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The Incredible Hulk is up there with comic royalty alongside Superman Spider-man and Batman, so it was good to hear that Hollywood was making an attempt to better the pretty poor Ang Lee movie from a few years ago.
Now titled The Incredible Hulk, rather than just Hulk, the movie starts by re-visiting the origins of the Hulk creature in the main credits. This both sets the scene for the film, over-righting the back history from the first movie and also allows far more time for the main story. So many ‘origin’ stories get in the way of a good movie (just look at the first Fantastic Four film for evidence).
We catch up with Bruce Banner in Brazil where he’s keeping his head down working in a bottle factory and trying to find a cure for his ‘illness’ via an anonymous internet link to a mysterious doctor back in the US. An unfortunate slip with a few drops of his blood later and he finds himself being chased through the streets by the US Army, trying not to turn green in the process. We all know what comes next and the rest of the film alternates between Banner trying to find a cure, run away and big ol’ green skin smashing everything.
So does this work as a film? Well, yes it does, very well. The action is nicely broken up with Banner’s searches and running away, a bit like the 70’s TV show. But, you can never please everyone with a Hulk film and some fans might prefer more all-out action to the slow scenes, while others might feel that the initial love interest in Brazil should have been explored more, rather than just thrown away. I personally think it all works to build the character of Banner, to connect with his need to release himself from the shadow of the monster. Talking of the monster, The Hulk himself is far better realised this time around, scaled down and far better coloured in dark green CGI muscles. They also motion-captured Edward Norton to make the transition between Banner and Hulk more realistic. It still shows up as CGI, however, when The Hulk is set against a real background, but it's about the best it will get without dressing someone up in a costume.
With a cameo by original Hulk Lou Ferrigno and Hurt’s fantastic true to comic portrayal of General "Thunderbolt" Ross the film really packs a punch, a hulk size one at that.
9/10
Now titled The Incredible Hulk, rather than just Hulk, the movie starts by re-visiting the origins of the Hulk creature in the main credits. This both sets the scene for the film, over-righting the back history from the first movie and also allows far more time for the main story. So many ‘origin’ stories get in the way of a good movie (just look at the first Fantastic Four film for evidence).
We catch up with Bruce Banner in Brazil where he’s keeping his head down working in a bottle factory and trying to find a cure for his ‘illness’ via an anonymous internet link to a mysterious doctor back in the US. An unfortunate slip with a few drops of his blood later and he finds himself being chased through the streets by the US Army, trying not to turn green in the process. We all know what comes next and the rest of the film alternates between Banner trying to find a cure, run away and big ol’ green skin smashing everything.
So does this work as a film? Well, yes it does, very well. The action is nicely broken up with Banner’s searches and running away, a bit like the 70’s TV show. But, you can never please everyone with a Hulk film and some fans might prefer more all-out action to the slow scenes, while others might feel that the initial love interest in Brazil should have been explored more, rather than just thrown away. I personally think it all works to build the character of Banner, to connect with his need to release himself from the shadow of the monster. Talking of the monster, The Hulk himself is far better realised this time around, scaled down and far better coloured in dark green CGI muscles. They also motion-captured Edward Norton to make the transition between Banner and Hulk more realistic. It still shows up as CGI, however, when The Hulk is set against a real background, but it's about the best it will get without dressing someone up in a costume.
With a cameo by original Hulk Lou Ferrigno and Hurt’s fantastic true to comic portrayal of General "Thunderbolt" Ross the film really packs a punch, a hulk size one at that.
9/10
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The Incredible Hulk is up there with comic royalty alongside Superman Spider-man and Batman, so it was good to hear that Hollywood was making an attempt to better the pretty poor Ang Lee movie from a few years ago.
Now titled The Incredible Hulk, rather than just Hulk, the movie starts by re-visiting the origins of the Hulk creature in the main credits. This both sets the scene for the film, over-righting the back history from the first movie and also allows far more time for the main story. So many ‘origin’ stories get in the way of a good movie (just look at the first Fantastic Four film for evidence).
We catch up with Bruce Banner in Brazil where he’s keeping his head down working in a bottle factory and trying to find a cure for his ‘illness’ via an anonymous internet link to a mysterious doctor back in the US. An unfortunate slip with a few drops of his blood later and he finds himself being chased through the streets by the US Army, trying not to turn green in the process. We all know what comes next and the rest of the film alternates between Banner trying to find a cure, run away and big ol’ green skin smashing everything.
So does this work as a film? Well, yes it does, very well. The action is nicely broken up with Banner’s searches and running away, a bit like the 70’s TV show. But, you can never please everyone with a Hulk film and some fans might prefer more all-out action to the slow scenes, while others might feel that the initial love interest in Brazil should have been explored more, rather than just thrown away. I personally think it all works to build the character of Banner, to connect with his need to release himself from the shadow of the monster. Talking of the monster, The Hulk himself is far better realised this time around, scaled down and far better coloured in dark green CGI muscles. They also motion-captured Edward Norton to make the transition between Banner and Hulk more realistic. It still shows up as CGI, however, when The Hulk is set against a real background, but it's about the best it will get without dressing someone up in a costume.
With a cameo by original Hulk Lou Ferrigno and Hurt’s fantastic true to comic portrayal of General "Thunderbolt" Ross the film really packs a punch, a hulk size one at that.
9/10
Now titled The Incredible Hulk, rather than just Hulk, the movie starts by re-visiting the origins of the Hulk creature in the main credits. This both sets the scene for the film, over-righting the back history from the first movie and also allows far more time for the main story. So many ‘origin’ stories get in the way of a good movie (just look at the first Fantastic Four film for evidence).
We catch up with Bruce Banner in Brazil where he’s keeping his head down working in a bottle factory and trying to find a cure for his ‘illness’ via an anonymous internet link to a mysterious doctor back in the US. An unfortunate slip with a few drops of his blood later and he finds himself being chased through the streets by the US Army, trying not to turn green in the process. We all know what comes next and the rest of the film alternates between Banner trying to find a cure, run away and big ol’ green skin smashing everything.
So does this work as a film? Well, yes it does, very well. The action is nicely broken up with Banner’s searches and running away, a bit like the 70’s TV show. But, you can never please everyone with a Hulk film and some fans might prefer more all-out action to the slow scenes, while others might feel that the initial love interest in Brazil should have been explored more, rather than just thrown away. I personally think it all works to build the character of Banner, to connect with his need to release himself from the shadow of the monster. Talking of the monster, The Hulk himself is far better realised this time around, scaled down and far better coloured in dark green CGI muscles. They also motion-captured Edward Norton to make the transition between Banner and Hulk more realistic. It still shows up as CGI, however, when The Hulk is set against a real background, but it's about the best it will get without dressing someone up in a costume.
With a cameo by original Hulk Lou Ferrigno and Hurt’s fantastic true to comic portrayal of General "Thunderbolt" Ross the film really packs a punch, a hulk size one at that.
9/10