Review of Hancock (2008) by Russell G — 06 Jan 2013

I enjoyed it. It is an atypical superhero movie where Hancock is more of an anti-hero who lacks motivation and is drunk all of the time. Will Smith does a good job playing the drunken bum as well as the hero trying to get back on the right track.

Bateman & Theron were both good as well. Halfway through the movie things get much deeper with Bateman & Theron and it does not take time to get flesh things out effectively. The villain is good but he comes along too late and is not given the necessary attention to develop properly.

This movie needed to move through the earlier stuff faster if it wanted to be so ambitious. I give this movie credit for making such a creative and different superhero, but more discipline in the plot structure was sorely needed.

It is still a fun time, but it stops short of reaching it's potential.