Um. Hmm.

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 2008)

Being a 5/10, it wasn't -terrible-. Maybe worth a watch. On Rent. Or discount.
It starts as a wonderfully decent idea. The trailers give the cut-scene of Will Smith's character, Hancock going "Do I look like I care what people think?" giving the anti-hero premise which isn't original but not overused, either. Hanock is no Punisher. So it's an idea that could have worked.
And does, the first part of the film. It gives a somewhat humorous scene where he impales cars, lands in violent ways, and stops a train in an unnecessary manner. The list goes on. Even on the train scene, the writers were clever enough to address in the film what the audience probably would have thought anyway "Yea, sure... he could have just, y'know, lifted the car instead of.. crashing the train, but I'm alive!" (Don't quote me on that, it's been a while).
The villains do fine in their position in a realistic plan for revenge, except it's hard to say how they knew where Hancock was and how they knew he was vulnerable at that particular time.
It had a lot of humorous points but sadly, most of them were shoved into the trailers. The first time he was in a suit and saving cops, his "you're a very attractive woman" spiel gave me a good laugh. The other, throwing the kid (almost in space) was a little funny.
There are two points where the movie falters.
The first, he tried to become acceptable a little too quickly. Sure, we don't know -exactly- how much time the man was giving his "don't be an a$$hole" lessons, which is unfair in itself. It seemed, somehow, this one guys words were able to infiltrate Hancocks "not giving a damn" mindset and suddenly he wants to help the police and mess. They needed to develop that.
Incoming spoiler.
Secondly, as many of the reviews that gave it a low rating already stated, the end-ish part. What really angered me was the woman who suddenly went into this emo-goth-mom look that was extremely unbelievable. Seriously, was that eyeshadow really necessary? No, it was not.
Other than that, the "closer you are to me the more vulnerable you are" weakness and limitation I can see being exploited in a comic book version or sequel to this movie... An interesting weakness I must say.
A solid 5/10.