Hancock Is One Bad Superhero

I used to be really scared of grumpy homeless chumps, Id step away from them or scream for help the minute they show signs of extending their raggedy arms towards me or my food. But after seeing the bad-ass theatrical trailer of Hancock, the much-anticipated movie of a hard-living superhero starring Will Smith, I could hug that smelly man on the train station and give him a high-five and a yeah!.

Hancock is an alcoholic superhero who got too drunk and crashed on Sheepshed Bay in Brooklyn. Everyone practically hates him, but town managed to bear with him because (duhhh) saves their asses all the time.

The trailer started off in a typical waking up on the bench scenario for Hancock, sporting a mega frown akin to a prisoner in a cell arguing with a kid. The kid tells him he needs to save someone today and the bum tells him to scrap away. After the kid gives him the finger, he rocketed off the bench with a blazing trail and speeds off into the sky, destroying every infrastructure that passes his way. Enough about the story, you can click the video to see for yourself.

The movie also stars Arrested Development and Junos Jason Bateman who plays publicist Ray Embrey, who made Hancock a public icon. Charlize Theron stars as his wife Mary Embrey, who later falls into a questionable relationship with the superhero. Peter Berg directed the whole thing and for those of you who dont have an idea how bad-ass his resume is, Ill join you. Aside from working a few episodes for Alias, Friday Night Lights, Chicago Cop and the movie The Kingdom, he hasnt done much. By looking at the trailer, Im sure itll be one great directorial debut.

What amazes me more is how much Will Smith has managed to maintain such a bad-ass career with roles in Independence Day, Men In Black, Ali, I Am Legend and so forth. If someone could knock a villain out, itll be Will Smith; his characters have the fighting skills of the best boxer in history, has fought aliens and gargoyle-like scientific clones, has survived living without companion, and most of all he had a talking pug which was secretly a pimp. And now, hes a drunk, homeless, dirty, grumpy bad-ass superhero. Not only does he get to tell his grandkids that he played an alien-fighter , her also gets to tell them he played a temperamental bum who zooms into air drunk. Nothing like saving the day after a bottle of whiskey. This guy deserves a block-full of stars in the Hollywood walk of fame. I dont know about you actors there, but Will Smith sure has one good agent!

Hancock will be released on July 2 this year. Heres the trailer:

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