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Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex ticketstubWhat's noteworthy about this movie is that, while it looks like an old-west gunslinger cowboy type movie, it actually takes place largely along the east coast (much of it in Virginia) and is instead about domestic terrorists who want to blow up America. I'm not entirely clear why, but I doubt it matters. Josh Broland as Jonah is a bounty hunter with a code, sorta, who can also talk to the dead. It sounds like there's a lot to this, but we only get a sampling. What bothered me was how Jonah learned all about the rules of talking to the dead. Was there a manual? "Hey dead, it's me, Jonah." Megan Fox plays a whore who can kick ass while wearing a disturbingly painful looking corset. Malkovich is the aforementioned terrorist who wants to blow everything up so that the people rise up and tear down the government. I'm not clear on how that's supposed to work when you've already blown up most of the people, but hey, this is comic book fantasy, why should we start making sense now?

So did I like the movie? Meh. I didn't find it entertaining. My favorite part was like, watching people gallop around to crunchy guitar music, if that tells you anything.

2/5

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