In a slow Summer of movies, its worth a viewing.

Rating: 3/10 (4 July 2008)

I rate Hancock 2.5 out of 5 stars, or 5 out of 10 for IMDb.
May contain some minor SPOILERS.
Not a completely horrible film, though just above what I would normally recommend people avoid all together, the flaws in Hancock show us why films like Transformers are good. The film begins with a lot of poor attempts at humor that just aren't delivered correctly, its missing the proper timing that make jokes work, and this is in tandem with rushed kind of pacing and editing that limit the possibilities of most scenes. It seems to me that if they let each scene run just 20 seconds longer that it would take much better for the viewer, and only add 5 or at most 10 minutes to the running time, which shouldn't eliminate a showing on the schedule.
Most of the films action moments are fairly ridiculous, not just in the way they portray Hancock, because I can understand that he may not know any better, but in the way that they show police handling certain situations are so lacking in their portrayal that it makes you roll your eyes.
The film starts off pretty poorly, and as opposed to what a previous poster has said, I felt that Will Smith's presence was not very electric, and that the film did not actually take off until the prison sequence.
There is a very nice twist and around the 3/5 mark in which we see some real story development, but its all too rushed to achieve what it really could have. The film ended on a fairly satisfying note, and with the possibility that there may be a sequel, which I wouldn't mind at all, and there is much room to expound on who Hancock really is and there are really limitless directions that they could go with it, and be successful.
So on a final note, I won't try to stop anyone from seeing Hancock, but I do wish that the film had a better director and that the studio wouldn't have made it so short in an attempt to recoup all of their money on opening weekend. I would say wait for the director's cut, but its not that serious or important.