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Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out: The title character (Will Smith) can fly, has superstrength, and is invulnerable, but he's also a sloppy, alcoholic jerk who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a public-relations agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock's image--starting by having Hancock surrender himself to the authorities and go to prison for his lawless behavior. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up, and people will start to realize Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock--from there, the movie takes several clever turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie (among other things, director Peter Berg overuses close-ups with a hand-held camera to a degree that may cause motion sickness), but it is an extremely entertaining one. The script, which holds together far better than most superhero movies, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for its characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman, and Charlize Theron as Ray's wife, Mary) deftly balance the movie's mixture of comedy, action, and drama. All in all, a smart subversive twist on a genre that all too often takes itself all too seriously. --Bret Fetzer
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Academy Award® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again--until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hancock (Will Smith) is not your garden variety superhero. He's more like your garden variety bum. He spends most of his day sleeping on benches and drinking booze. When duty calls, he awakens from his drunken coma, bottle in hand to stop the wrong-doers. If there's a lesson to be learned here, it's not to fight crime drunk because it costs millions in property damage and public outrage. Luckily for Hancock, somebody wants to help the poor guy. Cue Ray (Jason Batemen) a publicist who vows to change the superhero's image in exchange for Hancock's saving his life.
The first half of "Hancock" is chock full of crude humor and the superhero doing his worst at being the best. It's thoroughly entertaining and will provide plenty of laughs. The second half of "Hancock" is about the superhero in the spotlight, but this time he is depicted as a "true" superhero and the public begins to recognize him as a positive figure. The second half is what makes or breaks the movie for viewers. Why? Because of the unexpected twist in the plot.
While I won't reveal the plot twist, I will say that it will leave people feeling divided. Some will probably think it is incredibly clever and others will believe it's sheer silliness. In my opinion, it's both clever and silly at the same time. Either way you look at it, "Hancock" is an original movie...the only one of its kind. The only superhero movie that does not have to be strict to a source, i.e. a comic book, to appease fans. It is also extremely entertaining. Everything from the CGI to the performances make this movie interesting and above all, unique. "Hancock" is definitely a movie worth watching.
The first half of "Hancock" is chock full of crude humor and the superhero doing his worst at being the best. It's thoroughly entertaining and will provide plenty of laughs. The second half of "Hancock" is about the superhero in the spotlight, but this time he is depicted as a "true" superhero and the public begins to recognize him as a positive figure. The second half is what makes or breaks the movie for viewers. Why? Because of the unexpected twist in the plot.
While I won't reveal the plot twist, I will say that it will leave people feeling divided. Some will probably think it is incredibly clever and others will believe it's sheer silliness. In my opinion, it's both clever and silly at the same time. Either way you look at it, "Hancock" is an original movie...the only one of its kind. The only superhero movie that does not have to be strict to a source, i.e. a comic book, to appease fans. It is also extremely entertaining. Everything from the CGI to the performances make this movie interesting and above all, unique. "Hancock" is definitely a movie worth watching.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By SRFireside
Format:Blu-ray
Hancock wasn't the superhero movie that changed the genre like the studio's claimed, but it was good, solid entertainment. The theatrical release of the movie was rated PG-13 in order to draw the largest crowd to the box office. What you are getting here is both the R version and the released PG-13 version. The only real difference is ten extra minutes of footage here and there and a good deal more foul language from the Hancock character. Now that we got the "Unrated" question out of the way lets get down to the movie.
Hancock is one of those antihero-turned-hero type movies where you see the title character be all antisocial and then eventually learns how to respect others and be respected. Will Smith is definitely a great actor for the role. He gives the character just enough smug attitude without hamming it up. Will had gone a long way from the cut up hero he was in movies like Independence Day and MIB. He also does a good job with the transition of the character going from jerk to hero with all the awkwardness that anybody deals with when trying to change their way of thinking.
The plot progression of Hancock going from zero to hero is impeccable (love the jail time Hancock has to go through). Jason Bateman as Hancock's new PR guy pulls it off with the finesse of being straight man to Smith's antics and the comic foil when Will is playing it straight. Good chemistry with the two. I was surprised at Charlize Theron's performance to the point I didn't really recognize her. I won't say she's Oscar winning material here, but she does play her character right.
