I can describe “Hancock”, in two words: Very Odd.
Hancock is a superhero who lives here on Earth and looks like a regular person. But he acts like a bum and is mean to everybody and even when he saves people he causes so much trouble that no one likes him. One day he saves Ray, played a Jason Bateman, from being killed by a train. Ray does like Hancock and decides he can change Hancock’s image and make him into a true hero.
From the original trailer I had high hopes that “Hancock” was going to be a fun action/comedy. But most of the funny scenes were in the trailer and they’re all in the first half of the movie. The second half includes a surprising twist and then story gets very violent and serious.
“Hancock” is rated PG-13 and could have been R. Along with the violence there’s a ton of bad language, some actually spoken by kids. If you are a parent thinking of having your kids see this movie: don’t even think about it!
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, “Hancock” gets a sad, but true, D+.
This was Will Smith’s fifth 4th of July film, and it’s his worst. It’s an action/sci fi/adventure/romance/drama/comedy that doesn’t focus enough on any of those areas to be any good.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases. All together he has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9.
LCJ appears every Friday morning on WGNA-FM . His movie reviews are also posted on his website, his YouTube channel and the popular website Cultjer.com. He is also a contributing writer for Jerry Beck’s AnimationScoop.com. Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE” (every Sunday at Noon ET). And “The LCJ Q&A Podcast” features interviews with celebrities and filmmakers.