Not what I expected

Rating: 7/10 (10 September 2008)

This movie was not quite what I was expecting at all. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I was expecting more of a generic superhero movie, but what I got was more of a character study than anything else. Hancock isn't so much a superhero as he is an indestructible force, a god if you will, who has just sort of lost the will to care about collateral damage or public image... and on top of that an anger problem to boot. A plot twist is thrown in there to explain his past and moves the plot in quite a different direction than what would be expected, eventually leading up to the inevitable happy ending.
I would consider Hancock something like a mix between Spider-Man and The Incredibles, then garnish with a little Will Smith and it makes for a fairly entertaining movie.