History YMMV / Hancock

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Kenneth "Red" Parker Jr.]] is a brilliant psychologist-turned-ruthless bank robber who becomes Hancock's [[ArchEnemy most personal foe]]. Introduced to the film by taking dozens of [[HostageSituation hostages]]--including [[WouldHurtAChild kids]]--at a bank and gunning down any police officers who try to save the day, Red threatens to blow each and every hostage to pieces if Hancock doesn't help him rob the bank. After losing his hand to and being arrested by the hero, Red later escapes prison with a few thugs and stages an armed attack at a hospital Hancock is in, endangering the patients and doctors with gunfire as Red tries to kill Hancock, wounding his LoveInterest in the process.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a very brief appearance at the restaurant scene greeting Hancock. Although a recurring character on ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', this is before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' just the year prior.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a brief appearance at the restaurant scene greeting Hancock. Although being a recurring character on ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', this is before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' just the year prior.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a brief appearance at the restaurant scene greeting Hancock. Although being a recurring character on ''Series/Roseanne'', this is before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' just the year prior.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a brief appearance at the restaurant scene greeting Hancock. This is shortly before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' just the year prior.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a brief appearance. This is shortly before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

* BrokenBase: Which half of the movie is better: the BlackComedy [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive]] first half? Or the grittier, more dramatic second half? Generally speaking, many critics and audience members preferred the first half primarily for being the one that opens up the movie and resembles the trailers most, not to mention being ActuallyPrettyFunny.

** The whole premise of the movie is pretty hilarious by itself, by anyone who was read or watched ''Manga/OnePunchMan'', as both Hancock and Saitama has similar backgrounds, albeit Saitama [[spoiler:got his powers by training really hard for three years and breaking his limiter, compared with Hancock, who is immortal]]. Hell, [[InASingleBound both]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments of them]] even have done impossibly awesome while on the Moon!

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnnyGalecki makes a brief appearance. This is shortly before becoming a lot more well-known from his role in Series/TheBigBangTheory.

* WhatAnIdiot: Michel the French bully, and Red, the BigBad, both call Hancock an asshole, and even after Hancock says that's his BerserkButton, they ''continue'' to press said button anyway, despite knowing [[FlyingBrick who Hancock is]] ''and'' his [[GoodIsNotNice sunny disposition]], at least to an extent. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments they get their asses handed to them for it.]]
** Even more so for the crooks in jail - they're angry because ''he put them there,'' which means they ''all'' know firsthand what he can do. Yes, by all means, go out of your way to piss him off.
** How does Mary try to force Hancock to stay away from her and Ray? By using her powers without explaining herself at all. And this ''right after'' he talked about how he is the only one of his kind and doesn't fully know how he has powers. No wonder Hancock starts pestering her for information.

* WhatAnIdiot: Michelle, the French bully, and Red, the BigBad, both call Hancock an asshole, and even after Hancock says that's his BerserkButton, they ''continue'' to press said button anyway, despite knowing [[FlyingBrick who Hancock is]], at least to an extent. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments they get their asses handed to them for it.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics claimed that the first half of the movie was the best part and that the rest of the film wasted the potential of that plot. Others claim the second half could have been a groundbreaking superhero drama if developed fully rather than wasting the first half of the movie being funny. Possibly they're both right, and the movie just generally suffers from trying to be two different movies at the same time.

** The whole premise of the movie is pretty hilarious by itself, by anyone who was read or watched ''Manga/OnePunchMan'', as both Hancock and Saitama has similar backgrounds, albeit Saitama [[spoiler:got his powers by training really hard for three years and breaking his limiter, compared with Hancock, who is immortal]]. Hell, [[InASingleBound both]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of them]] even have done impossibly awesome while on the Moon!

* WhatAnIdiot: Michelle, the French bully, and Red, the BigBad, both call Hancock an asshole, and even after Hancock says that's his BerserkButton, they ''continue'' to press said button anyway, despite knowing [[FlyingBrick who Hancock is]], at least to an extent. Needless to say, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny they get their asses handed to them for it.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Ray bandies the word "change" in his Allheart pitch, in a 2008 movie with a black dude as superhero.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** Hancock leaving at the end in order to [[spoiler: save Mary's life, so that both can heal and get their powers back]].
** Ray gets his CMOA on [[spoiler: when Hancock is down and a trigger pull away from getting his brains spread over the floor, who shows up with an axe to [[IncrediblyLamePun disarm]] the bad guy before killing him.]]
** "My Zagnut bar versus your gun."
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Hancock follows up on his threat [[AssShove to shove a guy's head up his friend's ass.]] It gets even funnier when the ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' theme song kicks in.
** [shows a comic book with a picture of a spandex clad superhero on it] "Homo." [shows him another comic with a hero in red spandex] "Homo in red." [shows him a third comic with a blonde-haired hero] "Norwegian homo."
** The annoying French kid getting thrown into the sky. Bet he'll never call anybody an asshole again.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "No Hancock, you did a good job!"
** [[spoiler: "Look up,"]] provided one can overlook the gravity of the [[spoiler:defacement]] of something that visible and significant.

* {{Squick}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Your head is going up his ass." ]]
** And dear God, [[AssShove it does]].
*** He makes a similar threat to the carload of thieves; "Your head is going up the driver's ass, his head is going up your ass, and you drew the short stick, cause your head is going up my ass."

** The whole premise of the movie is pretty hilarious by itself, by anyone who was read or watched ''Manga/OnePunchMan'', as both Hancock and Saitama has similar backgrounds, albeit Saitama [[spoiler:got his powers by training really hard for three years, compared with Hancock, who is immortal]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Hancock leaving at the end in order to [[spoiler: save Mary's life, so that both can heal and get their powers back]].
** Ray gets his CMOA on as well [[spoiler: when Hancock is down and a trigger pull away from getting his brains spread over the floor, who shows up with an axe to [[IncrediblyLamePun disarm]] the bad guy before killing him.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Hancock follows up on his threat [[AssShove to shove a guy's head up his friend's ass.]] It gets even funnier when the SanfordAndSon theme song kicks in.

** Ray gets his CMOA on as well [[spoiler: when Hancock is down and a trigger pull away from getting his brains spread over the floor, who shows up with the axe to [[IncrediblyLamePun disarm]] the bad guy.]]