This paint by numbers western revenge comic flick is certainly not offensive or ineffective to deserve such a negative buzz.
Jonah Hex's family is killed. Scarred and back from the dead, he finds his families killer is dead. Feeling robbed of his revenge he becomes a bounty hunter but when America is put under threat he may just get his revenge after all.
A star studded cast that includes Josh Brolin, John Malkovich and modern day starlet Megan Fox. With familiar faces like Wes Bentley (P2) Michael Fassbender and Aidan Quinn to name a few. It's mild mix of Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Wild, Wild West (1999) and Ghost Rider (2007). To it's credit it had great sets, location and make up with a competently written script and a great score taking it's queue from Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and is reminiscent of many great westerns.
It's well directed by Jimmy Hayward and the lighting compliments the atmosphere, especially in the night time scenes. It has lots of action and is laced with humour, the few supernatural elements coupled with some gun play keep it interesting and Hex is far from the turkey you may have been lead to believe. It's a dark comic adventure which is quite easy to swallow, and should be for the amount of talent and budget.
With its short running time Hex is not as good, bad or ugly as Jonah lovers or critics would lead you to believe.