Now the story chugs along great up until you get maybe 2/3rd's in when the plot twists come regarding Hancock's origins. Eventually it's ironed out and his whole origin makes some good story sense, but before getting there you have to deal with a big, spectacular and utterly useless fight scene that seems to just be put in to add more action and show off more special effects. When they do finally dispense with the nonsense of that scene things get back on track with what I consider a pretty satisfying conclusion.
The funny thing about this movie is at times you have to just suspend your disbelief farther than normal on a superhero movie in order to let this movie play out some of its jokes. In other words Hancock will do something outrageous and technically impossible just to get a laugh out of the audience. Just roll with it. It's not often and at least they are pretty funny if you let go of the laws of physics, biology and so forth.
The additional footage in this movie boils down to an opening scene with Hancock scaring some girl he tried picking up at a bar, the aforementioned cussing from Hancock (not way too gratuitous... at least not enough to detract from character) and a few little scenes that add some details here and there. No nudie scenes other than Will's butt shot that made the final cut or added violence. Nothing that would ban the movie from theaters at all.
The features on this special edition are... well... okay. Nothing to really write home about. You get over an hour's worth of content spread out over six mini-documentaries and one kinda big one, plus other blu-ray related features and a digital copy for portables. I noticed there are no commentaries on this special edition. That's kinda strange since I don't see why they couldn't just put a microphone in front of the director and some actors and other crew members to make one or two. This is supposed to be the full production version, after all. Here is a breakdown of the featurettes:
On Set Visual Diary - A picture-in-picture view of production you can see while watching the movie if your Blu-Ray player has the profile version 1.1 or better.
Superhumans: The Making of Hancock (approx 13 minutes) - Mainly interviews of the cast and crew, including details on the origin story and how it evolved.
Seeing the Future (approx. 15 minutes) - Pre-visualization sequences for some key scenes.
Building a Better Hero (approx. 15 minutes) - A special effects featurette.
Bumps and Bruises (approx 10 minutes) - Another special effects featurette focussed on some key scenes.
Mere Mortals (approx 3 minutes) - A snipped on director Peter Berg. Supposed to be funny.
Home Life (Approx 11 minutes) - Behind the scenes look at the house sets.
Suiting Up (approx 8 minutes) - Costumes featurette.
BDLive - For BR players with 2.0 profile or better. Connects you to a special Sony website for trailers and possibly additional content later on.
D-Box equipped - For those people with those crazy chairs that move around with the movie.
All of the featurettes save for the picture-in-picture stuff is all 1080p. It's getting old seeing these studios make several little making of documentaries when they can just put together a single big documentary covering all of the details. I guess they prefer many little ones because it looks better on the back of the packaging when it shows a lot of features. Be forewarned that those features are pretty short.
Being a Blu-Ray release you can expect full 1080p resolution. From what I have heard the high def really stands out in the scenes that have a slower pace while the crazy action scenes (like that useless one I mentioned before) don't really benefit from the treatment. Audio is Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless and I hear that while it's not going to top the best reference movies out there it's still an amazing experience.
Hancock is definitely a worthwhile superhero movie that takes a different slant on the genre, but doesn't turn it on its ear. Any superhero fan should be able to have a lot of love for this movie. Action fans will get a kick out of it too as well as comedy and sci-fi fans. As long as you can suspend your disbelief a little more than normal for the sake of humor and can forgive an awkward scene or two Hancock is the movie for you. This BR edition? Well it has the most features on any at this time. They may pull a double dip in a year or two and add some extras. Then again BDLive may future-proof that purchase for you.
Hancock is one of those antihero-turned-hero type movies where you see the title character be all antisocial and then eventually learns how to respect others and be respected. Will Smith is definitely a great actor for the role. He gives the character just enough smug attitude without hamming it up. Will had gone a long way from the cut up hero he was in movies like Independence Day and MIB. He also does a good job with the transition of the character going from jerk to hero with all the awkwardness that anybody deals with when trying to change their way of thinking.
The plot progression of Hancock going from zero to hero is impeccable (love the jail time Hancock has to go through). Jason Bateman as Hancock's new PR guy pulls it off with the finesse of being straight man to Smith's antics and the comic foil when Will is playing it straight. Good chemistry with the two. I was surprised at Charlize Theron's performance to the point I didn't really recognize her. I won't say she's Oscar winning material here, but she does play her character right.
