Hancock

Hancock is a movie that asks the all important question "How can we cash in on the most recent spate of superhero movies? And can we put Will Smith in it since he now draws more followers than God?"

Overall though, Hancock isn't a bad way to pass a couple of hours. The idea of a dick superhero is quite amusing and there are plenty of comic relief moments in the film, the one most prominently in my mind being when Hancock proves that he is a man of his word.

Will Smith gives an excellent performance that is mired only by some of the weaker dialogue and general lack of depth to the explanation of his origins. The story itself isn't bad, apart from the aforementioned lack of depth in places, and the movie is well paced. I must admit to giving a slight chuckle of glee when in one scene the music very briefly bore an uncanny resemblance to John Ottman's take on the Superman theme, that was a nice touch.

Without giving too much away I would wonder what exactly the antagonists thought that they were going to do at the end since they didn't know (or at least certainly had been given no opportunity to know) of Hancock's mandatory debilitating weakness, maybe they thought that they were just getting lucky.

The ending is just a little too happy happy for my taste, though it is nowhere near as intensely beams-of-sunlight-out-of-the-arse joyful as those face-melting last minutes of Mission Impossible 3.

Rating: B