The Incredible Hulk

This Movie Freaking Rocks!



I have been waiting for someone to do another Hulk movie since the first one came out. Don't get me wrong that movie had it's moments, but it was really hard to sit for 45 minutes in anticipation of seeing the Hulk while the story is building. In this new movie you didn't have to wait more then 15 minutes before the big green fella showed up.

Let me just say that I am a huge Marvel fan and this movie didn't disappoint. I was ramping myself up for this movie watching trailers, the first movie again, and even playing Hulk ultimate destruction with my son on the Playstation 2. One of the things that I liked about this movie was that they really tried to incorporate many of the video games aspects into the film. One example is when the Hulk is facing off against the Abomination and he tears a car in half then grips the 2 pieces to create Steel fists to pound on the Abomination.
I am a big fan of Edward Norton so I was really excited to see that he had the lead role in the movie. They really tried to make him look and act like the Bruce Banner from the TV series and I think he pulled it off really well. When the Hulk did arrive I liked that they infused all the muscley details that they could into this version. They had several closeups of the Hulks face and really made sure that you could see the emotions that he was feeling (Mostly Anger and Rage) in the scene.
The short skinny on this movie is that Bruce Banner has been living as a fugitive from the US Army and General Ross for about 5 years after the Hulk puts Betty Ross in the hospital following some tests that triggered the big green guy to appear. Banner is working in a bottling plant in Brazil when some of his blood finds its way into a bottle of soda leading the Army to where he is hiding. He has been in contact with someone on the net named Mr. Blue who has been helping him try to find a cure. After escaping the Army in Brazil Bruce heads back to the lab where it all started to get his research files only to find they are missing. He runs into his longtime love Betty and she starts helping him with the Army breathing down their necks lead by Emil Blonsky and Russian soldier on loan to General Ross. Blonsky volunteers to be injected with a super soldier serum to help him deal with the Hulk only to start wanting more and more power. Well he ends up getting what he wants at the price of looking like a Freak. He and the Hulk have a battle royal in the streets and rooftops of New York, NY leading up to the climax of the movie.

I would dare say that you would not be disappointed with this movie as it is a thrill ride from start to finish.