Well fellow movie lovers, Will Smith is back with another summer spectacular in Director Peter Berg's HANCOCK. Smith plays John Hancock - a super hero whom residents of Los Angeles have come to despise. The alcoholic superman is ultimately found criminally neglegent and sentenced to 8 years in prison; a sentence he relutcanly accepts at the behest of big-hearted PR agent played by Jason Bateman in an effort to rehab the heroe's public image. The ploy works and before long a new and improved Hancock is fighting crime on LA streets. The movie moves a fast clip from one action packed sequence to another, and while there a moments when the humor trends toward the low-brow, the spectacular visuals are more than adequate compensation.Clarlize Theron tackles one of the most complicated roles in the film - Mary Embry, the Hancock's PR Agent's wife - with her typical sensitivity and grace. It is Mrs. Embry's difficult relationship with Hancock and unexpected history that provides a deeper emotional context for a film that is visual feast and action packed thrill ride. The 2008 summer movie season is in full swing Hancock is a welcome addition to a line up that has not disappointed this movie fan yet!!!
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