Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.
Practical Effects
Brolin's prosthetic scar deserves its own credit
Production
81 minutes including credits—blessedly brief
Director
Jimmy Hayward
Josh Brolin
Jonah Hex
John Malkovich
Turnbull
Megan Fox
Leila
Michael Fassbender
Burke
Will Arnett
Lieutenant Grass
Aidan Quinn
Ulysses S. Grant
Wes Bentley
Adleman Lusk
John Gallagher Jr.
Second Lt. Evan
Tom Wopat
Colonel Slocum
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeb Turnbull
Lance Reddick
Smith
Julia Jones
Cassie
Michael Shannon
Doc Cross Williams
Rio Hackford
Grayden Nash
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was DC's desperate attempt to launch a non-Batman/Superman franchise. It lost $40+ million and killed the Hex cinematic universe before it started.
The studio panicked after poor test screenings and chopped 30 minutes, including entire characters. What's left barely holds together—explaining the 81-minute runtime for a 'blockbuster.'
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