A Sequel To ‘Hancock’ You Say? Aww Hell Meh…

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 19, 2009

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Hancock was a big summer hit for Will Smith and director Peter Berg in the summer of 2008, but it had a lot of detractors. Much of the criticism was unwarranted except for the comments directed at the film’s absolutely terrible third act. Goddamn that was disappointing.

Berg recently spoke with SciFiWire about possible plans for a sequel, and as a word of WARNING, his comment (and the remainder of this post) is SPOILER-filled…

“There might be another god out there,” Berg says with a typically Bergian smirk.

Ugh. And that ugh comes from a defender of the film (except for that atrocious and god-filled last act). The revelation that not only was Smith’s character a god but that one of his co-stars was as well was lame sauce of the highest order. And the movie explicitly stated that they were the last two of their kind too… so now there’s a third one? And aren’t they supposed to come in pairs? Berg also says that Jason Bateman’s subplot of him starting a charity campaign would also continue. Fascinating stuff.

If Hancock’s third-act twist didn’t suck so hard I’d be all for this sequel, but as it stands I have zero interest in seeing the story continue. There’s nowhere interesting to go here… is there?

What do you think about a Hancock sequel and should it include a talking penguin?

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Jim_Rohner

My favorite part of the whole movie came in the scene during the credits when Hancock has moved onto NYC and the possibly coked up criminal sees him and says, "damn, it's hand job." I lol'ed.

finalcrisis2

My favorite part of that movie was the end credits. As in, the movie was over. (Just in case you didn't get that)

PHiL

Hancock 2: The Soich For More Money!

JayJayCAW

Hancock 2....................yea I'll be skipping that one, gave the first one a chance and I went it thinking it would be bad and left being right lol

Icarus II

What they could have done is split the first movie into two parts and expand upon the story more for each as well as bump up the character development. Hancock just seemed a bit rushed after the first hour.

Aleric

And the fact that they marketed the movie as something it wasn't had nothing to do with the negative reviews did it? Nahhhh

It's basically Will Smith being the savior of the world........again.

merc_the_greatest

Handcock was amusing exciting and an all around thrilling movie. its a shame to see people talk poorly of a movie i enjoyed so much. idk if a sequel is a good idea but i wouldnt miss it for the world.

Rohith

I hated the first movie and I will not watch a sequel for this useless movie.

michaeldance

You know, the first hour of Hancock was so good that I gave the third act a pass. Everything up until "the twist" was a damn fine film. So the same team starting with a fresh script, and not one that's been kicking around Hollywood being constantly rewritten for a few years? I'll go with that.

I mean, honestly, let's count the movies from this summer that were worse than Hancock. Terminator... Transformers... G.I. Joe... Wolverine... I can't go on.

Aleric

I disagree with you on Terminator and Wolverine wasn't bad they simply tried to squeeze too much into one movie. But to each his own.

A Sequel To ‘Hancock’ You Say? Aww Hell Meh…

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