Sunday, June 12, 2011

Jonah Hex

I may have seen all of the good movies from 2010 already. This one had potential, but unfortunately just was not salvageable as even a B-movie. Ultimately, it is devoid of joy, and you actually find yourself liking the villains more. I'm actually writing this review during the last ten minutes of the movie.

On paper the movie could have been half-way decent. Malkovich as the bad guy, check. Setting is 1870's, and the main characters are all Civil War veterans, check. Elements of supernatural, and steampunk, check. Plot development, or any idea on how to create an actual story...Missing! I think that Playstation Western game I was playing has a better narrative to it with more character development. This one felt like an average video game, and a pretty bad movie.

One and a half stars out of five for the giant cannon that is in it.

1 comment:

  1. I had this on my queue to watch next, but now I'm thinking I will hold off on this for a while. Thanks for the info, Neil!

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