Hancock ~ A Super Blunder ~ Movie Review

Hancock is one of the most idiotic and ridiculous roles I have ever seen the Hollywood star and actor Will Smith perform. Hopefully that one sentence gives you a clue how much I enjoyed this film.

MAIN CAST

Will Smith plays Hancock
Charlize Theron plays Mary Embrey
Jason Bateman plays Ray Embrey
Jae Head plays Aaron Embrey

According to my standards concerning movie reviews I would give this a very generous 2 out of 10. I'm being very generous about that score as well.

INTRO & ABOUT THE MOVIE

Hancock is supposed to be a super hero, but in fact he is a drunk, a bum who lost his memory and here's the corniest part, he doesn't even know his real name. How lame is that? Especially since, he has a lot of similar super power characteristics as Superman does (regarding strength, speed, and flying ability). It's actually not Hancock's fault that he doesn't know his real name. I blame the Director of the film. Even the city of Los Angles' people doesn't like him at all in the beginning.

UNBELIEVABLE

I was very surprised to see it actual won The Teen Choice Award in the category: Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure.
And it was nominated as The Golden Trailer in the category: Summer 2008 Blockbuster.

I refuse to say anything else about the movie, for those who might have much respect for Will Smith to want to watch the film just because of him.

LIKES

Although, I didn't like the overall theme or the storyline of the movie, I'm a optimistic person, who seems to find good in everything! So, next I will tell you what I did like about the film.

• The demonstration of his strength toward the end
• Hancock's willingness to sacrifice his life; so someone else can live (that's really the only part of the movie where he looks like a SUPER HERO)
• I really enjoyed the ending scenes (I don't want to reveal about the film so, I'll leave this comment as is)
• Lots of laughs from the comical antics by Will Smith
• Full of 85% action throughout the entire movie
• Jae Head plays Aaron Embrey (a star performance as the innocent, loving and trusting role of a kid)

DISLIKES

Although, I did like some scenes mentioned above. Next I will tell you what I did not like about this film.

• Charlize Theron plays Mary Embrey (Terrible performance as the wife of Ray Embrey)
• Jason Bateman plays Ray Embrey (Mediocre performance as a professional PR executive)
• The unnecessarily use of foul language
• It sends the wrong message to kids in my opinion
• The story line is simply NOT believable
• The way Hancock discovers his super power weaknesses
• Hancock's would be villains are a joke
• The highway speed chase toward the beginning
• The hospital scene toward the end

RECOMMENDATION

If I could do it all over again, I would have spent the movie money at the arcade instead of watching this movie.

This movie deserves 1/4 of a -5 stars in my opinion.  No offense to all the Will Smith fans.  I am a fan of his work as well, but this one took the cake!