The other day I was looking forward to this movie called Hancock.
I had seen previews in the cinema and looked like a pretty funny action superhero movie. It was interesting because a lot of the trailers I saw didn't really give anything away about the plot of the story. I also really wanted to see it because it has Will Smith in it.
I had seen previews in the cinema and looked like a pretty funny action superhero movie. It was interesting because a lot of the trailers I saw didn't really give anything away about the plot of the story. I also really wanted to see it because it has Will Smith in it.
The story is centered about the main character named, John Hancock(Will Smith), a superhero who is shall we say a bum on the streets. He lays on park benches and drinks beer from the bottle and acts really different for a typical superhero. Hancock is the kind of guy that everyone hates rather than loves. He produces more damage when he tries to save the day and pretty soon everyone is out to get him to put him in jail. One day Hancock saves a man's life who in return desires to help Hancock restore his lost image. The salesman played by Jason Bateman takes Hancock under his wing and sort of teaches him how to be a superhero. Ray(Bateman) lets Hancock into his life and he meets his wife(Charlize Theron) and son. Ray teaches Hancock how to land when coming to fly into a situation, how to tell the cops a good job for keeping a situation under control, and so on. Hancock doesn't like it at first but eventually comes around.
Eventually Bateman's character, Ray, convinces Hancock to spend some time in prison (there has been a warrant out for Hancock's arrest since his latest do-good debacle) to make the public miss him. Sure enough, it works. But just when it looks like Hancock will sail happily into a Santa Monica sunset, a major twist throws his life for a new loop.
The major twist, I thought, was pretty cool and indeed made the story more interesting. The last half of the movie got really dark and intense which really differed from the first half which was pretty light and funny. This sort changed the feel of the movie, even though I didn't really mind, it might have worked better if that didn't happen.
A major complaint I had was that they didn't explain it well enough the origins of Will Smith's character. It got kind of confusing and it was sort of rushed near the end. I wish they had made the movie longer with a better explanation of the characters. The story also seemed kind of choppy. Maybe they are setting it up for the next sequel.
All and all I enjoyed the movie with some minor set backs and storytelling. In terms of themes, Hancock deals with standard superhero fare: reluctant heroism, the burden of power, fate vs. choice, etc. On the technical level, Hancock does everything it needs to do, though nothing more. The cast was really great with Will Smith as the great lead and Bateman has the pretty funny PR man.
Hancock is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence and language.
Eventually Bateman's character, Ray, convinces Hancock to spend some time in prison (there has been a warrant out for Hancock's arrest since his latest do-good debacle) to make the public miss him. Sure enough, it works. But just when it looks like Hancock will sail happily into a Santa Monica sunset, a major twist throws his life for a new loop.
The major twist, I thought, was pretty cool and indeed made the story more interesting. The last half of the movie got really dark and intense which really differed from the first half which was pretty light and funny. This sort changed the feel of the movie, even though I didn't really mind, it might have worked better if that didn't happen.
A major complaint I had was that they didn't explain it well enough the origins of Will Smith's character. It got kind of confusing and it was sort of rushed near the end. I wish they had made the movie longer with a better explanation of the characters. The story also seemed kind of choppy. Maybe they are setting it up for the next sequel.
All and all I enjoyed the movie with some minor set backs and storytelling. In terms of themes, Hancock deals with standard superhero fare: reluctant heroism, the burden of power, fate vs. choice, etc. On the technical level, Hancock does everything it needs to do, though nothing more. The cast was really great with Will Smith as the great lead and Bateman has the pretty funny PR man.
Hancock is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence and language.
3 Stars out of 4
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