History Film / Hancock

* ArcWords: More like arc symbolism. Ray's "All Heart" logo, which he hopes to convince big corporations use as brand recognition, to indicate the amount of charity work they do. They laugh him out of the room [[spoiler: until the ending, when Hancock puts the All Heart logo on the near side of the moon.]]

* AntiHero: Hancock is this at the start of the film - a drunken, sexist, politically incorrect prick who cares nothing for collateral damage and only saves people out of some strange need. He grows out of it with Ray's help.

* {{Trainstopping}}: Hancock "saves" Ray by stopping a train from hitting his car.

* AntiHero: Hancock is this at the start of the film - a drunken, sexist, homophobic prick who cares nothing for collateral damage and only saves people out of some strange need. He grows out of it with Ray's help.

* {{Trainstopping}}: Hancock saves Ray by stopping a train from hitting his car.

* Trainstopping: Hancock saves Ray by stopping a train from hitting his car.

* EasyAmnesia: [[spoiler: Subverted. Hancock was attacked with his wife and had his skull fractured, leaving him in that state.]]

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Despite being [[EternalLove made for each other]] Hancock can't stay with Mary.

* ArcWords: More like arc symbolism. Hancock's tends toward wearing clothing and/or jewelry with eagles on them. Ray notices this, and when he gives Hancock his uniform, it too bears an eagle.
** Ray's "All Heart" logo, which he hopes to convince big corporations use as brand recognition, to indicate the amount of charity work they do. They laugh him out of the room [[spoiler: until the ending, when Hancock puts the All Heart logo on the near side of the moon.]]

* GenreSavvy: When Hancock goes to prison, he quickly figures out why all the other prisoners are giving him the stink eye.
--> '''Hancock''' Oh I get it, I put some... well ''most'' of you guys in here. I can understand you feeling some way about that.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld:[[spoiler: Hancock and Mary, several thousand years old]]

''Hancock'' is a 2008 film starring WillSmith as the titular "[[AntiHero hero]]."

''Hancock'' is a movie about a drunken {{jerkass}} super-zero (played by WillSmith) who has been stopping crime in Los Angeles for years. He has absolutely zero HeroInsurance, and every time he stops crime, something gets horribly wrecked, only annoying the city's denizens more and more. Each additional crime he stops raises the level of enmity the Angelenos have for him, and it isn't helped by the fact that they're all aware he cannot be restrained. While he still opts to fight the bad guys, there is absolutely no public support for him.

* GenreSavvy: When Hancock goes to prison, he quickly figures out why all the other prisoners are giving him the stink eye.
--> '''Hancock''' Oh I get it, I put some... well ''most'' of you guys in here. I can understand you feeling some way about that.
* GenreShift: It goes from a BlackComedy (Act 1) to a [[BromanticComedy Buddy Film]] (Act 2) to a Drama (Act 3).

* [[HotMom Hot Stepmom]]: Mary.

* GoodIsNotNice: Hancock. [[spoiler:Mary.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: Hancock was this from the start and for most of the movie [[spoiler:until Ray finally convinced him to use his powers for good as a superhero]].

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:This is actually a reason why there's no one else like Hancock: superheroes were made in pairs, and when they fell in love, they become mortal to live and die together.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted. Hancock tosses the bully up in the air and only catches him at the last second. Ray is visibly shaken, obviously not sure if Hancock would bother to catch the kid or not.
** [[JerkassVictim Not that many viewers cared]].

* BittersweetEnding: Hancock doesn't get to be with Mary at the end, even though they were apparently made for one-another. But he's alive, and she's alive, and she's with a good man whom she cares about and he's doing what he likes doing, and they both know each other is okay.

* AntiHero: Hancock is this at the start of the film. He grows out of it with Ray's help.

* AntiHero: Hancock is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]] at the start of the film. He grows out of it with Ray's help.

* ConstantineCurse: John Hancock destroys more than he saves. And he's darn well good at it.

''Hancock'' is a movie about a drunken {{jerkass}} super-hero (played by WillSmith) who has been stopping crime in Los Angeles for years. He has absolutely zero HeroInsurance, and every time he stops crime, something gets horribly wrecked, only annoying the city's denizens more and more. Each additional crime he stops raises the level of enmity the Angelenos have for him, and it isn't helped by the fact that they're all aware he cannot be restrained. While he still opts to fight the bad guys, there is absolutely no public support for him.

* [[spoiler:PhysicalGod: Hancock and Mary are implied to be this. They're certainly powerful enough and have at many times in history been dubbed and worshipped as gods.]]

* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Hancock and Mary, several thousand years old]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film evolved out of a much more adult script, which was known mostly for its concept of a superhero who can't have sex because his ejaculations blow his lovers up (an argument first proposed in [[LarryNiven Man of Steel, Women of Kleenex]]). A scene along those lines was included in the extended edition of the film.