A breath of fresh air!

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2008)

Though the cinematography leaves something to be desired, Hancock is an amazingly original film, the likes of which comes out of Hollywood MAYBE once a decade. It takes a bold, fresh approach to the hackneyed & trite superhero genre and challenges its audience with some truly original and unconventional ideas and plot twists. Its characters are fully fleshed out and not the same old one~dimensional cartoons seen everywhere else; its concepts are unique and interesting; and even its special effects feel more real. The allegory of its story line is applicable to real life, and the relationships it shows are motivated by the same values as real relationships ~ not a single note rings false! Hancock deserves to rule the box office for weeks on end ~ and will, no doubt, do so for the more intelligent audiences of the nation.