Jack Axelrod

Hancock -- Academy Award nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public.

Academy Award nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again--until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

Hancock is a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey, his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again--until he meets a woman with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

Duplicity and vengeance are the operative words in this twisty thriller starring Eric Roberts as Reno Adams, whose grasping ex, Lauren (Mädchen Amick), set him up for a stint in the big house as part of a scheme to net a fortune. When Reno breaks out of prison, he wastes no time getting revenge on Lauren and her new husband, wealthy banker Paul Harrington (John Lithgow). The supporting cast includes Donald Moffat and Richard Edson.