Hancock

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Plot Hancock is a story about a sleazy, super hero, who gets an image-makeover by an unemployed publicist. Hancock is drunk and rude and disagreeable -- or as the movie says repeatedly an "asshole." The worst part of the movie is the beginning where he is so disagreeable. There is a major surprise, plot-twist near the end. It surprised me, and it was funny -- however everything that happens after that has no motivation at all. Why are these characters doing what they do? I don't know. I don't think anyone knows. On the other hand, if you wanted realism, you should have seen a documentary.


Review: The best part about this movie is Will Smith, but even he cannot make Hancock a likeable character. The other basic problem is that the bad guys are just some nameless prison escapees. A hero needs a good supervillian as a foil. This is not a bad movie, but 2008 superhero movies have been so good, that it suffers in comparison. This is nothing compared to Iron Man, Spiderman 3, or Dark Knight.

Cast and crew:
Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Charlize Theron; directed by Peter Berg

Rating
2.0


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Probably would have been cooler on the big screen.