Quickie review: Not wanting to commit the war atrocities that his fellow soldiers, including his best friend, are committing, a Confederate soldier, Jonah Hex, "betrays" his own men to the Union army. His best friend's father exacts vengeance on Jonah, himself, and his young family. Having survived death, Jonah returns with some supernatural abilities and becomes the most-feared bounty hunter in the land. When he receives news that his old foe is still alive and terrorizing people while at the same time amassing weapons of mass destruction, he vows to avenge his family.
The audience seemed to enjoy it. It was good enough for me as a Western/Gunslinger film.
Here are the things that I found wrong about this movie: Those Gatling guns firing in close proximity to the horse's ears should have rendered it deaf, but it could still hear Jonah whistling at it. Back in those days when women were relegated to menial tasks and housekeeping, the pretty ones were married off to rich men quite easily while the homely-looking ones ended up working in low-paying jobs or became brothel wenches. So how did someone hot like Lila end up working in a whorehouse, and why wasn't there a long line of "Johns" outside of her bedroom door? And since this was before "safe sex" was practiced, an hot girl like her would have been quite an "hotbed" ( pun intended ) for all sorts of sexually-transmitted diseases ( STDs ). And what's up with the acid-drooling "Snake Man"? Despite its title, this movie is all about Lila. Think about it, which face would you rather be looking at? 'Nough said!
