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Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out. The titular character, played by Will Smith, can fly, has super strength and is invulnerable. But he's also a sloppy, arrogant alcoholic who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a PR agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock's image--starting by having Hancock surrender himself to the authorities and go to prison for his lawless behaviour. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up and people will start realising Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock though--from there, the film takes several surprising turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie, but it is an extremely entertaining one. The script, which holds together far better than most superhero movies, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for its characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman, and Charlize Theron as Ray's wife, Mary) deftly balance the movie's mixture of comedy, action, and drama. All in all, a smart subversive twist on a genre that all too often takes itself all too seriously. --Bret Fetzer

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A special 2-disc package of the Will Smith blockbuster Hancock, in which a hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favour with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image.

Disc1
Extended Cut of the film (approx. 11mins extra footage)
Original Theatrical version of the film

Disc2
Featurette--Superhumans: The Making of Hancock
Featurette--Home Life
Featurette--Seeing the Future
Featurette--Suiting Up
Featurette--Building a Better Hero
Featurette--Bumps and Bruises
Featurette--Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with "Dirty Pete"
Bonus Digital Copy of the film (Theatrical Version)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hancock's Hour and a Half, 3 Dec 2008

By	Mr. P. I. Muller "Guy Incognito" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The script for Hancock was based on a much darker concept that circulated Hollywood for a number of years. The production became locked into `development hell' with no studio willing to pluck up the gumption and put it into production, especially with a projected budget of $100+ million, and with the intention for it to star one of mainstream American cinema's most wholesome bankable stars; Will Smith.

At what stage Will Smith joined the production process is unclear. Nevertheless it would have been interesting to have seen that much darker concept, as some of its purported ideas would have made compelling viewing. The original script was entitled `Tonight He Comes', hinting of an unpleasant nature of the central character, and its easy to see why this version was not produced and instead re-written into the movie that is Hancock. Tonight He Comes apparently told of an individual who, equipped with super-powers comes to the realisation that he can, and very likely will, do and take whatever he wants as there is no-one to stop him. Themes of robbery, stalking, home-wrecking were recurring ideas in the original script, and posed some interesting questions; just exactly what would be the actions of someone who, stripped of all moral constraints and the risk of arrest and imprisonment, could do whatever they wanted? Paul Verhoeven's 2000 movie Hollow Man saw Kevin Bacon's character declaring.."You'll be amazed what you can do when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror anymore".

It was a very daring move by the filmmakers to invent a brand new superhero character for the big screen right in the middle of an era where the majority of adventure movies are based on comic-book characters that already have an in-built audience and a better chance of box office success. Its even more daring considering that this summer alone saw the release of The Dark Knight, and with movie versions of Watchmen and The Spirit coming next year. When for instance have we ever seen a superhero movie where the lead is a raging alcoholic with a verbally abusive attitude problem? Very daring indeed! Its all carried off very well of course, with Will Smith's charm winning you over to his character's struggle, despite Hancock seemingly not giving a hoot what anyone thinks of him. Some of the more slap-stick knockabout scenes featured in the advance trailers have been cut from the film - the film-makers perhaps worried their film may be compared to the recent spoof comedy `Superhero Movie' that was panned by critics and audiences alike. A clever move when you have $150 million at stake.

We open with Hancock `apprehending' a SUV full of bank robbers as they make their escape along a freeway. Hancock manages to capture them, but in so doing causes millions of dollars of property damage, and ends up invoking the wrath of the civic authorities and television journalists who demand that he serve a prison sentence. Enter idealistic PR executive Ray (played by Jason Bateman) who, experiencing a career crisis and grateful after Hancock saves his life, asks Hancock to allow him to perform an image makeover to change the public's perception of him. Having a PR spokesman as a representation of idealism is quite amusing but Jason Bateman (who doesn't appear to have aged in 20 years) does a good job of drawing sympathy from the audience as he tries, often in vain, to get Hancock to listen to him. Hancock does eventually go to prison trying to show that he respects the law and respects people's opinions, and therefore, is trying to set a good example. Who knows, maybe it will compel the regular citizens to do the same?

Ray's hope is that, when there is a real emergency and Hancock is really needed, they will forget their previous negative sentiment and give him a second chance. This he does in spectacular fashion as he stops a gang of criminals robbing a bank. The movie also has a very interesting middle section, showing Hancock struggling to share his feelings during counselling sessions and leaping over the prison's perimeter fence to retrieve a basketball and not, as expected, taking the opportunity to fly away to freedom.

Then comes the twist that introduces the movie's third act. And a very good twist it is! You will absolutely not see this one coming, I can tell you! Suffice to say that the marketing team at Sony omitted all reference to the direction the film eventually takes from all of the trailers, TV spots and all of the advance publicity, choosing instead to focus on some of the movie's early scenes of the mayhem caused by Hancock's attempts to help people. The unexpected turn the film takes is very rewarding and justifies the presence of Charlize Theron's character who, up until that point, seems to have been included merely for window dressing. The finale is very enjoyable too, and brings back memories of the final struggle between Bruce Willis' character at the end of Unbreakable. We finish with the possibility of a sequel, and who knows....maybe next time some of the aforementioned darker and more adult storylines may see the light of day.

