Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Acting
Will Smith fully commits to being an unlikable disaster.
Direction
Peter Berg's shaky-cam chaos somehow suits this mess.
Writing
That third-act reveal? Absolutely unhinged choice.
Director
Peter Berg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original script was much darker and R-rated; reshoots softened Hancock's alcoholism and added more comedy.
This came out one month after Iron Man and tried to deconstruct superheroes before the MCU made them ubiquitous.
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