Hancock

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2020)

Hancock, directed by Peter Berg, was his own, original take on a superhero film. If we're being honest, it didn't pack much weight at all. Will Smith is the reason why this movie didn't completely flop.
From the start, I caught the notion that everyone behind the camera just didn't really care all that much; They basically let Will Smith, be Will Smith, and just carry the movie with his stature. The narrative on it's own was a big issue. It had such a choppy flow, being super fast paced, with little - to - no setup. The script by Vincent Ngo & Vince Gilligan was pretty funny, but lacked wit, and powerful dialogue scenes. If this movie was more of Will Smith cracking tongue and cheek jokes, and fighting bad guys, it probably would've been better. Jason Bateman & Charlize Theron did their best to compliment Smith, but the character developments they tried to display during the second act, wasn't all that good, or necessary. Theron was just a plot device until the third act, with her character becoming short lived. I was fond of Jae Head's performance, for what little meaning he had. For his first motion picture, he does very well, and seems to be a favorable young actor on the rise.
The effects and action sequences were done pretty amateurishly, feeling too cartoonish, and sloppy.