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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge)   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, July 4, 2008 'Hancock' Will Smith has owned Fourth of July weekends with huge debuts for some passable but not-so-great movies, and he'll likely do it again with this foul-mouthed-misanthrope-as-superhero flick, which opened Wednesday. The movie has a crisp, entertaining setup: Smith is a superhero who hates everyone and is hated in turn for the chaos he causes. With nowhere to go after that, the filmmakers let the story devolve into a lame variation of the action genre they aimed to flip on its head. While everyone in Los Angeles may hate their resident dude with superpowers, the always likable Smith makes you love Hancock. Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron co-star. Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi action and violence, and language, the movie is showing at Alderwood Mall, Everett, Galaxy Monroe, Marysville, Mountlake, Stanwood, Meridian, Metro, Neptune, Oak Tree, Woodinville, Cascade Mall and Oak Harbor. -- Associated Press

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