Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)

Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)
by Peter Berg

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Actor: Eddie Fernandez, Elizabeth Dennehy, Jason Bateman, Johnny Galecki, Will Smith
Director: Peter Berg
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Tobias Schliessler
Composer: John Powell
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)

DVD Review: hancock
Summary: 5 Stars

great super heroe movie. me and my family love to watch this movie all the time.

DVD Review: Will Smith Gets Into Superhero Groove
Summary: 4 Stars

Hancock is an interesting film with a cool premise: what if superheroes were people with problems? Well that's a theme that's been explored before with movies like Mystery Men and even Spider Man. The key difference is that Hancock does his job with a huge amount of collateral damage around him that becomes his signature style (providing great fun for the audience). And unlike other hero flicks, director Peter Berg serves up Hancock with a great dose of realism and empathy. He doesn't have the legacy or luggage of Spider Man or the Watchmen and he isn't hokey either.

Two thirds of the film is visually impressive and brilliant - and the cast has great chemistry. Will Smith is always enjoyable, and Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron are great in the film. Past the midway point though, the film takes off on a slightly different tangent as we explore Hancock's origins. I'm of two minds here and feel that the film could've stayed on track in a better way somehow. Some reviewers say that the end of the movie tends to feel rushed and I agree. It's a film that could easily have added 15 minutes and a lot more development to the story. I was enjoying it so what was the rush anyway?

Without adding too much of a spoiler, the show ends in Highlander territory (hint hint) and loses some of the verve which gets it there in the first place. So slightly mixed results for Hancock at the end, but overall, there are some nice nuances here that make this a lot less stereotypical superhero flicks, and yes, better than the Watchmen. This would actually be a great TV series.

DVD Review: hancock? who came up with that name anyway?
Summary: 2 Stars

At first I thought this movie was called handcock for some reason I missed pronounced it anyway I don't understand why anyone would show an interest in this movie still don't to this day. The famous Will Smith becomes a superhero sounds interesting but how many superheros have you heard of as being a fall down drunk? I couldn't see past all the uneccessary profanity this movie had to offer what ever happened to the Will Smith who claimed he didn't curse because he thought it would break his grandmother's heart? the idea itself was ok until there was a female that he was paired up with from a distant planet or something the movie really trailed off from any kind of point after the first half hour. I was wrong however when I told people that I thought this movie would be a stump in Smith's acting career but I guess he's too big of an actor for people to stop enjoying his movie's even when they are low rate quality needless to say this movie will make me second guess the next one Will Smith stars in.

DVD Review: Missed the mark
Summary: 2 Stars

The character development was really poor in this film and so was the plot. The acting and special effects were great and I think it was cast just right. However, instead of letting us get to know the characters or expanding on the plot they wasted valuable minuets on crude humor and ridiculous scenarios. I'm not sure what the difference between the unrated and the rated versions are but Netflix sent us the unrated. I hope some of the scenes were taken out for the PG13 version otherwise it is to inappropriate for kids under 17. It could have been a great movie with a little more effort put into the plot. If your home sick with the flu you may as well give it a try, but don't purposefully waste two hours of your time on it.

DVD Review: An Action Hero With Serious Attitude
Summary: 4 Stars

It's hard to write a long review about Hancock without giving too much of it away. The last thing I want to be is a spoiler. So......I'll give you as much as I think is enough for you to want to go out and rent this DVD. Fist of all, Will Smith is in it. That should be almost enough. He shares the spotlight with Charlize Theron and there is good chemistry there.

Will Smith is an action hero who is booed by the public. He creates chaos every time he tries to save a situation. This is most likely because he drinks too much and is drunk or else he has a hangover and can barely function. On top of that, he doesn't really give a darn what the public thinks.

Smith saves a man from catastrophe and this man turns out to be a public relations expert. He decides to give Smith the gift of a new image. Here the fun begin. Will gets a new costume, is taught how to be gracious and how to save situations without causing more problems.

The movie has lots of good action sequences and is funny. How often do we see homeless action heroes with alcohol problems? This is the perfect role for Smith. I just wish the movie had been a bit longer and the characters fleshed out a bit more.

It's a great escape movie and I recommend it for anyone who's an action fan and likes to look at either Will Smith or Charlize Theron.

Description of Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)

Academy Award? nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again--until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award? winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out: The title character (Will Smith) can fly, has superstrength, and is invulnerable, but he's also a sloppy, alcoholic jerk who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a public-relations 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 behavior. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up, and people will start to realize Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock--from there, the movie takes several clever turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie (among other things, director Peter Berg overuses close-ups with a hand-held camera to a degree that may cause motion sickness), 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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