Hancock – “Now, that was a really good movie!”
Hancock Now, that was a really good movie!
Rated: PG-13 Time: 1:32
Stars: Charlize Theron, Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Adam Del Rio, Jameson Dixon Jr., and others.
Final Grade: B
Overview: No, that quote isn’t from the movie, nor is it from me. It’s basically the overwhelming sentiment of the audience that I just viewed this movie with and it was the comment of some of the folks sitting in a row behind me and I tend to agree with them. Once again, Will Smith has struck with a good flick on a 4th of July weekend. Is this going to become his trend? If so, it’s a trend I would look forward to.
As you’ve most likely seen by now, Hancock (Smith) is an out of control super hero. He thinks he’s the only of his kind and rather frankly has a serious public relations problem, self esteem and attitude issues, not to mention that he leaves craters in the roads when he lands and tends to do massive destruction of property when chasing bad guys. But you do have to admit, he does have a way with stopping crime that’s totally unique, very effective and may even put a smile on your face. But, alas, the bad attitude and poor landing technique, not to mention leaving criminals at the top of building towers in downtown Los Angeles, destroying trains to save someone stuck at a railroad crossing and other antics, is starting to piss off the local folks in a big way.
Enter one Ray Embry(Bateman). Embry thinks that corporate America should gladly donate major portions of their cash flow to save the starving and cure all the sick in the world. Needless to say, he’s not been very successful at that endeavor. But, when Hancock falls out of the sky and saves him at a railroad crossing, he sees new live in his mediocre public relations career. So, there’s no other option than to bring Hancock home for a sloppy spaghetti dinner where his son idolizes the super hero and his wife (Theron) appears to eye him for another reason.
But, how to repackage Hancock in a way that is marketable? Simple, send him to jail and wait until the crime wave is so bad that the public cries for his help. And this metamorphosis leads to a more human, kindler, gentler super hero, albeit with some humorous and sometimes touching experiences in jail.
Needless to say, his day returns when crime once again out of control, and since they can’t call Ghostbusters, they call Hancock to save the day. And he does so with action and laughs.
Finally, we do find that Hancock isn’t the last of his kind, there’s another. And in their reuniting we see a touching human side to this pair of super heroes that will make you laugh and perhaps cry. But, I’m not going to spoil the movie for you.
This movie is great for several reasons: It moves, you’re going to laugh a lot, it’s got a very touching personal part of the storyline that you’re not going to be expecting and a it has a great happy ending.
This is a great date flick and a good family flick as well.
I’m Don Rima and that’s how I saw things, From Where I Stand.
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