Reviews by Matt

Seeing as this movie came out over two months ago, I will keep this short.

Hancock (Will Smith) is a superhero who is in need of a new public image. He drinks all the time and is careless when saving people or helping out the police. He does not care that people hate him. When he saves Ray Embry (Jason Batman) a public relations practitioner, he gets the help he needs.

Will Smith does a good job, as per usual.

Charlize Theron slums it in this movie, but still delivers a lackluster performance.

Jason Batman is pretty funny though he is not given much to work with.

The special effects were just alright, nothing exciting and nothing worth talking about.

What I did notice was that the movie did not really know what type of movie it wanted to be. The first 20 minutes or so were a comedy. Then it became an action movie. Then it became a drama. Now cross genres is nothing new for movies but in those cases there are elements of whatever genres throughout the entire movie. In “Hancock” it was solely comedy, drama or action. It was painfully obvious the switch from one genre to the other and it took you out of the movie.

I did enjoy the movie but the lack of a coherent genre made it harder. It is not Smith’s best work, but it is a far from his worst. Save your money and just wait for it on cable.

7 out of 10
Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and language.
92 min