jonah hex

bummer, this one had so much potential. the story follows jonah hex, a confederate soldier during the civil war who gets betrayed by an evil man played by john malcovich, and his family is killed. actually, hex is killed too, but it doesnt quite stick. when he comes back to life he's got a strange connection to the dead and can talk to them. this sets the stage for a bit o' the old revenge. a pretty good set-up, but this movie fails in almost every regard. josh brolin does well as the disfigured hex, but whats the deal with megan fox? it seems like her story was just added to the film when the realized they could afford her or something. most of her scenes are completely unconnected, not actually having any screen time with her costars until about the last ten minutes. strange. the story itself is choppy and seems like they just taped together what ever scenes they found on the cutting room floor after severely gutting the original movie. and and 80 minutes, its likely thats exactly what they did!