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Item Number
202899176983
Actor
Jason Bateman
AudienceRating
Suitable for 12 years and over
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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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Good. An item in used but good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the item cover including scuffs, scratches, or cracks. The cover art and liner notes are included for a CD. VHS or DVD box is included. Video game instructions are included. No skipping on CD/DVD. No fuzzy/snowy frames on VHS tape. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all item conditions
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The disc(s) has passed our quality checks and is guaranteed to be in great working order. This product comes in a plastic case with cover included as standard. If you would like to participate in our recycling scheme and get the plastic case of this item recycled, please leave the following message to seller in the checkout: "enviro". We would send this item without the case ONLY if you leave the message to us at the checkout. Did you know? - You can also send your unwanted items to us by post. We might be able to rehome or to recycle them. Our postal address is: EnviroMedia Group Limited, 68 Underwood Road, PA3 1QZ, United Kingdom.Show less
Quantity
226 sold
More than 10 available
Item Number
202899176983
Actor
Jason Bateman
AudienceRating
Suitable for 12 years and over
Certificate
12A/12
Director
Peter Berg
Edition
Standard
Genre
Action & Adventure
Manufacturer
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
NumberOfDiscs
1
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Ent.
Region Code
DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Release Year
2008
ReleaseDate
2008-12-01
Season
N/A
Sub-Genre
Superhero
EAN
5035822715233
Film/TV Title
Hancock
Format
DVD
Encoding
PAL
Type
Movie
Language
English
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N/A
Subtitle Language
N/A
UPC
5035822715233
Category
Films & TV > DVDs & Blu-rays
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An item in used but good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the item cover including scuffs, scratches, or cracks. The cover art and liner notes are included for a CD. VHS or DVD box is included. Video game instructions are included. No skipping on CD/DVD. No fuzzy/snowy frames on VHS tape. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Excellent definitely recommend. The story is great with humour and family friendly.Excellent definitely recommend. The story is great with humour and family friendly.
`In Development' are the two words which can strike fear onto the hearts of any ... `In Development' are the two words which can strike fear onto the hearts of any screenwriter. What it basically means is studios like the idea, but what can they do to squeeze every last penny from it. It was the `In Development' curse which befell the film Tonight, He Comes. For 12 years, Vincent Ngo's script had been wandering around Hollywood, trying to find a home. In that time, it managed to morph from a dark tale about a morally bankrupt superhero, who smokes, drinks, and sleeps with prostitutes (who die when he...erm...gets his most excited, wink, wink) to a family friendly summer blockbuster staring Will Smith. Why oh why do things have to change so much???
John Hancock (Will Smith) is your typical super-hero. Unlike other super-heroes though, his lazy, drunken attempts at fighting crime have caused massive damage and given him a bad reputation with the public. One day though, he is taken under the wing of PR guru Ray (Jason Bateman), who thinks he can solve Hancock's image problems. But Mary (Charlize Theron), Ray's wife, is apprehensive about her husband getting involved with the fallen hero.
Hancock is one of those Hollywood films made up for two separate parts. The first half is the half where the director has been allowed to do what he wants. And the second half is where the studio suits came in and it becomes a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. The first half of the film remains close to its anti-hero roots, with sharp, dark dialogue, and Hancock at his best when he's behaving badly, whether its launching mouthy children into the atmosphere, returning whales to the ocean or stopping the bad guys from getting away.
It is at exactly at the half way point of the film (honestly, at 46 minutes), when Hancock goes to jail, that the film turns. It then becomes a typical super-hero film, with all the usual hallmarks - a nemesis, a display of his range of powers and even a suit. However, these have all been ripped off from other films, mainly Superman. His nemesis, played by Eddie Marsan, is a poor man's Lex Luthor; he doesn't feel at all threatening, with Marsan seriously miscast in the role. Hancock's powers - flight, invulnerability and immortality - have also been taken from the famed Man of Steel. Even Hancock's suit looks like it has been stolen from Wolverine's wardrobe. When the studio suits eventually get their own way, they can't even get it right, with the final third unbearably melodramatic.
The producers of the film should be thankful at they managed to get Will Smith on board, as he is one of the few actors who can still open a distinctly average film. His initial portrayal as Hancock the drunk is different to many of the roles he normally takes on, and he delivers his put-downs beautifully, although he is mostly on auto-pilot. But like the rest of the film, the second half suffers, with too many emotions trying to be crammed into too few scenes. Also, his turn-around from drunken vigilante, to gleaming super-hero feels rushed and hollow.
After so much promise in the first half, Hancock loses all momentum, and becomes another of the de-facto super-hero movies, but not as good as anything we're normally treated to.