Hancock

                Hancock came out in 2008 starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, and Eddie Marson. This film was directed by Peter Borg and presented by Columbia Pictures. Hancock was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996 but didn’t go into production until 2007. It was rated PG-13 after they made changes to it to get it lowered from an R rating. This movie made more than $620 million in the box office.

                This movie is about a man named Hancock that has superhero powers such as the ability to fly, invulnerability, and super-strength. He is also an alcoholic and causes millions of dollars of damages to the city when he stops criminals because of his constant intoxication. Hancock once saves a public relations person named Ray Embrey. Embrey then tells Hancock that he is going to try and help improve Hancock’s image.

                Embrey convinces Hancock to turn himself in for all the damage he caused. However when the crime rate in the city goes up, the Chief of Police gets Hancock out of jail so he can help them stop a bank robbery. Hancock manages to stop the robbery without hurting anyone and gets applauded because of it. Hancock then becomes popular again and doesn’t have to go back to jail. Hancock soon learns that Embrey’s wife has the same powers as him and threatens to tell Embrey if she doesn’t tell him where she is from. She explains to Hancock that they have been alive for 3,000 years and he doesn’t remember this because he got knocked out in an alley 80 years ago.

                This movie is unique which is almost always a good thing. Most movies tell of superheroes who are perfect and that everyone looks up to. However Hancock tells the story of a superhero who no one likes even though he is just trying to help. Hancock is also an inspirational story of someone turning their life around. He starts out as an alcoholic and ends up being a much better man.

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