Receiving mixed reviews from audiences all over, it’s questionable whether or not “Hancock” delivered a solid, superhero action movie. To me though, it’s all about entertainment.

Will Smith plays John Hancock, an alcoholic superhero who faces an entire world of people who hate him. Sure, flying in to rescue people drunk, destroying millions of dollars worth of city infrastructure and a fowl mouth do not exactly bring to mind a class act hero, but those are just minor details in the long scheme of things.

In enters Ray Embrey (played by the hilarious Jason Bateman). Ray is in public relations, and down on his luck, decides that turning Hancock’s bad behavior around might save both Hancock and himself from total failure.

For some unknown reason, at first, we don’t understand why Hancock is reluctant to become a superhero, as he is apparently the only one left of his kind.

The movie is funny in sporadic moments, and hits some toughie emotions throughout as we watch a superhero struggle to be appreciated by the very people he saves, and the fact that he can’t remember anything about his past.

Bateman and Smith have some crazy chemistry in this movie, and I thought they complimented each other well. Smith had some funny moments, and to me it looked like the movie was very well directed (by Peter Berg.)

The movie also features Charlize Theron playing Ray’s wife Mary. We see as she is dead set against Ray helping Hancock and soon realize her motives are a little jaded. She kind of creeps around Hancock, making you wonder what her connection to him might be.

A twist occurs in the movie that kinds of takes it in a hokey direction, but the plot and the action is still entertaining.

Special effects aren’t the best I’ve ever seen, but really they didn’t need to be.

Some of the funnier moments in the movie include scenes that occur during Hancock’s stay in a California prison.

I know this might be spoiling the movie for some, but a part I laughed hard at was what someone said to Hancock after smashing a car on top of another to save Ray from being slammed by a train, and what Hancock said in return.

“You know, somebody should sue you,” random (larger) person in the crowd said.

“You should sue McDonald’s, cuz they ****** you up,” Hancock shot back in return.

I know it’s bad, but it was funny.

I thought the acting in this movie was fantastic, and the only thing I really didn’t like was the hokey turn it took, and the supposed origin of the superheroes like Hancock. But to me, (unlike some people in the office, um hum, psssst.. Gary!), this movie was really about entertainment, it’s not about an epic superhero, nerd flick that comic book lovers will croon over.

I laughed, and I felt for Hancock when he was hurting.   

I left the theater happy, and I thought it was worth seeing.