Article source for : Review: THE INCREDIBLE HULK
TEN OUT OF TEN STARS!! An EXCELLENT movie, a 'reboot' of the franchise similar to what they did with BATMAN BEGINS, this one will take the bad taste of Ang Lee's version (and those dumbass killer poodles) out of your mouth forever. Liv Tyler is 100% better as Betty Ross, The CGI hulk is damned near perfect (he really looks like he's in the frame this time, especially during one battle scene with the army), Ed Norton makes a great Bruce Banner, on and on-I only missed Sam Elliot as General Ross from the last one, but John Hurt did ok, although he plays his version a little slimier. Hulk finally gets a super-powered bad guy to fight, The Abomination (from the comics), and he looks great too. Pretty intense for younger kids, but great all the way around. Also, people actually get killed here, both by the Abomination and The Hulk, although Hulk's just defending himself. In other words, it's not as PC as you're used to with the Marvel character. If you put a rampaging monster with super-strength loose in a city,(and later two) there is going to be collateral damage, even if it's unintentional. Mixes much of the comic in along with bits and pieces of the old TV series . In fact, they pay tribute to Bill Bixby, and Lou Ferrigno (who looks THE SAME)in a cameo as a security guard. Highly recommened, especially if you're a fan or collector of Marvel comics, as I was back in the 60s through the 80s. They finally got the character right, although they (once again)change his origin a slight bit. They set up a few more characters from the comic series for the next one. Hmmm....and....what's happening to "Mr. Blue?"