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Warning! If you do not enjoy reviews that make fun of twists just don’t read the sentences marked in red.

Today, I had the privilege of seeing a movie. Sadly, the only movies I ever see in theaters are Will Smith movies or Indiana Jones lately. But the good thing is I get to watch the same twist for each of his movies, only in a different theme and plot. But don’t let that small jab confuse you, I still have much more to complain about. Including the movie. Go figure.

The comparisons to I Am Legend are almost too obvious. If you’ve seen I Am Legend, just turn the doctor into a lazy superhero and all the poorly animated shamblers (Do I care to learn their real name?) into real people and you basically got it. Hancock believes he’s the only like him (last surviving human?), and then there’s a twist that involves a certain somebody upstairs(I Am Uncreative). Which is pretty funny since the last time I saw Will Smith, which was on David Letterman, he said that something had clicked. It’s hard to believe that he did such a phenomenal job on Pursuit of Happiness and then turned around and knocked out as bad of a movie as Legend and then turned a different angle and decided to do the same exact thing.

What are you blabbering about, Mike? Well, I’ll tell you. Hancock isn’t great. It’s not terrible by any stretch of hope but it’s not what the summer deserves. I went into this movie with the mild impression that this was going to be a comedy but after the first thirty minutes it turns not funny and by the hour mark it’s gone dead serious. There’s a very unnecessary twist that is supposed to explain everything about Hancock but in the end it really just confuses itself. This twist is one you can see coming from galaxies away and even though it’s just that obvious, I refuse to ruin it. But in case you like being ruined by very subtle hints and references to LOST: Think Richard Alpert. And angels. OOPS!

There are still some shining moments in the movie. Like the first thirty minutes. Jason Bateman is good in any movie he’s in. And I got to see previews of movie that I find extremely interesting looking. Eagle Eye and The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Overall: 6/11