Way, way back, I used to enjoy watching The Incredible Hulk on television. The plots of most TV episodes, if memory doesn't fail me, were quite silly, but Bill Bixby's Zen-ishly handsome Bruce Banner was my kind of hero.
I missed the 2003 Ang Lee version with Eric Bana, but now here comes another The Incredible Hulk, this time in the form of Edward Norton. This latest Hulk was directed by Louis Leterrier, whose short list of directorial credits includes the crime thriller The Transporter and its sequel. Norton and Zak Penn wrote the screenplay inspired by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's Marvel comic book superhero. [Norton, perhaps with Leterrier, apparently rewrote Penn's original draft. I'm not sure what the final credits are going to look like.]
The plot follows Bruce Banner as he attempts to find a cure for his gamma-radiation illness — the one that ruins his complexion whenever he gets upset. In the meantime, the US military, in particular the warmongering Gen. Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), is pursuing Banner so he can be used as a walking-talking weapon of mass destruction.
Banner is about to find a cure, but then enters The Abomination (Tim Roth), more destructive than all of the world's military and religious nuts put together. Now, what's a poor Hulk to do?
Others in the film's crew include cinematographer Peter Menzies Jr. (Shooter, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), veteran editor and two-time Oscar nominee John Wright (Apocalypto, Frances, Speed, George Cukor's first-rate TV version of The Corn Is Green), and composer Craig Armstrong (The Quiet American, Moulin Rouge!).
The Incredible Hulk is scheduled to open in the United States on June 13.
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Edward Norton meditating
Edward Norton getting upset
The Incredible Hulk gets ready for a little action
Tim Roth
The Abomination
Liv Tyler
William Hurt
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the movie was osam. specialy the character played by liv tyler was too good. if i have to give marks two this movie. i would have given it 4 out of 5.
I didn't know Tim Rothe was in it when I saw it, it was a really good choice.
agreed… where are the ears?! mind you, the film was alot better than the 2003 version looking forward to the next two hulk films hope norton sticks with it. 8 out of 10 – and i don't even like the hulk character.
The abomination could beat the shit out of the hulk. But where are his ears? He doesnt look like the real abom.
The film had a lot of sequences shotsher in Rio de Janeiro.
The Abomination looks like he could beat the shit out of the Hulk.
I find Edward Norton a curious choice for the Hulk movie.
Also, i've read that he's been quite difficult, wanting to mess with everything.