QIs Hancock an alien or what?
ANo, Hancock (Will Smith) is not an alien. He's described in the film as one of the last survivors of an ancient race that died out because they had the unfortunate tendency to become mortal when near each other for long. Their origin is never made clear, only hinted. Charlize Theron's character mentions that "normal" humans used to call them "gods and angels", for instance, showing that even she is unaware of their true past.
ASome viewers claim that Mary Embrey (Charlize Theron) is the villain. Others name Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) as the villain. The most obvious villains are a trio of escaped convicts--Red (Eddie Marsan), Mountain (David Mattey), and Matrix (Maetrix Fitten)--who hold a grudge against Hancock for putting them behind bars. However, part of the subversion of the genre that Hancock engages in is that Hancock is the true villain of the story, as well as the hero - an antihero. The person he truly has to fight is himself; the person who causes all the troubles in his life is himself; the person who perpetuates the cycles of violence in his life is himself. Since the film turns the idea of a Hero on its head, as well as the idea of a Villain, it's very hard to assign the role to any one character.
QIs "Hancock" based on a book?
ANo. Hancock began as a script by screenwriter Vincent Ngo. It was originally titled Tonight, He Comes, in 1996, but it got passed around from director to director until Peter Berg took it over in October of 2006. After several rewrites and a change of title, Hancock finally began filming in July of 2007.
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