Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Monsters, Comic Book, Mad Scientists, Mutants, Superhero, Christmas, Military, Animals, Cult Classic
Tagline: The inner beast will be released
Plot: What if you always had someone around to look out for you?To defend you when challenged by a bully, threatened by an enraged driver, assaulted by a knifewielding mugger? That at those moments of stress and escalating violence, someone appears— an ever-present avenger, fueled by righteous anger and possessing unequalled strength—and vanquishes the antagonist, rights the wrong, settles the score. Without remorse. Without consequence. Without memory. And what if that someone…was you? After more than four decades of continuing popularity, one of Marvel Comics’ most enduring and compelling comic book creations comes to the big screen, continuing Marvel’s superlative track record of bringing its classic characters to motion picture life: Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man, Daredevil. And now, this summer, The Hulk arrives. Scientist Bruce Banner (ERIC BANA) has, to put it mildly, anger management issues. His quiet life as a brilliant researcher working with cutting edge genetic technology conceals a nearly forgotten and painful past. His ex-girlfriend and equally brilliant fellow researcher, Betty Ross The Hulk – Production Information (Academy Award. winner JENNIFER CONNELLY), has tired of Bruce’s cordoned off emotional terrain and resigns herself to remaining an interested onlooker to
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 Are comic books art? Maybe, but this leaden, pretentious flick about Marvel Comics' big green id, from the overrated Ang Lee, is just schlock art for the NPR set.--Charles Taylor (Salon)
Ang Lee's "Hulk" is the most talkative and thoughtful recent comic book adaptation.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
In the end, we don't know what we're watching, an art-house superhero film or a computer-generated "King Kong." By trying to please both sensibilities, the filmmakers have pleased neither.--Desson Howe (Washington Post)
It does not offer up a story in order to get to the action, but rather uses the action to further tell the story, delaying it until the precise moment; and I think it works wonderfully well B+--Jennifer Alpeche (Lee's Movie Info)
More bland and worthless than this year’s Daredevil C---Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
But Hulk's real downfall comes at the end, when the movie turns into an all-out CGI-fest. The last 15-minutes or so are completely incomprehensible and disorienting, it's impossible not to wonder what the heck Lee was thinking.  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
The Hulk is a great Greek tragedy that is sadly polluted by studio interference.  --Carl Lazarevic (MovieWeb)
With The Hulk, director Ang Lee has created the biggest budget art film to date and I'm betting it's even better the second time around!  --Chad Law (MovieWeb)
Big on action, bigger on slow moving story.  --Stephen Reedy (MovieWeb)
What's offered simply isn't up to par with our appetite.  --Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)
an audacious attempt to create a comic book style, using off-kilter framing and copious split-screen work  --Nev Pierce (BBC Films)
Tries to be both an arty introspective super hero story and a summer extravaganza, and fails in both categories. 67/100--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
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| Directed by |
Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Sense and Sensibility |
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| Written by |
Stan Lee
Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, The Fantastic Four |
 | Jack Kirby
Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk |
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| Cast |
Eric Bana
Troy, Finding Nemo, Black Hawk Down |
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 | Sam Elliott
Tombstone, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, We Were Soldiers |
 | Josh Lucas
A Beautiful Mind, American Psycho, Sweet Home Alabama |
 | Nick Nolte
The Thin Red Line, Hotel Rwanda, Cape Fear |
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 | Mike Erwin
Pretty Persuasion, Home of Phobia, She's Too Young |
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| A multi-million dollar arthouse movie by director Ang Lee – Hulk will almost certainly disappoint its target audience but it’s still the most beautiful, intelligent blockbuster of the year. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
You wouldn't like Bruce Banner when he's angry, but you might like 'Hulk' when it's Ang Lee. 8/10--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
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