Hancock

Rating: 3/10 (15 July 2008)

I was lucky to be in Santiago, Chile  where I went with friends to see Hancock. To see movies in another country  and experience the cinema hall, the public and culture is a totally different experience.
This is an unusual story of super-hero John Hancock (Will Smith)  who is not the typical super-hero that we see in movies. Hancock is a reckless super-hero, always drunk and dis-interested in life. His super-hero action is always costing the Los Angeles city enormous losses. Everyone hates Hancock  even the kids (who normally love super-heros). Here enter a marketing person Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), who convinces Hancock to join correction center and improve his image. Ray's wife Mary (Charlize Theron) does not like Ray and Hancock's friendship. At this point  a story opens up with another Super-hero character. I will not tell you here to spoil sports. Hancock looses his super-hero powers and faces death, but at the end of the movie survives villains.
The scale of the movie is big, the actions even bigger. The story line is interesting  but the execution poor. The script has serious flaws. It takes the audience as dumbheads, and there is too much of abusive language for someone to enjoy this kind of movie.
At will, the director Peter Berg (the lousy The Kingdom fame) tries to make the audience believe what he is presenting. There are twists and turns in the movie that are foolish to the hilt. I won't go into the details of the big pot holes.
Will Smith looks cool  but he carries this arrogant wrenched facial expression throughout  which after some time, becomes difficult to look at.
Only fools can enjoy the movie.
As Kingdom was bad  this too is a immaturish movie.
I go with 3 out of 10 stars  3 stars for its grand scale and Will Smith.
(Stars 3 out of 10)