Jonah Hex was released in 2010 and is known for bombing at the box office. The movie is based on the DC Comics character of the same and sees Jonah Hex on a mission to get revenge on the man who everything from him. The film stars Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, John Gallagher Jr., Tom Wopat, and Michael Shannon.

I thought Jonah Hex was alright. I didn’t think it was as bad as it had been made out to be, but I also did not think it was amazing either. To be honest, I thought it was stupid and mindless entertainment. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. Sometimes you just want to watch something that is mindless entertainment.

I think it was good that the movie only clocked in at around eighty-two minutes. If the movie was slightly longer it would have started to drag. The movie is very surface. There is no depth at all. Even films that don’t have a lot of depth have a little in sparing moments. There was no depth at all and zero-character development. Not every film has character development but there is at least minimal character development. That was not the case here. Jonah Hex has a tragic backstory similar to a lot of other comic book characters especially in DC Comics. Even those brief moments lacked depth or any type of emotion.

The cast is fine for what they are. I thought Josh Brolin did a good job in the role for what it was. I am aware that Josh Brolin is not a fan of this movie. Also, given he did not change his voice for the role I could not help but think of Thanos a lot. For anyone wondering, yes I do think the Jonah Hex on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow was done a little better.

The movie had a simplistic plot which I also could not really follow. I didn’t know who most of the characters were. I also got confused a little bit about what was going on. It was good that the movie was relatively short.

There were some fun moments, and the movie is very silly. A lot of things did not necessarily make sense even in a comic book movie. I do understand why the movie bombed. This also came out after Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2. The MCU was at the beginning of its cinematic universe. This also came out in the midst of Christopher Nolans’ brilliant Dark Knight trilogy and way after Spider-Man and X-Men. The earlier films were and are still considered some of the best in the genre before later installments in those respective franchises.

All and all Jonah Hex is not terrible, but it isn’t great either. It is stupid mindless entertainment and sometimes that is all that is needed. If you want to turn your brain off for eighty plus minutes, this would be worth a look. I do think the setting in the old west is a cool concept and I would be very interested to see what James Gunn would do with this character and setting in the DCU.