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2010
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Positive Reviews
10
Negative reviews
54
Average Rating
1.7
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0.0
But every once in a while, a film limps into theaters so stitched together, its a wonder it doesnt rip apart in the projector.
Av Club
0.5
But every once in a while, a film limps into theaters so stitched together, its a wonder it doesnt rip apart in the projector.Jonah Hex is such a film ..
Av Club
1.8
The sight is quite the conversation starter: How the heck did Hex (Josh Brolin) get so ugly
EW
2.5
Jonah Hex is a Western set around the town of Stunk Crick, although that doesnt entirely explain why the climactic scene involves an attack on the U. ..
Rogerebert
1.5
The problem with Jonah Hex isnt necessarily that its not long enough.
Collider
1.5
In the end, though, Jonah Hex is a sprawling, incoherent mess of a movie, all style (bad), no substance (worse), and capturing little if any of DCs Se ..
2.0
Its a loud and subtle as a sledgehammer assault on the senses, though, at 81 minutes, mercifully short.
Telegraph
2.0
Its not easy to forget the sentiment since Malkovich delivers the line so many times you wonder if he just never got the script revisions.
1.3
I think Jonah Hex could have exceeded 80 minutes to make room for some real visual invention. And three dimensional characters. And a plot. A plot wou ..
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Theres no getting past it: Jonah Hex is a sorry, muddled mess.After years of development, the DC Comics character has arrived after changing hands bet ..
2.5
If this movie isnt good enough for its lead character, its probably not good enough for you too.
Cinema Blend
2.0
Hayward and screenwriters Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor toss in anything they think might look cool (modern weaponry, supernatural scares), and thro ..
Ny Daily News
3.0
Its not going to rock your world, but if youre comfortable with the comic style and the super weapons/crazy guns that would have blown the minds of an ..
JoBlo
1.3
All of this every shootout, blown up building train bad guy is perfectly justified.Hex is just getting even, after all.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Ive never read the comic book, but have to believe its a lot better than the movie.
Sover
2.5
Jonah Hex is short enough, slick enough, and loud enough to avoid being summarily dismissed.
ReelViews
1.0
The real Jonah Hex could have inspired a comic book movie as good as The Dark Knight, or at least a Western as good as Unforgiven.
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
Jonah Hex, the gunslinging antihero introduced by D.C. Comics in 1972, was really just Clint Eastwoods Man With No Name in need of plastic surgery, bu ..
Chicago Reader
1.8
It is a grindingly dull western revenge supernatural terrorist save the world mishmash that fails on every level.
1.2
It is a grindingly dull western revenge supernatural terrorist save the world mishmash that fails on every level.
2.5
Its the sort of premise that should have by all rights resulted in a typically underwhelming romcom, yet director Sanaa Hamri and screenwriter Michael ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.5
Im not saying this kind of movie cant be good, but it sure doesnt happen very often, and it sure doesnt happen with Jonah Hex.
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
What do you get when you make a movie out of a comic book thats not worth reading
News Review
1.5
Its just chaotic and disorganized mayhem that wont do a thing for the genre except tighten the noose around its neck and move it one step closer to a ..
Screen It
2.0
The film shows its comic book origins in good ways (stylish settings) and bad (too many scenes end in a gigantic conflagration), though the paychecks ..
Independent
1.3
It must have been hard labor for Josh Brolin to get in the makeup chair for hours to capture the disfigured look of DC Comics anti hero Jonah Hex.Due ..
Rolling Stone
1.5
Essentially, the film feels like it was badly edited down from a much grander epic to a paltry 81 minutes.
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
1.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
2.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:minsDirected by Jimmy Hayward and written by the guys behind Crank (Neveldine & Taylor), Jonah Hex is b ..
View London
2.0
The Neveldine & Taylor touch, never exactly light, is sorely missed.
News Day
2.8
If summer franchise movies continue to recycle comic books, will comic books eventually disappear
Cs Monitor
3.8
The Western, with its code of short tempers and cheap life, sprang from the Civil War, but few Westerns connect the dots to demonstrate how the war mu ..
New York Post
1.3
Its almost as if the makers of this Western thriller didnt trust in the original premise of its source material the long running and sturdy DC Comics ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
Clint Eastwood makes that look so easy.So do Eastwoods movies, from which this liposuctioned blockbuster cribs.
Boston
2.0
This misbegotten movie seems like a compendium of bad ideas and worse execution.
Mountain X
0.6
This is industrially processed entertainment at it cheapest, nastiest and greasiest.
Star Tribune
1.5
Mostly dead is a little alive, a miracle man once said, but that cannot be said about Jonah Hex, which doesnt seem to know what its own self is all ab ..
1.9
The special effects are really cheesy, even by comic book standards.
Toronto Star
2.0
Otherwise, it seems like a bad case of lost nerve: Hex is never quite the bad ass he is in the comics, while the plot attempts some clunky relevance a ..
Guardian
0.5
It tries to be a hip western re invention to appeal to the young crowds and fails horribly, it pays tribute to the comic book by staging the prologue ..
Cinema Crazed
1.0
Everyone connected with this abomination should hang their heads in shame.
