In this not sequel to Ang Lee's overlong attempt to bring the green beast to the screen via Eric Bana in Hulk, Louis Leterrier does that with Edward Norton in this, The Incredible Hulk, the second outing in Marvel's Cinematic Universe, following Iron Man earlier in 2008.
This time, the giant green angry fucker is more in line with the comics and is a bit darker in overall tone that 2003's Hulk. It's a lot more enjoyable too and features a cast of Norton as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, Tim Roth as Ebomination and William Hurt as Thunderbolt Ross and his glorious mo.
Better than the Colonel.
In this incarnation, 70 minutes worth of cut scenes are compressed into the first few minutes which detail the backstory of Bruce Banner, working as a scientist, trying to create a Super Soldier and fucking up the formula which he test on himself, resulting in turning green and growing huge. General Thunderbolt now wants him to test as he considers Banner property of the U.S. government, dodgey bastards that they are.
I wish Marvel and Norton could have agreed to terms for The Avengers but alas, they didn't, and now Mark Ruffalo has the role of Bruce Banner for that and any other sequels he may be required for. the reason I say this is because Edward Norton is a great actor and seems to have had this role nailed and while Ruffalo is no mug, I'd rather keep the same actors. They did the same thing with Terrance Howard and Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2.
They don't all look they same you know.
Racism aside, it's fun to look for the little easter eggs and nods to the other films that the filmmakers manage to chuck in. RBJr cameo's in this one for instance and that's all I know of. There may be more. For example, someone on youtube pointed out what they thought might be Thor crashing to Earth, I reckon it's just the rock that a pissed off Hulk just hurled through the air but anyway.
One more thing, Bruce Banner can't bone anyone or he'll rip them apart with his monster green cock.
What do you think you're doing buddy?
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