams and Megan Fox as the beautiful gunslinger Leila.
| Release Date: | June 18th, 2010 |
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JONAH HEX, the big-screen adaptation of an obscure DC Comic, is a Western (Hoo-BOY!) set post-Civil War America. Hex (Josh Brolin), a traitor to his fellow Confederates for disobeying orders by not burning down a hospital, and killing the son of his Commanding Officer (John Malkovich, in a surprisingly non-cartoonish...
(complete Jonah Hex review by Mike Thomas)
| Jonah Hex Movie Review by Shannon (4/30/2012) |
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Based on the graphic novels of a similar title this story focuses upon a Civil War veteran with special powers and chief among them is speaking with the dead. Megan Fox plays the "I love you, Jonah, but don't make me say it" wh*re with a not so heart of gold who ends up being pretty good with guns herself as demonstrated...
(complete Jonah Hex review by Shannon)
Jonah Hex is a blend of noir western, steampunk, and pop-actioner. Problem? The first two of those three genres aren't especially financially successful on the silver screen and clash on a fundamental level with the third. Someone already tried mixing the last two about fifteen years ago, and even Will Smith's presence...
(complete Jonah Hex review by Filmkiller)
| Jonah Hex Movie Review by Martin (10/18/2010) |
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"Jonah Hex" has to be the first comic-book movie I've seen that went by virtually un-noticed at the cinema. Not surprising really, seeing as I (and no-one else it seems) had ever heard of the comic before this, and the film itself has been universally slated.
The Film sees a wild west hero horribly scarred at one side of...
(complete Jonah Hex review by Martin)
| Jonah Hex Movie Review by Jarrod (6/20/2010) |
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'Jonah Hex' seems to be a rather obscure character from DC Comics, overshadowed, I guess, by Superman and Batman. I knew almost nothing about this movie before seeing it, except that it starred Josh Brolin in the title role, and John Malkovich as the well-spoken villain. That alone may be worth the price of admission. ...
(complete Jonah Hex review by Jarrod)
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