| Overall: | C- |
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| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 92 |
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| Video Release: | 24 Nov 2008 |
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Angst about their identity seems to affect other superheroes as well. Peter Parker struggles to accept his new powers in Spider-Man. Bruce Wayne also wrestles with his role in Batman Begins. The expense of insurance claims and law suites also causes superheroes to fall from grace in the animated film The Incredibles. Will Smith plays another character who finds himself down and out in The Pursuit of Happyness.
Home Video Extra Features
Hancock hits the home video market in both a rated and unrated version, as well as on DVD and Blu-ray. Look for these combinations:
The Hancock: Rated Theatrical Version is available in widescreen with five featurettes: Superhumans: The Making of Hancock, Seeing the Future, Building a Better Hero, Bumps and Bruises and Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with Dirty Pete.
The Hancock: Unrated Version offers ten extra minutes of footage and is also available in widescreen. It includes the five aforementioned featurettes: Superhumans: The Making of Hancock, Seeing the Future, Building a Better Hero, Bumps and Bruises and Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with Dirty Pete.
Hancock the 2-Disc Rated/Unrated Special Edition (with Digital Copy) provides both the rated and unrated versions of the film (in widescreen), along with a Digital Copy. This edition provides seven featurettes, adding Home Life and Suiting Up to the previous five (Superhumans: The Making of Hancock, Seeing the Future, Building a Better Hero, Bumps and Bruises and Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with Dirty Pete).
The Blue-ray version of Hancock comes as a 2-Disc Rated/Unrated Special Edition (with Digital Copy). This presentation contains the bonus extras found on the 2-disc DVD edition (Home Life, Suiting Up, Superhumans: The Making of Hancock, Seeing the Future, Building a Better Hero, Bumps and Bruises and Mere Mortals: Behind the Scenes with Dirty Pete) plus some exclusive Blu-ray features: BD-Live Enabled, Picture-In-Picture and an On-Set Visual Diary.
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
