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List Price: $34.95Amazon.com's Price: $22.99 You Save: $11.96 (34%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0043396281240
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Running Time: 194 minutes
Sales Rank: 292
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 02, 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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.
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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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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Please, no sequels. This is just enough and lackluster at best!
As Will Smith has become the "King" of the summer blockbuster, you would think the film company and director would produce a proper showing for such high expectations of a superstar. Unfortunately, what you get here is a stellar first hour filled with lots of character development, complex plot lines, so-so acting (we're not lookin for Oscars here) and some tricked out special effects that are mind blowing to say the least.
Then comes the last 40 minutes or so... Right about the time ... Read More
Rating:  - HANCOCK is Pure Popcorn Fun!!
Superman was raised by a kindly couple and taught the decent way to live and respect life. Thor is the God of thunder who was exiled from his home of eternal Asgard to live on Earth as a mortal so that he may learn humility. Spider-man required personal tragedy so he could realize the responsibility of having powers--Batman deals with his tragedy in a very different way, for him he does what he does for vengeance.
All comic book "super-heroes" have their stories of the "why's", the "how's" ... Read More
Rating: - Nobody loves me, everybody hates me I guess I'll go to the bar and drink-"Hancock": the superhero everyone hates
"Hancock" is two films in one and one of them is much better than the other. Hancock (Will Smith)has super powers but no memory of who he is. He slips into a life of drinking to drown his sorrows--the people he saves don't like him because he seems to screw up every time he saves someone. Luckily Ray Embrey(Jason Bateman) a PR man that Hancock saves decides to save Hancock by making him into a super hero that the people will appreciate. Even Ray's son has taken a shine to Hancock while Ray's
wife Mary ... Read More
Rating: - Sony Pulled a Bait and Switch
If you are a Mac user, do not buy the 2 disc edition as it contains a "digital copy" that cannot be played on Apple computers. I call this a bait and switch since the packaging mentions that it contains a digital copy but does not warn that it cannot be played on Macs. This should be made clear since "iTunes compatible" copies are usually included.
Once again Sony shows why it is still playing catch up in the digital age (computers, mp3 players, video game consoles).
Rating:  - Great and good fun
Just watched it - for an old sci-fi guy (1963 series of Outer Limits, yup I watched the orginal in B & W) nice plot, moved well - I thought I'd seen it all, but I let the story take me - I thought it was a fun ride with heart.
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