| Hancock (Unrated) [UMD for PSP] | ![Hancock (Unrated) [UMD for PSP]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51s3RqVnn%2BL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head, Eddie Marsan
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Rating:  155 reviews
Format: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: UMD for PSP
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.1 x 0.6
MPN: COLDU26419
UPC: 043396264199
EAN: 0043396264199
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 25, 2008
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 155
 awesome movie July 25, 2010
C. Lamoreaux (Salt Lake City, UT)
this is a great show. very entertaining and my package arrived in a timely manner.
Sideways Super Heroes June 26, 2010
Brent Butler (North Carolina)
Hancock is a VERY different take on the super hero concept. Hancock is a mysterious and unhappy man with super powers. When he gets involved in apprehending criminals, he often causes more damage and problems than he solves.
A PR man, whose life he saves, takes Hancock under his wing to help him become a responsible hero, but there are more surprises on the way.
This is a thoughtful and very unique superhero film, and also in most respects very cool. It goes in directions you'll never expect, but not at the expense of leaving glaring plot holes. Will Smith gives his normal top notch performance, and the supporting cast is great.
Laughs, thrills, surprises, and an interesting story. What more do you want from a movie?
 Rewriting Hancock... May 6, 2010
Andrew Ellington (I'm kind of everywhere)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm going to go ahead and get the `SPOILER ALERT' thing out of the way now.
Watching `Hancock', I had an epiphany. Will Smith is really a superb actor, it's just sad that he never quite gets his projects 100% right. I mean, he picks some nice work, some interesting and unusual and memorable work, but when the film breaks down it winds up missing the mark in some way, shape or form.
`Hancock' is no different.
`Hancock' gave Will Smith the perfect platform for the type of acting that he does best. It had layers of comedy, drama, suspense and it allowed him to work his charming charisma, albeit in a way that is unlike most of what he does. It is not Will Smith that failed this film; it is the film itself that ultimately failed Will Smith.
`Hancock' tells the story of a disillusioned superhero named John Hancock. He is a drunk and a creep and is despised by everyone, yet they need him in a way since he is, well, a superhero. When Hancock saves the life of a PR agent named Ray, Ray decides to repay Hancock by reinventing his image. He instructs Hancock on how to behave, how to react and even how to `save the day'. Conceptually, this all works beautifully. The second half of the film kind of takes a nosedive for me. Remember, I said SPOILERS. Having the attraction between Mary, Ray's wife, and Hancock was a cliché for me. They try to back out of it by making Mary, Hancock's soul mate (his wife) and making her a superhero (god, angel) too, and while this kind of works it also comes across rather cheesy. The final scene, in the hospital, is an equal mix of brilliant and ridiculous.
But I'm getting ahead of myself here. Let's rewrite things now.
I would have started by handing the film an R rating. PG-13 somewhat inhibits the dialog, especially when you consider the type of character that Hancock is supposed to be. When he's spouting profanities and being offensive is when he is the most entertaining. Smith handles this side of his character flawlessly (that whole scene with the train and the disgruntled citizens was hilarious). Next, I would have deepened my approach a tad. Think `Unbreakable' meets `Roger Dodger'. While not perfect, `Unbreakable' really nailed the tension of someone coming to terms with their destiny, and `Roger Dodger' understood brilliantly how to craft a character as self-absorbed yet misunderstood as Hancock was here. `Roger Dodger' also understood that sometimes a mystery is far better than the answers. That said, I would have completely gutted the ending. Making Mary another `god' was kind of all sorts of wrong. In fact, I would have gutted her character and made Ray a single father (the storyline involving his first wife was good enough). The whole `battle of the gods' scene with the storm and all that was a mess anyway. Sometimes `flying' in these superhero movies can be so cheesy looking. When it comes to the final scene, I would have made just a few tweaks. I idea of having the gods lose their powers when getting close to one another was a nice touch, although gutting Mary out of the film I would have had it that Hancock loses his powers when he starts to connect with humankind, thus forming an attachment to Ray and his son. Not a romantic, but an emotional attachment. He cares about them, thus he becomes mortal. Instead of giving him ridiculous bouts of strength during the final scene (here he is, mortal and weak with love, and yet he gets strong, gets weak, gets strong, gets weak) I would have had him completely surrender to his mortality and die happy, knowing that he is human. I think that that may have been a great selling point for the films moral center. Throughout the film it is apparent that Hancock wants to fit in and that he considers his gift a curse.
That said; the whole eerie atmosphere of the wet hospital death scene was near brilliance, including Ray's heroic moment of brutality.
Quite a change, I know, but this was all I could think while watching this film. This should have been so much better. In the end, it was entertaining and had moments of greatness, but the fact that it winds up squandering its potential is rather disheartening to me. This could have been a glorious awards magnet for Smith. We all know he is in dire need of an Oscar, but not for the material they keep nominating him for. Smith is, at heart, a comedic actor. He needs a project that challenges him in that field. By darkening some of the tones in `Hancock' and giving it a little more seriousness, this could have been the perfect balance of comedy and drama to get Smith that golden bad-boy, or at least another nomination.
Not a bad way to kill time April 21, 2010
Malik (Columbia, SC)
This movie could've been great if it had stuck to the relationship between Hancock, an alcoholic superhero with anger-management issues, and his self-appointed PR rep, who bills himself as "the Bono of PR reps". There's little about that setup that's NOT funny. However, the movie takes an unecessary left turn into dealing with Hancock's origins, which sucks most of the energy and humor out of the movie from that point forward. Still, it's not a bad way to kill an hour and a half if you're just looking to relax.
 Hancock - Teenager loved it; I did too! March 15, 2010
citadel1980 (Glen Allen, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Honestly, I was not expecting much, but my son wanted this movie. I was surprised at the "surprise ending" and the action that kept me interested the whole way through. May not go down as a classic, but definitely worth watching!
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