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The search for a cure leads Bannen back to his ex, Betty, and then to a mysterious correspondent called 'Mr Blue'. The whole 'Mr Blue' thing is a bit of a damp squib. This shadowy figure is working with Bannen remotely throughout the first half of the film, setting up a fair amount of suspense ... Read review
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sagas, unfolds with a cure-in-reach for the world's most primal force of fury: The Incredible Hulk.Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is living in the shadows, s...
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scouring the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him ...
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sagas, unfolds with a cure-in-reach for the world's most primal force of fury: The Incredible Hulk.Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is living in the shadows, s...
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Bruce Banner now finds himself transformed in times of stress into one thousand pounds of unfettered fury the most powerful creature ever to walk the earth the Incredible Hulk DS! But this green-skinned Goliath finds himself facing a multitude of foes all out to deny him the solitude he so desperately craves - not only the forces of the U.S. Army, commanded by General "Thunderbolt" Ross, but also strange and powerful adversaries such as the Executioner, Tyrannus, and the sinister Leader's Humanoids. Now you must guide the Hulk, smashing your way through military compounds, barren deserts, subterranean cities, underground caves, and even earth's distant future in order to escape from the never-ending conflict until finally, the Hulk faces off with the most lethal creation of gamma radiation, the evil Abomination!Adventure Video Games for DS Consoles & DSi Consoles
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Production Year: 1996 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Daragh O'Malley, Oliver Cotton, Jason Durr, Sean Bean, Allie Byrne
Action/Adventure - Director: Peter Jackson - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis
Production Year: 1995 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Allie Byrne, Oliver Cotton, Emily Mortimer, Michael Cochrane
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Hugely enjoyable tosh with some great performances Disadvantages: The plot is somewhat threadbare, and we've literally seen it all before
...new production designed to put the Incredible back into the superhero that everyone privately thinks is a bit of a waste of time. And of course it's being feted as a bold new adaptation, when in fact it's a standard Marvel movie - right down to the obligatory cameo by Stan Lee.
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Such as it is, the story runs that mild-mannered Bruce Bannen has subjected himself to a massive dose of gamma radiation that causes him to transform into a rampaging indestructible beast every time his blood pressure rises. This is, thankfully, shown in a brief credits sequence montage rather than the normal hour spent chronicling the origin of characters everyone knows already. He's hiding in Brazil and learning to control his temper.
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A new Incredible Hulk film. No, seriously, just a few years after Ang Lee's (unfairly) maligned Hulk, Edward Norton stars in a new production designed to put the Incredible back into the superhero that everyone privately thinks is a bit of a waste of time. And of course it's being feted as a bold new adaptation, when in fact it's a standard Marvel movie - right down to the obligatory cameo by Stan Lee.
So where Ang Lee turned the story of a scientist unleashing primal rage into some sort of modern Oedipal myth - complete with incredibly cool sections in comic book panels - this new version settles for a pedestrian tale with a huge number of massive action sequences.
Such as it is, the story runs that mild-mannered Bruce Bannen has subjected himself to a massive dose of gamma radiation that causes him to transform into a rampaging indestructible beast every time his blood pressure rises. This is, thankfully, shown in a brief credits sequence montage rather than the normal hour spent chronicling the origin of characters everyone knows already. He's hiding in Brazil and learning to control his temper.
Unfortunately for Bannen, the military haven't stopped searching for him, in an attempt to use his gamma mutation as a weapon of some sort (because an uncontrollable rampaging hulk is just what you want on a battlefield, clearly). Tim Roth is brought in as some sort of really hard mercenary guy - his character's British, continuing a long tradition of British villains in Hollywood, but his parents were Russian, making him so blatantly evil in film terms that surely someone should just shoot him at the earliest opportunity and save time.
And so it goes. Bannen's search for a cure for his condition is punctuated by lengthy chase sequences, and these tend to go on just a little bit too long. We can see that Bannen is trying to avoid becoming the Hulk at all costs, but this idea is stretched to just the wrong side of boring.
The search for a cure leads Bannen back to his ex, Betty, and then to a mysterious correspondent called 'Mr Blue'. The whole 'Mr Blue' thing is a bit of a damp squib. This shadowy figure is working with Bannen remotely throughout the first half of the film, setting up a fair amount of suspense about who he is, why he's helping and what he wants. Is he military? Is he Xavier out of X-Men? Is he, I don't know, interesting in some way? No, he's the token nerdy scientist, so why his identity is shrouded in any way whatsoever is utterly beyond me.
