Hancock (2008)

Hancock rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 534K votes

Rotten Tomatoes42%

Metacritic49%

TMDb6.355/10· 10K votes

With 42% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 49/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Hancock

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?

Cast of Hancock

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  Will Smith

  as John Hancock

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  Charlize Theron

  as Mary

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  Jason Bateman

  as Ray

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  Jae Head

  as Aaron

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  Eddie Marsan

  as Red

• 

  David Mattey

  as Man Mountain

• 

  Maetrix Fitten

  as Matrix

• 

  Thomas Lennon

  as Mike

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  Johnny Galecki

  as Jeremy

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  Hayley Marie Norman

  as Hottie

• D

  Dorothy Cecchi

  as Woman in Dive Bar

• M

  Michelle Lemon

  as Girl at Bus Bench

Hancock facts

Budget

$150M

Box office

$629.4M

Our take on Hancock

Peter Berg's 2008 action fantasy gives the superhero movie a sour, self-aware twist. Hancock has the powers but none of the polish: a scruffy, hard-drinking hero whose rescues leave cities in ruins and the public exhausted. A PR expert steps in to rehabilitate his image, and the surprising plan of putting him behind bars to make the world miss him actually works, raising the question of whether he can hold onto a new sense of purpose. It suits viewers who like their capes tarnished and their heroes flawed, blending broad comedy with bursts of spectacle. Come for the irreverent premise rather than a conventional origin story.