Review of Hancock (2008) by Askewreviews — 18 Jun 2013

Presents an interesting premise, but is disappointingly messy in its delivery. The film simply tries to be too much at once. The first half has a huge focus on humour, and while somewhat entertaining, the jokes are cheap and crude.

In the second half abruptly turns into a painfully lame melodrama. I felt the romance element between Charlize Theron and Will Smiths' characters was totally unnecessary. Jason Bateman steals the show and is one of the few redeeming factors in this mess of a film.

Let's hope that the upcoming sequel has a better idea of what it wants to be and gets the formula right this time.