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Incredible Hulk [Blu-ray] | ![Incredible Hulk [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YaWVs6CFL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Christina Cabot
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 66
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCABR61104971
UPC: 025195041331
EAN: 0025195041331
ASIN: B001DHXT1G
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Prevously Owned Movie: Both case and movie in good condition
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/21/2008 Run time: 113 minutes Rating: Pg13
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A more accessible and less heavy-handed movie than Ang Lee's 2003 HulkLouis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk is a purely popcorn love affair with Marvel's raging, green superhero, as well as the old television series starring Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the beast within him. Edward Norton takes up where Eric Bana left off in Lee's version, playing Bruce (that's the character's original name) Banner, a haunted scientist always on the move. Trying to eliminate the effects of a military experiment that turns him into the Hulk whenever his emotions get the better of him, Banner is hiding out in Brazil at the film's beginning. Working in a bottling plant and communicating via email with an unidentified professor who thinks he can help, Banner goes postal when General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and a small army turn up to grab him. Intent on developing whatever causes Banner's metamorphoses into a weapon, Ross brings along a quietly deranged soldier named Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who wants Ross to turn him into a supersoldier who can take on the Hulk. The adventure spreads to the U.S., where Banner hooks up with his old lover (and Ross' daughter), Betty (Liv Tyler), and where the Hulk takes on several armed assaults, including one in a pretty unusual location: a college campus. The film's action is impressive, though the computer-generated creature is disappointingly cartoonish, and a second monster turning up late in the movie looks even cheesier. Norton is largely wasted in the film--he's essentially a bridge between sequences where he disappears and the Hulk rampages around. As good an actor as he is, Norton doesn't have the charisma here to carry those scenes in which one waits impatiently for the real show to begin. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 184 more reviews...
 Issue with delivery November 22, 2008
Camilo Torre
For some reason my product didn't arrive yet after more than 30 days from my original order.
Amazon's people asked me to wait until December 1st and then if nothing happens they promised to resend other product.
Very Good November 21, 2008
Lionel M. Williams (NEW ORLEANS, LA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Enjoyed this movie. Liked story line and characters better than first Hulk. Found Ed Norton played a very sympathetic character.
 better than 2003 version November 20, 2008
Michael Christensen (Norfolk, VA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Watch the 2003 version of The Hulk, and then watch the 2008 release. Obviously the new release is a HUGE improvement over the previous. Better script, better special effects, better cast led by Ed Norton, Tim Roth and Liv Tyler. Overall, this film is the better of the two... but that still is not saying much.
I have to go on a limb and say this movie was hyped to the point of near self destruction. It is possible the hype was created because this was known to be the year for comic book action adventure movies to explode into the box office. Sure enough, it was... Iron Man came through and made a huge impact on the big screen. Dark Knight shattered so many box office records they practically had to shove it into it's own category. Even Harry Potty 6 (a highly anticipated movie) needed to be puched back to winter of 2009 because of the competition created by the Marvel and DC Comic universe. Clearly, comic books have made a huge impact on screen writers, and frankly I see no end in sight.
When first saw The Hulk, I was so excited to finally see a version worthy of my time that I even rented the 2003 version just to have a chance to give it a symbolic farewell gesture. That excitement, excluding the performance of Ed Norton and Tim Roth, was met instead with a feeling of betrayal; a stone cold slap in the face which left the bitter scar of six years of waiting bruised into my face by an oversized green palm.
Better screenplay? Sure, but this doesn't change the fact that the film was completely predictable, and had absolutely no inspiration at all. From beginning to end, it was the same thing: nerd gets mad, nerd turns into Hulk.
Better special effects? Absolutely... but this comes with six years of evolving film technology. This entire movie was based abround how many times special effects could be used. The movie might as well have been a Jon Woo or Jerry Bruckheimer produced "action packed thriller" directed by Michael Bay. Better special effects do not make for a better movie. If any reader does not believe me, watch The Fountain, Pi, and Requiem for a Dream... all by the same director, Darren Aronofsky, who uses almost no CGI in any of his films.
Better actors? Here is my one critique that will not be negative. Edward Norton is now and has been my favorite actor since I first saw him in Primal Fear (starring along side Richard Gere). Tim Roth, another fantastic actor since stepping out of the shadows of earlier with with Quenton Tarantino in films such as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, gave a great performance which almost overshadowed Norton. These two combined make the movie worth watching. However, their efforts alone do not make the movie worth the hype it received.
Only two stars? Why not?... I am dissapointed in this movie. I do not feel like I should give it a higher review simply because of the fact that it isn't worth more than what it delivered to me. It delivered a two star level of satisfaction, and I use the word satisfaction loosely.
 An improvement..... November 19, 2008
R. Legendre (New Orleans, LA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
.....over 2003's "Hulk", but it still just didn't quite do it for me.
First off, it seems that superhero films are all the rage these days and, for the most part, Hollywood has been cranking out some decent ones (The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Superman Returns, et al). Edward Norton is one of my favorite actors and I really liked the fact that he took this film and made it a hybrid between the original comics version the the 1970's TV show version, starring Bill Bixby (look for Bixby shown on a television screen in the background in one scene). However, the film, though excellently acted and filmed, just doesn't seem to go anywhere.
Perhaps it was the fact that the Hulk was CGI. I could tell that it was fake and that made me unable to establish an emotional connection. I did, in fact make that conneciton with Banner (played by Norton), but when the Hulk was on screen, I just kind of lost that connection.
The plot itself is pretty straightforward and rather simplistic, but I just couldn't understand where the plot was going or what the whole point of it all was. Perhaps the film was left open for future sequels.
No matter. The Incredible Hulk is not a bad film, it just isn't a GOOD film. In fact, after it's over, it's rather forgettable, which is really sad. With someone like Norton carrying the film, it really could have been something great. Instead, you get something that's passable.
 Hulk DVD November 19, 2008
SSINTX
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie is awesome and sticks closely to the original story line. It is a must have for the Marvel Comic movie collection. Amazon shipped it quickly and reduced the price honoring their low price guarantee.
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