DVD: Hancock

Basics for "Hancock"
Stars: Will Smith, Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron.
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-2-08

Synopsis: Hancock (Will Smith) is an obnoxious, lazy, rude and all-around unlikeable superhero. He has all the makings of a comic book good guy -- the super strength, the flying, the ability to fight bad guys -- but manages to alienate everyone. Then he saves the life of PR exec Ray Embrey. And Embrey is determined to turn this failure into the superhero he can be. Embrey doesn't realize, however, the effect Hancock will have on his life. Especially when it comes to his wife (Charlize Theron).

He Said: Eh. "Hancock" was OK. It was watchable and humorous in parts. But it never achieved what it could, I don't think. I mean, the story was told sort of backward and there were never really good explanations for a lot of things. Like, why was the guy a drunk? Yeah, it said life was rough and he was the only one of his kind and yada, yada, yada. But there was never one real incident, like the death of someone or some horrible injustice he couldn't stop. And then there was the connection between Hancock and Embrey's wife, Mary. Just pure coincidence? Nobody's buying that. Not with their history. Had a few little kinks been worked out with the story, this thing could've been really good. As it was, just ... eh.

She Said: Oh, it was a little better than that. Josh always likes to have everything tied up nice and neat for him and he can never let a good coincidence go. Like strange things don't happen in real life. Anyway, this was a movie. If you're making a movie about a group of people, there should be a strange coincidence involved in some way. The acting in this was good. The storyline was interesting. Outside of a few dull moments, I didn't have many problems.

Ratings:
Josh: 2
Kim: 3