In terms of performances, the central players are all on good form. Edward Norton somehow seems to be taking all this nonsense seriously, Liv Tyler is still very attractive indeed and doesn't get enough film roles, William Hurt continues the Iron Man Jeff Bridges theme of wearing an enormous beard so no one can recognise him in this tosh, and Tim Roth is always worth watching, no matter how silly his character gets.
The scenes with the Hulk are all terrific fun, as well. Even though I always think of the green chap as everyone's fourth or maybe fifth favourite comic character, they're powerful scenes of devastating violence, which don't really pull any punches. With Tim Roth getting smacked around repeatedly as well, it drives home the point that this child's favourite is anything but cuddly. The special effects are, of course, amazing, although they don't really have an excuse to be anything less in this day and age. One of the main things that renders this new version pointless is the technical sophistication of the Ang Lee version. Probably this new CGI Hulk has a few more polygons than the previous one, but the bottom line is that we have seen this before.
Unlike Ang's Hulk, the X-Men films and even the recent Iron Man adaptation, there isn't much of an attempt to intellectualise The Incredible Hulk. It's a bit like Jekyll and Hyde only with more explosions. This simplification arguably works in the film's favour. It never attempts to be anything more than a big budget action blockbuster, and so on its own terms it succeeds admirably. The final battle between the Hulk and the Nasty Hulk that you've probably seen in the trailers begins absurdly and ends with the words 'Hulk Smash!'
However much you try and go with the flow, though, the dodgy seams of the writing begin to show through at the film's climax, when the crew realise they have to bring all this enjoyable tosh to some sort of reasonable conclusion. So a lengthy and apparently successful procedure to cure Bannen of his Hulkness is suddenly revealed not to have worked. People jump out of planes for no very good reason. We learn that you can extinguish flames by clapping REALLY HARD and displacing the air around the fire (this might well work for candles, but probably not for burning aviation fuel). American citizens will always cheer a superhero smackdown, even with huge chunks of masonry raining down into the streets.
In fact, the last fifteen minutes or so of the film is pretty much a rehash of the climax to Iron Man, which is ironic when you consider the very very last scene. Like Iron Man, there is a little Easter Egg at the end. Unlike Iron Man, they've put it before the end credits, so confused little urchins like me don't wander out without seeing it. This is a very good thing indeed, trust me on this.
In a summer of keenly anticipated superhero movies, Hulk will probably turn out to be the weakest of the bunch. It's just too cosy - even if you ignore the Stan Lee cameo, there's still that chap who played the monster in the TV series popping up for longer than necessary. There's about five too many jokes about purple trousers. The references to other comics become so prevalent that even a graphic novel dunce like myself can follow them. It's all jolly good fun, though, and definitely worth a look on a wet weekend.
Advantages: Fast paced and lots of action Disadvantages: None
...film! This time it was the Incredible Hulk as even though this is not one of the newer releases I wanted to see it on the big screen before it stops showing!
The film I was hoping would be action packed and I wasn't disappointed by it. The CGI was well done as is the acting - even my wife enjoyed it and she wasn't really that keen on seeing it in the first place!
The Plot - The story follows Bruce Banner as we start off at the beginning seeing ... ...and the scientists. He has been living in Brazil and trying to keep control over his powers. However the government are constantly looking for him and due to a mistake on his part they manage to trace him. He then has to run from them which leads him back to his old flame Betty.
He now also has to contend with Emil Blonsky, who out of such a desire to become stronger and to capture Bruce will try anything.....
Cast - The cast has a great line up ...
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Advantages: Good special effects. Easy to get into. Great ending. Disadvantages: Lacked humour.
The IncredibleHulk
Stuck for something to watch over the week-end, we finally decided upon the IncredibleHulk, which is currently showing on Sky Anytime. Initially, me daughter wasn?t interested as she saw it as a ?boy? film, but when I explained about watching the television series whilst growing up, she decided to give it a go.
What?s it all about?
Well, this is a big budget superhero type film, reminiscent of the 1970?s tv series starring Bill Bixby. It tells the story of Dr. David Banner (Edward Norton) who is basically an experiment gone wrong. After being subjected to gamma rays, he has a reaction that turns him into a super strong green monster with super human strength and power. Whilst he thought the experiment was to further research that would help soldiers, the experiments were in fact designed to ...
