Jonah Hex

JONAH HEX (12)

D: Jimmy Hayward

Warner/Legendary/Mad Chance/Weed Road (Akiva Goldsman & Andrew Lazar)

US 2010

81 mins

Action/Fantasy/Western

W: Neveldine & Taylor [based on characters created by John Albano & Tony Dezuniga]

DP: Mitchell Amundsen

Ed: Dan Hanley, Kent Beyda, Fernando Villena & Andrew S. Eisen

Mus: Marco Beltrami

Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex), Megan Fox (Tallulah Black), John Malkovich (Quentin Turnbull), Michael Fassbender (Burke), Will Arnett (Lt. Cross), Michael Shannon (Dr. Cross Williams)

One of the worst comic book adaptations of all time, starring Josh Brolin as the title character- a bounty hunter with a burned face who can communicate with the dead.

It quite simply doesn't work, the story is riddled with terrible cliches, boring characters, lame action scenes and poor visual effects.

I also couldn't decide what was uglier, Josh Brolin's appearance or Megan Fox's pathetic attempt at acting.

The only positives are that it was mercifully short at a mere 81 minutes and that Fox's awful performance ensured that she stayed off cinema screens for a number of years.

3/10