By Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers
“Jonah Hex” has more problems than the film’s tormented central character. It’s a confusing and poorly-shot adaptation of a minor comic book story that feels days longer than its scant 80-minute running time.
Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a bounty hunter asked by President Grant (Aidan Quinn) to stop post-Civil War terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). Hex is up to the task since it was Turnbull who murdered his family and left him with a horribly scarred face.
In a plot that feels like it was originally planned for “The Wild, Wild West 2,” Hex must stop Turnball from leveling Washington, D.C., with a massive new weapon.