The Incredible Hulk(2008)
The Incredible Hulk Genre: Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Released: 2008
If you are expecting this movie to be Iron Man, you will be disappointed, but it is 1000 times better than the abomination that Ang Lee created back in 2004. No pun intended. Ang Lee's version of the Hulk, which starred Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly, was one of the biggest pieces of crap comic book movies I have ever seen. I couldn't believe that Ang Lee, being the director that he is, would let something like that out of his hands. I for one am one of the biggest Edward Norton and Tim Roth fans out there. Trust me, I was hoping this movie would be fantastic, while it is really good, the movie does contain a bunch of flaws which should have been ironed out a little better. Norton really struck me as an actor for the first time when I saw his sick performance in Primal Fear. The end of that film just blew me and everyone else out of the water. Obviously, he went on to do the classic films; Fight Club and American History X. Now, I want to know where the heck Tim Roth has been all of these years. The guy was so amazing in Four Rooms and as Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs, but where has he been hiding? It was almost like if Tarantino wasn't involved, he didn't want to touch any other film. The Incredible Hulk also stars Liv Tyler (The Strangers, Inventing the Abbotts) and William Hurt (A History of Violence, Mr. Brooks—very underrated film if you have not seen it).
One of my biggest issues with the film is that they really brushed over the back story on this. I think the directors assumed that the audience knew too much about the film already. Essentially though, the military came to a group of scientists at Culver University to help them create a gamma reduction serum that could help cure diseases, etc. What they really wanted to do though, was create a serum that could create a super soldier. The problem comes in when Bruce Banner (Norton) tries it on himself and he is forever changed. Anytime he becomes angry, he turns into the Hulk, which is just a huge green muscular monster that kicks everyone's butt. Since he is stuck with this "curse", he has to evacuate the country and hide the rest of his life. The film picks up with him in Brazil, working in a soda bottling factory and just living a very private life. He has a heart rate clock on his wrist, so he knows when his heart rate is reaching over 200, which is when he changes into the Hulk. William Hurt plays a corrupt General in the film who came to Banner and his group of scientists, one of which is Betty Ross (Liv Tyler); his daughter. When Banner was injected with serum, he went insane, killing a bunch of the scientists and severely injuring Betty. From this point on, the General is just out to get him. Years go by and now the General knows where Banner is hiding out and sends a huge team into Brazil to capture him. Things go wrong and Banner comes back to the US. The only problem is that one of the soldiers, played by Tim Roth, is power hungry and wants these same powers that Banner has. You can see where this is going.
posted by bollywood review @ 6:24 AM
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