by Tammy A

Created on: July 29, 2008   Last Updated: July 30, 2008

Hancock is not your typical superhero movie.

In my opinion, it's more. When there's Will Smith in the movie, it never disappoints.

I like a movie that is not total mindless action, with bombings, killings & overdone CGIs. A movie that is incorporated with some heart in it is a gem. Of course, many people may not agree but that is what I like about Will Smith's movie.

Hancock, played by Smith, got off on the wrong foot, it seems. Blasting off into the sky causing huge damages wherever he lands & wherever he saves, he is a reckless & unwilling hero. For some reason, he doesn't give a s* to be careful. As he tries to stop a bunch bank robbers, he pulls the car into the sky, banging the buildings as he negotiates with them in the air. He hurls, not ease, a whale that is being stranded on the beach back into the sea, knocking a sailboat as the whale plunges into the waters.

The damages took its toll on the city & because of that, he is being hated by the citizens & the government. One wonders if he took to drinking because he hates what he does or because he is being hated?

Just as he was being condemned by the citizens there & then for causing another major damage & injury, along comes kindhearted PR executive Ray, who after being saved, spoke up for Hancock & offered to make him over as a gesture of gratitude. Dumbfounded by his sincerity as if he had never being appreciated before, he blasted off into the sky again.

He lands at Ray's doorstep the next day & was invited to dinner. As they talked about how to change him, news broadcast of the government threatening his incarceration sparked an idea off Ray. Hancock was to be carted off to prison & as the crime rates go up because of his incarceration, citizens would request for his release & that's when he would be go out with a different image.

As reluctant as he was, Hancock still relented. So off he goes & while in there, the guys he put into prison challenged him & he does the grossest & the most unexpected thing to 2 men - he shoved one man's head into the other's ass. Gross. But funny.

The plan went as expected & Hancock was released after a series of anger management classes & pep talks from Ray, the chief police sought his help to stop a heist. And when the robbers were nabbed, for the first time in his life, his efforts were celebrated. Suddenly everyone were cheering for him because this time, he did the right thing & didn't smash unnecessary buildings.

I won't go on to spoil the movie for you, but it was after

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