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Genres:
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Action /
Comedy /
Crime /
Fantasy
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Release:
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Director:
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Peter Berg
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Actors:
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Charlize Theron,
Johnny Galecki,
Thomas Lennon,
Hayley Marie Norman,
David Mattey,
Jae Head,
Maetrix Fitten,
Dorothy Cecchi,
Akiva Goldsman,
Will Smith,
Jason Bateman,
Eddie Marsan,
Martin Klebba,
Michael Mann,
Brad Leland
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)162.5
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Plot Summary:
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A hard-living superhero (Smith) who has fallen wrong of favour with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife (Theron) of the conspicuous relations adept (Bateman) who's trying to repair his sculpture.
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Hancock
Will Smith is the unloved, boozed-up superhero whose powers lead to destruction and a disastrous public image in this comedy co-starring Charlize Theron
"Oliver Reed from Krypton" is a pretty slim premise to build a whole movie around but when producers secured Will Smith - and thus a big enough budget to show a city being trashed by the super-powered stumble-bum - one can imagine script quality stopped being much of a concern.
As Hancock, Smith has Superman-level powers of flight, strength and invulnerability. He's also hitting the bottle and living like a bench-bound hobo. Despite this, the grouchy ??ber-mensch still rescues people and stops robberies but looks like he'd rather be slumped in front of daytime TV working his way through a jumbo pack of sausage rolls...
Hancock
Claudia PuigHancock (* * out of four) might have been more appropriately titled Hodgepodge. What starts out with a sense of quirky fun loses direction and devolves into a mishmash of story lines. The finished product is so poorly conceived and misguided that even Will Smith, with all his charm, can't save it. It's a shame, because the antics of a slovenly, snide and misunderstood superhero might have made for a fun summer movie. But Hancock deviates from the original concept and goes astray in the process. For the first 45 minutes or so, the story works. Hancock's offhanded efforts at saving lives and stopping bad guys leave so much damage in their wake that most of Los Angeles turns against him. The notion of public relations pro Ray Embrey (a ...
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