Thoughts on the ‘Jonah Hex’ Trailer

When thinking of possible comic book-inspired films that should be released, DC’s “Jonah Hex” doesn’t immediately come to mind, and for good reason. A character that never seemed to break through his cult status, he may own the hearts of many rabid fans, but has never had the crossover ability of many other characters in the DC universe.

Nevertheless, that isn’t stopping Legendary Pictures from putting this one out there and with a solid actor the likes of Josh Brolin at the forefront, things don’t look too shabby.

Overall, it looks like an action-packed adventure that should be a good diversion from some of the bigger summer blockbusters out right now.

Set for a June 18 release, this film will be riding its way into theaters before you know it.

From the trailer alone, hardcore fans will notice from the trailer that Hex’s origin has been tampered with. Gone is the whole Indian tomahawk fight [that ended up giving him his scar] in favor of a more “Hollywood” beginning, as Hex’s family is killed by one of his only memorable villains, Quentin Turnbull, played by another talented actor, John Malkovich. This sets the scene for a ton of action and ironically sexiness, added by the good-looking, but thin on talent Megan Fox. In spite of her horrible performances over the past few years however, she looks like she can handle playing a dangerous western whore.

Go figure.

Regardless of this, the grouchy drunken confederate badass many fans love still seems to be there, as Brolin has enough one liners to satisfy even the most dedicated of Hex’s fans.

Because of that, this should be a more than interesting summer release.

You can check out the trailer for yourself, below:

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14225 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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