Brian De Palma directs this neo noir adaptation of James Ellroy's true crime novel about the infamous 1947 murder of would-be actress Elizabeth Short. An L.A. homicide detective's (Aaron Eckhart) desire to find the killer turns into an obsession that could cost him his girl (Scarlett Johansson), while his partner (Josh Hartnett) follows a lead to a mysterious femme fatale (Hilary Swank) with a possible link to the victim. Mia Kirshner and Jemima Rooper co-star.

Brian De Palma directs this neo noir adaptation of James Ellroy's true crime novel about the infamous 1947 murder of would-be actress Elizabeth Short. An L.A. homicide detective's (Aaron Eckhart) desire to find the killer turns into an obsession that could cost him his girl (Scarlett Johansson), while his partner (Josh Hartnett) follows a lead to a mysterious femme fatale (Hilary Swank) with a possible link to the victim. Mia Kirshner and Jemima Rooper co-star.

What can I say about Hex that will be complimentary... The sets are nice. And, erm... I liked the sets. I admit that I had been looking forward to this. All the hints at a "British Buffy" and the like had me salivating. However, instead of a British Buffy, we got a hibred of Hollyoaks and Charmed, neither of which have much on the substance side of things. In "Welcome to the Hellmouth", we are left at the end with a good idea of who's who and why. There was practically zero character development. I was left at the end with an extreme sense of apathy. I really couldn't have cared less about a single character, because I knew very little about them. It almost seemed that they had jammed too much into the first episode without thinking that we, the audience, would only continue to watch if we felt any kind of association with the characters.