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It works perfectly fine and I have no issues with it
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Excellent definitely recommend. The story is great with humour and family friendly.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Its a good film with great characters and a strong story
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
`In Development' are the two words which can strike fear onto the hearts of any screenwriter. What it basically means is studios like the idea, but what can they do to squeeze every last penny from it. It was the `In Development' curse which befell the film Tonight, He Comes. For 12 years, Vincent Ngo's script had been wandering around Hollywood, trying to find a home. In that time, it managed to morph from a dark tale about a morally bankrupt superhero, who smokes, drinks, and sleeps with prostitutes (who die when he...erm...gets his most excited, wink, wink) to a family friendly summer blockbuster staring Will Smith. Why oh why do things have to change so much??? John Hancock (Will Smith) is your typical super-hero. Unlike other super-heroes though, his lazy, drunken attempts at fighting crime have caused massive damage and given him a bad reputation with the public. One day though, he is taken under the wing of PR guru Ray (Jason Bateman), who thinks he can solve Hancock's image problems. But Mary (Charlize Theron), Ray's wife, is apprehensive about her husband getting involved with the fallen hero. Hancock is one of those Hollywood films made up for two separate parts. The first half is the half where the director has been allowed to do what he wants. And the second half is where the studio suits came in and it becomes a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. The first half of the film remains close to its anti-hero roots, with sharp, dark dialogue, and Hancock at his best when he's behaving badly, whether its launching mouthy children into the atmosphere, returning whales to the ocean or stopping the bad guys from getting away. It is at exactly at the half way point of the film (honestly, at 46 minutes), when Hancock goes to jail, that the film turns. It then becomes a typical super-hero film, with all the usual hallmarks - a nemesis, a display of his range of powers and even a suit. However, these have all been ripped off from other films, mainly Superman. His nemesis, played by Eddie Marsan, is a poor man's Lex Luthor; he doesn't feel at all threatening, with Marsan seriously miscast in the role. Hancock's powers - flight, invulnerability and immortality - have also been taken from the famed Man of Steel. Even Hancock's suit looks like it has been stolen from Wolverine's wardrobe. When the studio suits eventually get their own way, they can't even get it right, with the final third unbearably melodramatic. The producers of the film should be thankful at they managed to get Will Smith on board, as he is one of the few actors who can still open a distinctly average film. His initial portrayal as Hancock the drunk is different to many of the roles he normally takes on, and he delivers his put-downs beautifully, although he is mostly on auto-pilot. But like the rest of the film, the second half suffers, with too many emotions trying to be crammed into too few scenes. Also, his turn-around from drunken vigilante, to gleaming super-hero feels rushed and hollow. After so much promise in the first half, Hancock loses all momentum, and becomes another of the de-facto super-hero movies, but not as good as anything we're normally treated to.Read full review
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