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A more accessible and less heavy-handed movie than Ang Lee's 2003 Hulk Louis Leterrier'sThe Incredible Hulkis a purely popcorn love affair with Marvel's raging, green superhero, as well as the old television series starring Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the beast within him. Edward Norton takes up where Eric Bana left off in Lee's version, playing Bruce (that's the character's original name) Banner, a haunted scientist always on the move. Trying to eliminate the effects of a military experiment that turns him into the Hulk whenever his emotions get the better of him, Banner is hiding out in Brazil at the film's beginning. Working in a bottling plant and communicating via email with an unidentified professor who thinks he can help, Banner goes postal when General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and a small army turn up to grab him. Intent on developing whatever causes Banner's metamorphoses into a weapon, Ross brings along a quietly der! anged soldier named Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who wants Ross to turn him into a supersoldier who can take on the Hulk. The adventure spreads to the U.S., where Banner hooks up with his old lover (and Ross' daughter), Betty (Liv Tyler), and where the Hulk takes on several armed assaults, including one in a pretty unusual location: a college campus. The film's action is impressive, though the computer-generated creature is disappointingly cartoonish, and a second monster turning up late in the movie looks even cheesier. Norton is largely wasted in the film--he's essentially a bridge between sequences where he disappears and the Hulk rampages around. As good an actor as he is, Norton doesn't have the charisma here to carry those scenes in which one waits impatiently for the real show to begin. --Tom Keogh
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Liv Tyler,
William Hurt,
Tim Roth,
Ty Burrell,
Tim Blake Nelson,
Christina Cabot
Director: Louis Leterrier
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Date: June 13, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Writer: Zak Penn
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
Runtime: 1hr 52min
Studio: Marvel, Universal Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures
Director: Louis Leterrier
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Date: June 13, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Writer: Zak Penn
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
Runtime: 1hr 52min
Studio: Marvel, Universal Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures
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As I said before, the character of The Incredible Hulk is like instant pudding: impossible to screw up. There can't be anything too difficult about a man who rages out into a giant green monster and tears up whatever is in his path. In 2003 though, Ang Lee found a way with a slow as hell snoozer about monsters, daddy issues and other maudlin junk. It might have picked up when Hulk was, well the Hulk but why did it have to be so DULL? Enter 2008 with … more
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Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) turns up in Brazil living a life of seclusion, and trying to learn anger management techniques to suppress the curse inside of him called the Hulk. He's also working diligently on finding a cure. Later, his location is discovered and he's ambushed by a military team sent by General "Thunderbolt" Ross (William Hurt). After a number of losses to The Green Goliath, Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), one of Ross soldiers, becomes so obsessed … more
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THE INCREDIBLE HULK I remember not so long ago when a film by Ang Lee hit the theaters that was called simply "Hulk", and I liked unlike a lot of others apparently. I still to this day can not see why people did not like that film because I thought it was really good. The character driven emotional study of this man/creature was perfect. Lee did a great job with the film in my opinion and while it was not a classic was still very good. … more
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Well, it certainly took me a while to get to this one and I think part of my reluctance stemmed from the 2003 film Hulk, which left me with mixed emotions. The story was entirely too dry and drawn out for my tastes and what little screen time the title character received had more in common with video game graphics of the era then big-budget Hollywood feature films. However, I did say mixed emotions on account of the fact that Eric Bana’s interpretation of the Bruce Banner character … more
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Quick Tip by TheJohn.
August 05, 2010
MUCH better retelling/restart after the misfire the other Hulk film was. The green guy appears more often, the action is good and the movie moves. It still has it's problems but at least this movie is enjoyable.
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review by Lopez15.
November 09, 2009
While the 2003 Hulk was a failure with fans this 2008 reboot is stylish, fast paced, brutal, dark, powerful, smart and just all around fun. The Incredible Hulk is an amazing step up from the firs tin action and in the brutal anger that is Hulk, but it lacks in the emotion department and is at sometimes preposterous and absurd. But ti makes up for that with mind blowing action and a great story and plot to keep … more
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review by A1CJonathanLane.
January 31, 2010
Man, Marvel should do this more often. First they come out with the instant classic that was Iron Man , … more
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review by Husher315.
August 14, 2009
This was a film I had been wanting to see for a while. For some reason, I just hadn't gotten around to it, but finally the film was free on HBO ONDemand and I got to see why The Incredible Hulk was... incredible. Sure, it's no Iron Man, but the film does hold its own a whole lot more than Ang Lee's Hulk ever did. This reboot actually had some great moments in it and of course the very subtle and not so subtle hints at S.H.I.E.L.D. and a certain someone's cameo at the end … more
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"THE MADDER HULK GETS, THE STRONGER HE GETS". Apparently, ol' Jade-Jaws has been rebooted for the screen under the moniker; "Incredible Hulk" with a new director; Louis Letterrier, a new script by Zack Penn and has a new lead actor in Edward Norton. To be honest, I'm one of the few who appreciated Ang Lee's "Hulk", appreciated but didn't love. Sure, it was too moody, nary a smile on anyone's face, full of human angst and fake looking CGI, but I thought it was reminiscent to the comic book with … more
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Well, it certainly took me a while to get to this one and I think part of my reluctance stemmed from the 2003 film Hulk, which left me with mixed emotions. The story was entirely too dry and drawn out for my tastes and what little screen time the title character received had more in common with video game graphics of the era then big-budget Hollywood feature films. However, I did say mixed emotions on account of the fact that Eric Bana's interpretation of the Bruce Banner character was pretty solid … more
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