Jonah Hex is a 2010 American post-Civil War Western film loosely based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by Jimmy Hayward and stars Josh Brolin as the title character, Jonah Hex, and also stars John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender, and Megan Fox. The film was released on June 18, 2010 to generally negative reviews from critics and audiences and flopped at the box office. During the American Civil War, Jonah Hex served as a Confederate cavalryman until his commanding officer, Quentin Turnbull , a general for the Confederates... who is obsessed with the fall of the Union, ordered him to burn down a hospital. Hex refused, and was forced to kill his best friend, Turnbull's son Jeb. After the war, a vengeful Turnbull and his right-hand man, Burke , a psychopathic man who often takes pleasure in those he kills or torments, tie up Hex and force him to watch as his house is burned down with his wife and son inside. Turnbull then brands Hex's face with his initials, "QT", and leaves him to die of thirst or exposure.
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| Release date: | June 17, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Jimmy Hayward |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 81 Minutes |
| Producer: | Akiva Goldsman, Andrew Lazar |
| Editor: | Kent Beyda, Daniel P. Hanley, Fernando Villena, Tom Lewis |
| Music by: | Marco Beltrami, Mastodon |
| Cinematography: | Mitchell Amundsen |
| Screenplay by: | Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine |
| Estimated budget: | $47,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Jonah Hex |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Western |