This looks like a job for HANCOCK!

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2008)

This movie is a great bit of fun imagine Superman as a drunken bum who just does not care. Hancock is here for a reason or reasons whatever the reason is he forgot. Hancock is of course the only superhero on a planet that might once have worshipped him and he well somehow he becomes Embittered and loses heart and as a result he fight crimes half heartedly he creates a lot of damage and people get hurt. Hancock has become a menace to us without really meaning too the question is who can stop him? Enter a publicity agent wonderfully underplayed by Jason Bateman who is saved by Hancock from being killed by a train. He decides to recreate Hancock's image. Hancock at first refuses by soon sees the truth as the agent tells him just what is going on and how the world now sees him as a menace. Hancock also discovers a missing piece of his life that has near tragic consequences for him. That piece is the agent's wife Superbly played by Charlize Theron who matches will smith step for step quip for quip she makes Smith Better by not underplaying against him instead she makes him Act stronger which is all the better for us. Now the bad parts are this the movie while quite good comes across as uneven in some scenes the story feels unpolished and quite rough this is not Will Smith's best film but it's not his worst. The directer Peter Berg starts out with great intentions but it feels as if he lost steam along the way and decided to use a short cut to finish the film. I felt cheated somehow as if the movie promised one thing and delivered another oh to be fair I enjoyed it quite a bit it just was not what I expected it to be.