Available in 2 different DVD presentations, the Single Disc edition has very few extras. The 2 Disc Edition (the review of which you have just read) is the one to purchase if you are interested in all the documentaries. There are several on the casting, the special effects, the costume design and the make-up etc. On Disc 1 there are 2 different versions of the film; the Theatrical Cut and an Extended Version with 11 extra minutes. There is also included on Disc 2 a Digital Copy of the film for you to download to your relevant iPod media device. Furthermore, if you hurry over to HMV you will find a special tin case edition of the 2 Disc release. "Good Job"!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Expected!, 18 Dec 2008

By	Mattknight (Norfolk, England) - See all my reviews

After having seen the Dark Knight I wasn't expecting this to be any good, but it's Will Smith. Proving he had the talents in films such as I am Legend, he pulled a suprisingly believanle to superhero movie. And you can't compare to Batman, Superman, Spiderman etc ... they are completly different films. This isn't so much about the action scenes but focuses on how he turns his life around. I wasn't keen on the corny ending though but in the whole it did make a good film. I'm looking forward to sequel! A must see!

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3.0 out of 5 stars reasonably good job, 29 April 2009

By	Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

He's a superhero. He has superpowers. But he's not a good guy. He's a drunken foul mouthed individual who doesn't care about all the property damage he causes when saving people and catching bad guys.

What a concept for a movie. You could get plenty of laughs out of that. And the trailers for hancock would appear to indicate it's such a comedy.

but if ever a movie was mis sold by it's own publicity, then it was this one. Hancock isn't an out an out comedy at all. It's a character movie, with occasional humour arising out of such. Will Smith plays the title character, who is just as described till he becomes friends with a PR man who tries to change his image. But Hancock falling in love with his wife doesn't help.

The movie runs for 89 minutes and in the first hour we follow hancock on his road to redemption as he tries to become as clean cut as you'd expect. Whilst as mentioned it's more a character story than anything else this works pretty well and there are some decent bits of humour along the way. Just don't expect them to be cropping up every few seconds.

The story then comes to an end, and to make the movie feature length things have to go off in a completely different direction. Thanks to a plot twist that you really won't see coming. Unless you've read the back of the dvd box because that gives it away in it's description of the plot.

In this final third laughs really do die off and it get a bit serious. But this section does contain one great take on the old comedy classic of characters in the background doing things that a character in the foreground doesn't notice, and one real stand up and cheer moment right close to the end.

As a character story and a look at the human condition this isn't bad, but you can't help thinking there's a better movie to be made from the same concept.

Don't stop watching once the end credits start because there's a scene early on during them.

This is the two disc special edition dvd.

The first disc contains two versions of the film. The first is the one that was released in the cinema, and the second is a nine minute longer one. The only major difference in this is a slightly longer beginning to a scene late on with a character arriving at hancock's trailer and a long scene early on with him taking a groupie back to it. This is quite a decent scene which manages to both funny and then poignant.

the disc offers language tracks in english and czech, and english audio descriptive.

the subtitles on offer are english czech dutch hindi and slovak.

on disc two the only language available is english and the subtitles are english and german.

disc two offers a digital copy of the movie that can be downloaded onto a computer or a portable device.

seven short documentaries about the making of the film:

Superhumans: the making of hancock runs for thirteen minutes and looks at the project from conception to start of production and how the original idea for the film changed somewhat. that part is interesting but the rest of it is more promotional material than documentary

seeing the future has seven short features that run for roughly two to three minutes each showing the computerised storyboards for various scenes and how they compare to the finished product. these can be watched individually or all in a row. all are interesting to look at but after a while it's a bit samey.

buidling a better hero runs for ten minutes and looks at how some of the special effects were done. there's fascinating stuff about mapping the looks of actors to make cgi versions but epileptics be warned there's a fair bit of flashing light in this

bumps and bruises runs for roughly eight minutes and shows how some of the action sequences were done, and contains good filming of the movie in production.

home life runs for ten minutes and looks at how the house owned by the PR man character in the movie was built and designed by the production crew. this holds the interest well.

suiting up is an eight minute long feature about the costumes in the film. the designers are very articulate and good to listen to so this is quite interesting.

behind the scenes with dirty pete is a four minute long tribute to the director. It's an adequate length to do such.

the disc also includes a seciton of trailers:

movies the house bunny nick and norah's infinite playlist and lakeview terrace - none of which have anything to do with hancock. plus the blu ray release of men in black, and a general trailer for blu ray.

if you really want to know more about the production then a long production notes booklet that comes in the dvd box will tell you.

A movie and a special edition that rather complement each other, in that they're not at all bad, but you can't help but think there could be more to them

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