The Incredible Hulk (2008)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: Louis Leterrier (The Transporter 1-2, Clash of the Titans, Now you see me)
	Actors: Edward Norton (Fight Club, the 25th Hour), Liv Tyler (Armageddon), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs), William Hurt (A History of Violence)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 30.09.2017, VOD, 32" TV screen
Synopsis: After having been exposed to gamma radiation and becoming the Hulk, Bruce Banner (Norton) is hiding in Brazil while trying to find a cure for his condition. An incident will put the US military back on his track.
Review: I realized that I was missing the review of that movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is easy to overlook because a) there was already an attempt made at a Hulk movie in 2003 with Eric Bana (officially not part of the Universe), b) it was released on the same year as Iron Man which overshadowed it and c) unlike the change of actor for the secondary actor of Colonel Rhoades (from Terrence Howard to Don Cheadle) from Iron Man to Iron Man 2, here it is the main actor that changed, from Edward Norton to Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers. It was an interesting choice not to revolve the story around the accident that created the Hulk (it is quickly shown in the opening credits) to save that screen time for developing more the story between Banner, his ex-girlfriend Betty (Tyler), her father General Ross (Hurt) and the supersoldier-wannabe Blonsky (Roth). And that story is well-told and self-consistent within the movie, which make it easy to watch. The actors are good, there is enough action and the special effects are impressive enough. Note that special apparitions by Lou Ferrigno (Hulk in the original TV-series), Stan Lee (creator of the comics, now used to have a cameo in all Marvel movies) and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (the Iron Man) in the middle of the end credits. It is surprising that The Incredible Hulk didn't continue as a series like for the other Avengers, but he is present in all Avengers movies and in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.
Rating: 5 /10