Will Smith’s character Hancock has been hyped as “not your average superhero”, unfortunately the movie named after the main character is also not your average Will Smith movie. In fact, it is an exceptionally below average Will Smith movie that has a weaker storyline than a 30 minute episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Much like a lovable drunk buddy, Hancock delivers the expected summer blockbuster laughs and special effects one expects from the king of July Fourth weekend movies. Following a formulaic plot of a flawed but promising character, Hancock finds a mentor who molds him into a true superhero with a fitting climax where he saves the girl and the day. The problem is that all this happens in the space of the first thirty minutes of the film.
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