Now the story chugs along great up until you get maybe 2/3rd's in when the plot twists come regarding Hancock's origins. Eventually it's ironed out and his whole origin makes some good story sense, but before getting there you have to deal with a big, spectacular and utterly useless fight scene that seems to just be put in to add more action and show off more special effects. When they do finally dispense with the nonsense of that scene things get back on track with what I consider a pretty satisfying conclusion.
The funny thing about this movie is at times you have to just suspend your disbelief farther than normal on a superhero movie in order to let this movie play out some of its jokes. In other words Hancock will do something outrageous and technically impossible just to get a laugh out of the audience. Just roll with it. It's not often and at least they are pretty funny if you let go of the laws of physics, biology and so forth.
The additional footage in this movie boils down to an opening scene with Hancock scaring some girl he tried picking up at a bar, the aforementioned cussing from Hancock (not way too gratuitous... at least not enough to detract from character) and a few little scenes that add some details here and there. No nudie scenes other than Will's butt shot that made the final cut or added violence. Nothing that would ban the movie from theaters at all.
The features on this special edition are... well... okay. Nothing to really write home about. You get over an hour's worth of content spread out over six mini-documentaries and one kinda big one, plus other blu-ray related features and a digital copy for portables. I noticed there are no commentaries on this special edition. That's kinda strange since I don't see why they couldn't just put a microphone in front of the director and some actors and other crew members to make one or two. This is supposed to be the full production version, after all. Here is a breakdown of the featurettes:
On Set Visual Diary - A picture-in-picture view of production you can see while watching the movie if your Blu-Ray player has the profile version 1.1 or better.
Superhumans: The Making of Hancock (approx 13 minutes) - Mainly interviews of the cast and crew, including details on the origin story and how it evolved.
Seeing the Future (approx. 15 minutes) - Pre-visualization sequences for some key scenes.
Building a Better Hero (approx. 15 minutes) - A special effects featurette.
Bumps and Bruises (approx 10 minutes) - Another special effects featurette focussed on some key scenes.
Mere Mortals (approx 3 minutes) - A snipped on director Peter Berg. Supposed to be funny.
Home Life (Approx 11 minutes) - Behind the scenes look at the house sets.
Suiting Up (approx 8 minutes) - Costumes featurette.
BDLive - For BR players with 2.0 profile or better. Connects you to a special Sony website for trailers and possibly additional content later on.
D-Box equipped - For those people with those crazy chairs that move around with the movie.
All of the featurettes save for the picture-in-picture stuff is all 1080p. It's getting old seeing these studios make several little making of documentaries when they can just put together a single big documentary covering all of the details. I guess they prefer many little ones because it looks better on the back of the packaging when it shows a lot of features. Be forewarned that those features are pretty short.
Being a Blu-Ray release you can expect full 1080p resolution. From what I have heard the high def really stands out in the scenes that have a slower pace while the crazy action scenes (like that useless one I mentioned before) don't really benefit from the treatment. Audio is Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless and I hear that while it's not going to top the best reference movies out there it's still an amazing experience.
Hancock is definitely a worthwhile superhero movie that takes a different slant on the genre, but doesn't turn it on its ear. Any superhero fan should be able to have a lot of love for this movie. Action fans will get a kick out of it too as well as comedy and sci-fi fans. As long as you can suspend your disbelief a little more than normal for the sake of humor and can forgive an awkward scene or two Hancock is the movie for you. This BR edition? Well it has the most features on any at this time. They may pull a double dip in a year or two and add some extras. Then again BDLive may future-proof that purchase for you.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I read some reviews when Hancock came out in theatres. Most of them gave it mixed ratings but there were some 3 star ratings like I saw here on Amazon.com. I can't tell you enough how much I disagree. There have been so many to take a comedic shot at superhero films but they are usually either Ok or just plain bad but not this one. Anywho, Hancock is definitely a great film, so great that I could not wait to stamp a 5 star rating on it and tell ya why but first I'll tell you what it's about.
Will Smith stars as John Hancock, a loaner, alcoholic,and depressed superhero. Of course those are definitely not characteristics you want to see in the man that has superman like powers like Hancock. The story goes that Hancock woke up one morning in a hospital, he didn't know his name, birth date, or if he had any family or friends. By now you can imagine how he got that name of his, a nurse asked him for it and he thought it was his name. He only knew what the doctors told him, that he was hit on the head trying to stop a mugging. Through the years he hasn't really tried to become a perfect hero or even a good one at that but he does the minimum.