Advantages: Norton's performance, in fact the film is brilliant Disadvantages: Nothing springs to mind
After my enjoyment of the first Hulk film (there will be a review when I get round to watching it again!), I was very excitied to see that there was to be a second installment. Following the release of Iron Man, it seemed that the standards for comic book movies had been raised but it was undecided if this new Hulk movie would be able to rise to the standards that had been set by films about other Marvel comic book characters.
So I dutifully dragged hubby along to the cinema to see if this would be as enjoyable to me as the first film. Well, I think it was a joint dragging along, as hubby liked the first film too. And I wanted to see if Edward Norton would be convincing as Bruce Banner!
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Following the end of the first Hulk movie, Bruce Banner is living and working in South America. He is pretty much incognito ...
Advantages: Good story, brilliant special effects Disadvantages: The acting is questionable at times
The IncredibleHulk is a 2008 superhero movie. It is not a follow on from the 2003 Ang Lee film starring Eric Bana. The film was made on a huge budget of $150,000,000 and grossed an estimated $263,427,551 at the box office. The film didn?t just do well at the box office, it also did well with critics. The film is rated 12 and runs for approximately 112 minutes.
The IncredibleHulk is directed by Louis Leterrier who?s previously worked on: Unleashed, Transporter 2 and The Transporter. Although unrecognised, Edward Norton had a part in the screenplay.
Edward Norton stars, you?d think after the disaster of Eric Bana?s performance it would be easily topped! Edward Norton has previously appeared in: Fight Club, Red Dragon and American History X. his co-star is played by Liv Tyler, she?s appeared in: Armageddon, The Strangers and Reign ...
Contains frequent and intense scenes of moderate fantasy violence
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United States of America
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Hailing more from the pulp-melancholic spirit of the 1978-1982 Hulk television series than its 2003 predecessor did, THE INCREDIBLE HULK wordlessly tells the entire gamma ray-afflicted origin story of scientist Bruce Banner's alter-ego within its first two-and-a-half minutes. This sequence makes at least two things clear. First off, the Edward Norton-starring THE INCREDIBLE HULK is not a sequel to or a remake of the 2003 THE HULK, but a reboot complete with an alternate plot, a new dynamic, and a different set of rules. Second, director Louis Leterrier (UNLEASHED, THE TRANSPORTER) intends to deliver an economically paced, tightly wound thriller in which drama and action scenes are not mutually exclusive.
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English
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Certainly a more convincing proposition than the tank-shotputting hot air balloon of Lee's movie (Empire, 13/06/2008)
A neat thrill ride with an intelligent script by Zak Penn and smart, well-paced direction by the French director of the TRANSPORTER series, Louis Leterrier (Hollywood Reporter, 13/06/2008)
What seemed, in theory, the least-necessary revival of a bigscreen superhero emerges as perfectly solid summer action fare (Variety, 13/06/2008)
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Hailing more from the pulp-melancholic spirit of the 1978-1982 Hulk television series than its 2003 predecessor did, THE INCREDIBLE HULK wordlessly tells the entire gamma ray-afflicted origin story of scientist Bruce Banner's alter-ego within its first two-and-a-half minutes. This credit sequence evokes--albeit with more cinematic weight--the premise-informing quality that might be found before every episode of a cult hit series. This sequence makes at least two things clear. First off, the Edward Norton-starring THE INCREDIBLE HULK is not a sequel to or a remake of the 2003 THE HULK, but a reboot complete with an alternate plot, a new dynamic, and a different set of rules. Second, director Louis Leterrier (UNLEASHED, THE TRANSPORTER) intends to deliver an economically paced, tightly wound thriller in which drama and action scenes are not mutually exclusive. THE INCREDIBLE HULK replaces cerebral family drama with a coping scientist who, at the start of the movie, is in hiding and training his mind-body dichotomy. So much of Banner's plight is effectively conveyed with simple 'days without incident': title cards that inevitably reset. The Hulk's previously poetic weightlessness is rejected in favour of gargantuan physicality akin to seeing huge robots face off in TRANSFORMERS, but with more flesh, muscle, and bone. The angst, of course, isn't gone from this incarnation--not if Norton's intelligently passionate Banner and his tender, forbidden relationship with Dr. Elizabeth Ross (Liv Tyler) have anything to say about it--it's simply that this Hulk always smashes before he ponders. Rounding out THE INCREDIBLE HULK's main players are William Hurt as General Ross and Tim Roth as marine Emil Blonsky, two antagonists in pursuit of the Hulk who, like Banner, are not so much evil as consumed by tragic character flaws.
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