Something For The Couch-Potato

Rating: 4/10 (1 March 2011)

Will Smith stars as some kind of superhero called 'Hancock'. That's about it.
I missed the opening few minutes, which may have provided some infil. However, the character explained later on about his waking-up in a hospital with amnesia and Superman-like invulnerability. Who and/or what he actually was or where he came from was eventually explained in a confused and convoluted way by pouting Charlize Thieron, who might have been his sister or his wife; I'm not quite certain which. Non of it seemed to make much sense.
Other than that it was just a standard Hollywood CGI special-effects fest from the dumb box. There was a great deal of set-piece destruction. How it was that no bystanders were killed or injured with all of the flying glass, cars and even a whale, only the moguls of Hollwood know. Every emotional and angst issue was addressed with corresponding juvenile shallowness, and there was a twee little ending that might have been contrived by an 8-year-old. A red heart 'painted' on the full moon - I kid you not.
There is now so much of this fast-action popcorn crap being churned-out these days that I almost regret the invention of computers. Increasingly, I'm turning away, and trawling the archives of 'Amazon' for movies that have believable plots, interesting stories and characters I can identify with and care about. However, if you were born after 1990, then you probably grew up with seemingly indestructible heroes who can walk up walls and fly through the air, so may well enjoy it.
I've given 4 stars because the camera-work, sound-score and other technical features were up to snuff and deserve a nod. Otherwise it's so formulaic, it's depressing. It's certainly boring.