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The Name’s Hancock!

Having watched the trailer, the minute there I went like "oooooo" and the "aaaaaaah" then finally the "errrr what the hell did I just see?" look. Yeah who the hell is hancock? No one knows for sure. Definitely an idea those guys improvised on the set while their heads sizzled for a name.

For a superhero who’s name is yet to catch the headlines, to the very least, I was impressed by the visuals. From an initial encounter, Hancock looked like another one of those killer spoof series ala Superhero and Scary Movie but then sooner or later, I realized it’s not one of those movies where most efforts went into the well-done visuals and about a cent went into the script. Will Smith looked as pinched and gleaming and is still doing his bit to keep the classic screen "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" comedy alive. The mishaps he creates in the trailer seems to result more spectacular disaster like the sick whale on the shore being heaved out to the sea, only to see it crash-land on an innocent sailboat as the poor fish wails in agony or the chaos he commits on the streets that earned him the right behind bars.

A superhero with a fetish for chaos but with talents like the mighty Thor and brains the size of a peanut. This is Hancock.

This July, a new hero shall rise.