
15 Years Ago, A Shockingly Bad Superhero Movie Marked The End Of A Weird Era
Mark Hill
created: June 18, 2025, 11:30 a.m. | updated: June 24, 2025, 9:26 p.m.
You almost certainly don’t remember Jonah Hex, but you should, because it’s a reminder of how good we’ve really had it.
Jonah Hex stars Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex, a DC antihero too obscure to carry a standalone superhero film in 2010.
!” — Jonah Hex does not, in fact, rock.
Fifteen years is not a long time by many measures, but for the superhero film, it’s an epoch.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with a good standalone film, and at this point, the superhero genre could probably benefit from one.
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