Film: As far as the 'bad boy superhero' genre goes, someone at some point seems to have decided that 'Hellboy' was going to rule the roost. Which is a shame, because 'Hancock' is about a hundred times less pretentious and annoying than that haughty crab.

Then again, at least 'Hellboy' is pretty shit throughout, whereas 'Hancock 'takes such a steep drop in quality after its opening 60 minutes that you might want to trim about an inch of the outside of your DVD in the hope that it'll save you the pain of the last half hour.

Extras: Some featurettes and a digital copy of the movie that you can play on your 'portable entertainment system', if you like that sort of thing

3 attempts to be cynical about Will Smith out of 5

CUT BY THE Motion Picture Association of America: 'A scene of statutory rape, two of three uses of the "f-word" and intense shots of needles going into arms.'
PERMITTED BY THE MPAA: 'Scenes of Hancock shoving a prisoner's head up another's behind and of Hancock having explosive ejaculation during sexual intercourse.'