Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Celluloid Film Review - Jonah Hex

Title: Jonah Hex

Year Of Release: 2010

Review Date: November 30, 2010

Rating: R

Running time: 81 minutes

Box Office Gross: $10,903,312

Site Rating: 0 out of 10 stars

"Jonah Hex" is a terrible, violent and sadistic film, with traces of the occult. It stars "Transformers" former lead actress, Megan Fox and actor, Josh Brolin. The movie sacrilegiously plays off the crucifixion of Christ and has many inappropriate themes.

Brolin stars as Jonah Hex, who killed his friend and ended up facing the anger of said comrade's dad, Quentin Turnbull. Hex's family is burned to death by Turnbull, he is stripped of all material possessions and left to hang on a cross for days, with his face disfigured from a facial branding with a hot iron. Hex then seeks revenge for the wrongs he suffered at the hands of Quentin Turnbull.

I can see why this movie flopped. It wasn't very good and is very derivative of more modern works. It got so dark and depressing in certain places, it really did not make you want to watch the rest of it. Megan Fox has once again picked a bad film to be apart of, which is not doing her career any favors. Do yourself a favor and skip this movie.