Not completely terrible

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2012)

I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't slightly disappointed. Now the movie had an intriguing premise of a superhero that's not adored for his actions because of their destructive nature but it's not really a premise that's out of a superhero fans thought process. It had a pretty simple story and nothing that really made its plot stand out in any way other than the fact that Charlize Theron's character had powers too (which isn't even a spoiler if you saw the same original trailer I did) and that she claims that there were other super humans in the past but had since died off after pairing up and losing their immortality. But one thing that I wanted to ask the writers and director was, "Why?". Because I wanted to know why Hancock didn't care about the collateral damage he was causing. Why Mary (Theron) hated Hancock after he got injured because it's not like he intended to forget her. And she seemed to like him quite a bit before that happened so why now? And as for the criminal who wanted Hancock dead, not a good centered villain since he wasn't there for half of it. And as for all the other idiots who try to shoot Hancock, you think one of them would realize that he's indestructible and others have tried that. But all in all, Hancock is anything spectacular, but it'll get you through part of an afternoon with nothing to do.