Hancock wants to be loved but acts as if he doesn't care and this is when Ray (Jason Bateman)comes in. After being saved by Hancock Ray thinks of a way to recreate Hancock to give him what he wants, to be loved by the people. The both of them set out on a mission to do this but this movie is no doubt deeper than the surface. Things get more dangerous and the plot twists just enough to become one of the best dramatic comedies about a superhero I have ever seen.
First of all I think that Will Smith is one of the few actors that could take a film like this and make it so good. Good job by the writers as well for giving it a good comedic feel but keeping it a little realistic and never going over the edge. Smith did a great job, he made you think that Hancock could actually be real and he was hilarious doing it but still did great with the dramatic scenes. The rest of the cast was also good, I really liked Jason Bateman in "The Kingdom" and he did well here but Charlize Theron definitely shined the most out of the supporting cast. She and Will Smith had some great scenes together and made it believable.
The action scenes were very cool, great special effects and seeing Hancock flying like a new baby bird with arms and legs flinging all over was hilarious. One thing I thought that could have been improved were the fight scenes. There were definitely a few but it was just a lot of flying around and crashing into buildings. Had they added a bit of choreography it would have been on point for sure. Because the films acting was executed so well I can't really take a star for this cause it wasn't significant but was still noticeable.
The story was great and I have to admit that I had the film thought out all wrong. I loved the way they make it look like this sort of cool comedy but it starts to run a little bit deeper towards the end. It is not a huge jaw dropper but the twist is still cool, at least to me it was. Overall, I loved the movie, I think Will Smith is no doubt one of the greatest actors to do it. The films concept was definitely awesome and thought out and executed well. The story was written well also and the cast was picked nicely, not too much action, not too much comedy, and not too much drama. It was just right and it definitely showed. I wouldn't recommend this as a family film unless your all over 15 but it is definitely a must see. The empty Blockbuster stores definitely showed this.
Will Smith stars as John Hancock, a loaner, alcoholic,and depressed superhero. Of course those are definitely not characteristics you want to see in the man that has superman like powers like Hancock. The story goes that Hancock woke up one morning in a hospital, he didn't know his name, birth date, or if he had any family or friends. By now you can imagine how he got that name of his, a nurse asked him for it and he thought it was his name. He only knew what the doctors told him, that he was hit on the head trying to stop a mugging. Through the years he hasn't really tried to become a perfect hero or even a good one at that but he does the minimum.
Hancock wants to be loved but acts as if he doesn't care and this is when Ray (Jason Bateman)comes in. After being saved by Hancock Ray thinks of a way to recreate Hancock to give him what he wants, to be loved by the people. The both of them set out on a mission to do this but this movie is no doubt deeper than the surface. Things get more dangerous and the plot twists just enough to become one of the best dramatic comedies about a superhero I have ever seen.
First of all I think that Will Smith is one of the few actors that could take a film like this and make it so good. Good job by the writers as well for giving it a good comedic feel but keeping it a little realistic and never going over the edge. Smith did a great job, he made you think that Hancock could actually be real and he was hilarious doing it but still did great with the dramatic scenes. The rest of the cast was also good, I really liked Jason Bateman in "The Kingdom" and he did well here but Charlize Theron definitely shined the most out of the supporting cast. She and Will Smith had some great scenes together and made it believable.
The action scenes were very cool, great special effects and seeing Hancock flying like a new baby bird with arms and legs flinging all over was hilarious. One thing I thought that could have been improved were the fight scenes. There were definitely a few but it was just a lot of flying around and crashing into buildings. Had they added a bit of choreography it would have been on point for sure. Because the films acting was executed so well I can't really take a star for this cause it wasn't significant but was still noticeable.
The story was great and I have to admit that I had the film thought out all wrong. I loved the way they make it look like this sort of cool comedy but it starts to run a little bit deeper towards the end. It is not a huge jaw dropper but the twist is still cool, at least to me it was. Overall, I loved the movie, I think Will Smith is no doubt one of the greatest actors to do it. The films concept was definitely awesome and thought out and executed well. The story was written well also and the cast was picked nicely, not too much action, not too much comedy, and not too much drama. It was just right and it definitely showed. I wouldn't recommend this as a family film unless your all over 15 but it is definitely a must see. The empty Blockbuster stores definitely showed this.
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