After his family was burned to death by his mortal enemy, Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) was left for dead but saved by a local American Indian tribe. He gained the ability to speak to the dead, which he uses to pursue criminals as a bounty hunter. His only real human interaction is with a surly prostitute named Lilah (Megan Fox). But when President Grant (Aidan Quinn) informs Jonah his enemy, Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), is alive and planning to build a "nation-killer" weapon, Jonah springs into action.
This was based on a DC Comics property but just couldn't garner the same kind of interest as more well-known characters. It probably sounded great on paper. It's essentially The Crow: Civil War edition with two Oscar nominees on board, a director team known for crowd-pleasing action, T&A courtesy of Megan Fox, and a family-friendly PG-13 rating. Add all of that together and you get a wannabe supernatural Western, a bunch of bloodless deaths, and a collection of stock-paper characters. A for effort, D for execution.
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