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| Movie Name: | The Incredible Hulk | | Producer: | Marvel Studios; Distributor: Universal Pictures | | Release Date (USA): | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Stars: | ¶¶¶¶ (out of 5) | | Synopsis: | Click here to see new photos from the movie!
(By Peter Silvestro) Bruce Banner is hiding in Brazil, working in a juice factory while (a) learning to control his anger, and (b) searching for a cure for his condition, collaborating via Internet using his laptop with an American scientist code-named Mr. Blue. When General Thunderbolt Ross gets a lead on Banner, he dispatches a commando team led by expert soldier Emil Blonsky to capture him. At first Bruce manages to elude his captors but when he is cornered by the soldiers and the local bullies he turns into the Hulk, smashes up the factory and escapes. 
Back in the States, Ross recruits Blonsky as a test subject for a super-soldier project involving the Hulk formula. Bruce contacts Betty Ross at her University and recovers the pen drive containing the data on his experiments. The army, including a stronger, faster Blonsky, intercepts him; Bruce turns into the Hulk again and beats them, protecting Betty from a crashing helicopter. He then leaps away with Betty in his arms. When the Hulk becomes Bruce again, Betty helps him contact the mysterious Mr. Blue, who turns out to be New York biologist Samuel Sterns, and sends him the data. This transaction also allows the army to pick up his trail and head for New York as well. Sterns, who has been experimenting with the Hulk's DNA manages to inject Bruce with a serum that stops his transformation into the Hulk, leaving him unable to defend himself when the army captures him.
Blonsky, drunk with the power the serum has given him, forces Sterns to inject him with the Hulk's blood. Blonsky is transformed into a bigger, uglier, meaner monster, the Abomination and goes on a rampage through the streets of Harlem. Bruce, realizing he's the only one who can stop the new monster, leaps out of the helicopter; the shock of the fall turns him into the Hulk on landing. The two giants clash in the streets of New York. The Abomination has the upper hand because he is stronger than the Hulk, but in the end, the Hulk beats down his foe. Jade Jaws then bounds away. Later we find Bruce Banner in hiding in the Canadian wilderness.
Comments by Julio:
(a) Samuel Sterns' head grows after being in contact with Banner's blood.
(b) At the end of the movie and using mind control techniques, Banner is able to control his transformation.
(c) Tony Stark tells a drunk General Thunderbolt Ross that he's going to gather a team; he's referring to the Avengers.
The Incredible Hulk Movie Review #1:
(By Peter Silvestro)
This is the film we were hoping for five years ago, a big exciting action picture. Ang Lee got a little too involved in the concept and ended up disappointing Incredible Hulk fans. No such problems here. The new film looks like a Marvel Comic from the Silver Age, with a lot of action, thrills and some comedy. The film isn't perfect but it's a lot more fun than the previous one.
Comments:
(By Peter Silvestro)
Everyone has probably heard that Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) makes an appearance. And a cameo by Stan Lee is pretty much taken for granted, but the movie also has cameos by Lou Ferrigno and (the late) Bill Bixby. Also appearing are Samuel (The Leader) Sterns, Dr. Samson, Jim Wilson, Jack McGee, and ...purple pants!
Review #2
By Keith Dallas
(Originally posted at Comics Bulletin)
The Incredible Hulk movie is a well paced,competently acted, entertaining experience that tickles the 10 year oldboy inside us. One could perhaps argue that The Incredible Hulk moviemanifests post-Watergate mistrust of the government since one of thereasons why Bruce Banner goes into hiding is because he knows theAmerican military will use a sample of his blood to create a newsuper-soldier serum.
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| Cast & Crew: | 
The Incredible Hulk Movie Cast: Edward Norton (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Liv Tyler (Betty Ross), William Hurt (Thunderbolt Ross), Tim Roth (Emil Blonsky/Abomination), Christina Cabot (Major Kat Sparr), Tim Blake Nelson (Samuel Sterns), Ty Burrell (Doc Samson).
The Incredible Hulk Movie Crew: Director: Louis Leterrier. Writers: Edward Norton, Zak Penn. The Incredible Hulk film Producers: Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd, Kevin Feige. The Incredible Hulk movie Executive Producers: Jim Van Wyck, David Maisel, Ari Arad, Stan Lee.
See photos below. | | Comments: | The Incredible Hulk movie borrows several aspects from the comics and the TV series. For example when Banner uses a laptop to contact Mr. Blue (biologist Samuel Sterns) as in Bruce Jones' comic stories; even the chat looks like how John Romita Jr. drew it. The cameo by Lou Ferrigno, "the Real Hulk" is way better than in the 2003 movie where he is only shown walking by Stan Lee, and had a scene deleted (found in the DVD). Stan Lee's cameo is hilarious! He drinks the Brazilian soda with Banner's blood; the consequences of such were not revealed.
The film includes partial nudity (Edward Norton) and light sexual content (Edward Norton with Liv Tyler) both unnecessary in my opinion. Scenes take place in the USA, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico and Canada ~ Julio |
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