Susang Ranger
1.0
Congratulations, youve concocted the biggest misfire of the summer.Whats The Deal: I feel sorry for everyone involved with Jonah Hex.
Movies
0.5
Its enough to make you want to kill the film reels, bring them back to life and then kill them again.
Movies
1.0
Horton Hears A Who director Jimmy Hayward is the somewhat unlikely choice to direct DC Comics gunslinger pic Jonah Hex.
Total Film
1.0
The key to a good revenge movie is a likable good guy a reason to care about his life truly despicable bad guys and a perfectly crafted ending for our ..
Hollywood
1.2
Slipshod doesnt begin to express the haphazard approach that its team of screenwriters and clueless director (Jimmy Hayward) take in making a pejorati ..
Coles Mithey
1.5
Gives Hollywood an excuse not to make more Westerns, just as its bad for the future of graphic novel adaptations ... save your money and buy the trade ..
1.5
The mark of a good actor is being good in a really bad movie. Josh Brolin is a really, really good actor, because most of the time hes on screen speak ..
2.5
Watching Jonah Hex is kind of frustrating because you keep noticing stuff like this.
Aisle Seat
1.3
If you ever wondered just how desperate Hollywood is to find the next big summer franchise and how clueless they are about how to do it take a look at ..
Nj
3.0
But that didnt stop me from having a hell of a lot of fun watching it.
7M Pictures
2.5
Throw in a bag of popcorn, and for action fans thats entertainment.
Maki At The Movies
1.5
The plot has something to do with counterfeiting plates, but its just an excuse to blow shit up for two hours.How can something this loud be this bori ..
La Weekly
2.0
Its a standard Western revenge tale dressed up with supernatural elements.
Digital Spy
2.5
Over and out with a minimum of fuss, the picture is at least diverting and doesnt wear out its welcome.
Dustin Put Man
1.3
Revenge gets ugly..Thats the tagline for director Jimmy Haywards new blockbuster disaster, Jonah Hex, which is based on a 1970s comic book series.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
0.5
Theres plenty of action and lots of exploding fireballs, but nary an ounce of tension.
Hollywood And Fine
1.8
The grimacing bright spot here is Brolin, whos well cast as the half dead hero, attempting to spit atrocious lines past his mouth sealing facial makeu ..
Brian Or Ndorf
1.9
But Jonah Hex is not a Western, its a comic book movie.It might have been more interesting to explore a zombified antihero in an accurate western sett ..
Big Picture Big Sound
2.0
Tragically I cannot recommend this flick, even as a stoner movie.
Io9 Gizmodo
0.9
A truly great animated film out to have an engaging, imaginative story together with dazzling animation.
Nyc Movie Guru
0.6
When making a feature film based on a Western horror comic, (dont) remove it from the Old West, sanitize the horrific bits, and mistake the term comic ..
Movie Crypt
3.0
Theres plenty of bangs for your buck check out the dynamite heavy ambush of a steam locomotive in the opening sequence.
Sky
2.5
Simply, this is a movie that is every bit as scarred by its troubled production as its main character is.It wears those scars every bit as inelegantly ..
No La
2.5
Nothing in Jonah Hex stands out as especially terrible or particularly worthwhile.
Scifi Movie Page
1.0
Like its half dead protagonist, the movie never comes completely alive.
M Tv
2.0
Western fans will probably appreciate this more than superhero fans.
The Scorecard Review
3.5
The climax gets a little bit rough and scrappy, like they didnt quite have an idea so they just blew everything up.Theres a lame CGI super explosion t ..
Can Mag
2.5
While Jonah Hex has its moments, its ultimately yet another disappointing comic book adaptation.
Movies Ign
2.5
Wayhomer Review #22: Jonah Hex Episode #22 for Jonah Hex, in which our protagonist whips out his comic geek card (but puts it away again), laments whe ..
Need Coffee
1.5
Its fascinating to see uninfected people can be as gruesome as flesh eating monsters.
Bloody Disgusting
2.5
For me, Jonah Hex is the most aggravating kind of movie you can see it has the potential to be an intriguing film and yet its makers fail to develop i ..
Illinois Times
5.0
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Ny Press
0.5
Jonah Hex is a movie missing every element of what makes a movie. Its a gritty comic book adaptation without the grit. It has characters without chara ..
Week In Rewind
3.0
Which brings us to Jonah Hex, a wacky, DC comic bookspawned supernatural western thatsurprisingly, since it costars the gorgeously untalented Megan Fo ..
Ear Of Newt
2.5
The 19 year old shot by a Louisiana state trooper during a traffic stop in Baton Rouge three weeks ago was shot in the back and shrapnel near his spin ..
2 The Advocate
2.5
The audience isnt given much opportunity to care about Hex, Lilah or anyone else, making the film all spectacle and little substance.
Paloalto Online
2.0
But these worthwhile elements are lost in a sea of confused, misguided ideas, bad edits and overcooked, numbing action spectacle.
Blu Ray Ign
1.5
Screenwriters Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor bring us an action film that is always generic, rarely funny when it tries, and at no point truly enjoya ..
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