"What the f*ck was that?" All said and done, that's probably the only truly sane response to the likes of Jonah Hex, a "blockbuster" that manages to fail in absolutely every regard, from acting, to set design, to the action scenes, rendering it as a movie so dull and so bad that you shouldn't even approach the picture with the intention to ridiculing it. How did both Josh Brolin and Michael Fassbender end up in this movie in 2010? When a movie fails on absolutely every level - and we mean every level - it should at least find itself worthy of being branded under the "so bad, it's good" category, but not Jonah Hex: this movie misses the mark so spectacularly that you feel embarrassed for the people involved. The attempt at a plot makes no sense. Worst still, the movie doesn't seem to care. Even though it's only 84 minutes long, Jonah Hex is a real slog.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
