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Will Smith slips in action film ‘Hancock’ Elizabeth Weitzman Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 10:18 AM At this point, nobody would argue that Will Smith deserves his own superhero franchise. Certainly, the filmmakers who’ve watched him deliver feats of box-office glory one July after another already consider him heroic. But they let him down this year with “Hancock,” a mishmash of a movie that no mere mortal could save. Part of the problem with Peter Berg’s ill-conceived action flick is that while Smith is perfectly suited to saving the world, he makes a surprisingly unconvincing bad guy. And John Hancock is not, when we first meet him, a likely candidate for Superhero of the Year. For one thing, although he has unearthly strength and speed, he’s an unapologetic drunk. And for another, his defiantly surly attitude could use a serious adjustment. While he’ll perform the occasional good deed, he does it with so much reluctance that he usually gets more grief than gratitude. After he saves PR ex
