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Director: Peter Berg
Screenwriters: Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan
Stars: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Synopsis:
Hancock is a 2008 American action-comedy superhero film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. It tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock, played by Smith, from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey, played by Bateman, makes it his mission to change Hancock’s public image for the better.
The story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years and had various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino before going into production in 2007. Hancock was filmed in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million.
The film was widely released on July 2, 2008 in the United States and the United Kingdom by Columbia Pictures. Hancock received mixed reviews from film critics. To date, Hancock has grossed $624,386,746 in theaters worldwide.
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I’m going to have to be honest, I was never too excited about this movie. It wasn’t that I don’t like Will Smith, I just thought it looked kind of cheesy. But then there was this mystery to it, after a friend of mine saw it, because, it turns out, the character Smith plays, Hancock, has amnesia. He has no idea how he became who he was or why. That totally changed my perspective on the movie, and while I didn’t love it, it was entertaining. Watch it just to find out Hancock’s origin. You’ll be entertained, and you’ll have a good laugh along the way.
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