Overrated...but not a complete disaster

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2008)

Will Smith lives the life of a city bum who has no regards for other peoples' feelings or well-being. The city has a love hate relationship with Hancock, because he stops crime, but only because he's bored and likes to cause unnecessary damage. Enter Jason Bateman, a PR manager who tries to turn Hancock's life around by inspiring him to become a hero everyone loves.
That's where the movie stops being fun and the scripts just shoves plot twists at you to keep you interested. The angle about "human" follies of superheroes is completely wasted by an overly simplistic script.
What really is a let down are the performances. Smith is above average, as usual but nothing great. The rest of the cast just moseys along as if being forced to work on this project.
It's still a great watch on a lazy afternoon but it could have been a whole lot more