Director: Louis Leterrier. Screenplay: Zak Penn and Edward Harrison, based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt. Released: June 13, 2008.
Summary
As the result of an experiment gone wrong, Dr. Bruce Banner turns into a monstrous creature whenever he grows angry. The military hunt him, seeking the secret to creating super soldiers.
Comments
Ang Lee's navel-gazing 2003 Hulk was such an oddity, using obtrusive scene transition and composition and featuring a vast amount of talk (plus an initial transformation triggered by angst, not anger!) that Marvel soon began work on a reboot. The result is The Incredible Hulk, which is designed to adhere closer to both the comic books (bringing in classic villains like the Abomination) and the TV show (stripping down both Banner and the Hulk to make them more accessible), while fitting into the Iron Man-era Marvel universe. The new film is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, William Hurt as General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross, and Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/The Abomination.
