Ok, now, I really did want to like this film, because I really wanted to see this film. However, the film fell short of what I--and I'm sure everyone else--was anticipating. It's based off of a Western cowboy DC comic character with the same name. Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is attempting to get revenge on the vicious Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich) who killed his wife and child. Turnbull is also attempting to set off a bomb which is aimed to destroy the entire Washington DC.
The acting in this film is really great (with the exception of Megan Fox), however, it cannot seem to salvage the lack of character development and plot explanation. In a total of 85 minutes, including credits, they could have added a LOT more information and explanation--or even clever dialogue or something. Also, the movie doesn't even give you enough time to get attached to the characters.
I will give it that the filmmakers did have some good ideas for this film, and there were some cool twists in it, but the thing about short movies is that they do not give the audience enough time to really feel like they know the characters and that they are really in the movie themselves. This was just a great concept that was put in some wrong hands.
Overall Grade: D+
-Ethan Brehm
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