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Hancock (2008)

PG-1307/01/2008Fantasy, Action1h 32m
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There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there's Hancock.

Overview

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

Top Billed Cast

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    Will Smith

    John Hancock

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    Charlize Theron

    Mary Embrey

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    Jason Bateman

    Ray Embrey

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    Jae Head

    Aaron Embrey

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    Eddie Marsan

    Red

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    David Mattey

    Man Mountain

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    Maetrix Fitten

    Matrix

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    Thomas Lennon

    Mike

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    Johnny Galecki

    Jeremy

**Despite being one of the great films of Will Smith's career, it is a weak and uninteresting film.** I think almost everyone who has seen superhero movies, especially the bigger budget ones, has wondered how it's possible that those heroes are so destructive: in order to eliminate an enemy or a danger, they destroy half a city as collateral damage. This film works precisely on top of that: Hancock is a superhero who doesn't seem to want to be one, and who doesn't know how to deal with it. As a result, and despite being effective at what he does, he is quite destructive and unpopular until ...