Movie Download, Free!!!: Hancock

Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)
Directed by Peter Berg

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #80 in DVD
Brand: Sony
Released on: 2008-11-25
Rating: Unrated
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Original language: English
Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed in: French, Spanish
Number of discs: 1
Running time: 92 minutes

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
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

Hilarious and Awesome!!!
I received this as a Christmas present, and I thought it was really good. Will Smith does an awesome job at playing an alcoholic superhero named Hancock who gets the job done, but he's always making a mess and costs the city a lot of money. He saves a man named Ray who wants to help him become a better superhero and make the city need him again. It was also awesome to see Daeg Faerch from Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN make a cameo as a bratty French kid named Michelle. I highly recommend HANCOCK!!!!!

Disappointed
I had the feeling that this movie was made up as it went along. Will Smith is an incredible actor as are so many others in this so why the one rating?

One...

The special effects were great and I thought I'd love to show at least those to my kids as it was a super hero movie but...

Too much cursing to let any kids see it...

Two...

With Will Smith's obvious box office drawing ability based on his exceptional talent, why is he in a movie portraying a super hero who is black but... An alcoholic? And as is often repeated throughout the movie a A-- Hole? And someone that you don't want to like any way?

Three...

Since it does seem like it was made up as they went along and a...

OK, Well let's do this next... Why pre tell didn't someone "Make up" a few different lines? So something with this many visual affects that would in fact be at least entertaining to children with less bad words, could be allowed to be viewed by children with parents that actually care about a little thing like that?

Because the story line sure isn't "Deep" or anything that I think real adults would find intriguing any way...

Which makes me a bit thrown by all the positive reviews and I go out my way to not bash but this has to be bashed.

Charlize Theron?

Gorgeous as always...

But again, how could so many great actors allow this to be released?

After I had told my daughter who had drifted in and out the room, "You can't watch this" as she pretended she or maybe did want something from the refrigerator... I was thinking maybe she could if I deleted the sound....

Are they trying to bring all the A list actors in this down to being C list material?

I just don't get it...

All I could come up with is that maybe they wanted a Will Smith movie that was a total failure in order to have (Hopefully) him make another one to rebound from and regain his respect.

This movie sucks aside from the visual affects and if you do watch it I am wondering if you like myself think all those that gave it past a one are what they want us all to be like mentally.

I'm left not with questions as to whether it was a bad movie over all because to me it was over all, and all things considered horrible...

My question is why would any one put money into something to entertain and not realize that?

I would like to see a movie about a Black Super Hero and for it to be positive.

Play Ta Challa the next time Will:)

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