10 Comic Book Movies That Actually Deserve Remakes

10. Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex is a great story told very, very poorly, so there’s always a chance to rebuild.

Josh Brolin carries the movie as the titular Hex, and although the rest of the cast are pretty strong, a combination of weird accents, truncated arcs and poor direction renders them limp. A movie with Brolin, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon and John Malkovich shouldn’t be this poor.

Megan Fox may stand out on that list, but as Jennifer’s Body and New Girl proves, she’s a decent performer if given leeway. Unfortunately, her role here is to look mildly panicked or pretty; it’s the same hatchet job Jessica Alba got as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four.

If done right, this tale of a cynical cowboy in the old west, a bad man with a good code and a heavily scarred face could be brilliant; just ask John Marston. There’s a deep well in Hex’s canon, but unfortunately the movie took only the smallest of sips.