Not even Matthew McConaughey’s excellent performance can save “Free State of Jones” from being an epic bore.

I had fun with one or two of the action sequences in this, especially surrounding the Orc’s, but everything feels so inconsequential and cold with no stakes. There’s no character that you truly care about, and no story that has the slightest bit of intrigue. Even when bodies hit the floor and characters go in different directions, it doesn’t matter and it doesn’t hit you on any personal level.