Screenplay almost wastes good ideas

Rating: 7/10 (12 October 2008)

Pros: very good acting, interesting ideas Cons: screenplay does not bring ideas together
"Hancock" has different interesting ideas: no superpowers can teach you how to interact with humans (the difficult life of the superhero, well explored in Marvel stories); a good PR has almost superhuman powers; superheros are in some way needed, just as angels, but have weak spots.
Still these ideas are split between the first and the second half, without really going deep. The last 20 minutes is really an action movie (rather good at that), but one has to wonder whether some more footage would have helped.