What a waste!

Rating: 4/10 (1 February 2009)

If you have a movie that stars both Will Smith and Charlize Theron, you really can't go wrong, can you? Well... you can, obviously, and this movie proves it. The only criteria for a blockbuster movie is that it needs to be entertaining. And you know what, for 45 minutes or so, it is. Will Smith is playing his role on auto-pilot but the effects are good and the story about Hancock's change of image is amusing enough. If only the movie would have been this long, I could have give it a 6 or 7.
But in the second half, when they try to give Charlize Theron's character some romantic depth, the movie sinks faster than the Titanic. That woman won her Oscar by playing a psychopathic monster, what do you expect?! And on top of that, the story completely derails as twist after twist unfolds. The ending leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth. My god, if you have a superhero movie, have the decency to put at least ONE epic fight in it! This movie sucks, it's such a waste of time and the actors' talent! My advice: rent it, watch the first 45 minutes for a few giggles and then shut it off!