The Incredible Hulk

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The Incredible Hulk

PG-13

2008

1h 52m

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

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Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately seeks a cure for the gamma radiation that contaminated his cells and turned him into The Hulk. Cut off from his true love Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) and forced to hide from his nemesis, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), Banner soon comes face-to-face with a new threat: a supremely powerful enemy known as The Abomination (Tim Roth).

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Critics Consensus

The Incredible Hulk may not be quite the smashing success that fans of Marvel's raging behemoth might hope for, but it offers more than enough big green action to make up for its occasionally puny narrative.

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Tom Charity

CNN.com

04/14/2013

The climax is a bit of a yawn, but most of what precedes it is vigorous and sharp.

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out Chicago

05/04/2012

3/5

Norton makes for a wiry, curious Bruce Banner. But you can tell from the film's tedium-inducing smackdowns that a different philosophy prevailed: the artificial Zen of video-game playing.

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

11/18/2011

3/5

A more satisfactory adaptation of the spirit of Stan Lee's Marvel character.

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Lane Mills

InSession Film

03/05/2025

B-

That rings true of the entire movie. Jagged edges, cut corners, missed opportunities, yet somehow still charming and, in the end, workable.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

02/13/2025

3.5/4

The film takes the necessary steps to balance action and drama, making each of Hulk’s battles significant for Banner and his continuing growth.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

08/01/2023

3.5/5

The "forgotten" MCU feature is now available on Disney+, and it remains an interesting if flawed vehicle for Edward Norton that might have taken the Avengers saga in a very different direction.

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Vance B.

@Vman0.1 5d

Of the Incredible Hulk movies this is my favorite, Ed Norton did such a great job

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Tony L.

@Tony_MovieBuff Jun 13

Major upgrade from the Ang Lee version.

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Brendan T.

@JackTheSipper712 Jun 10

Loved the aggressive savage hulk, wish they wouldn't have lost Edward Norton as the boulder

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TK Y.

@RT76575259 May 29

This movie acted like a sequel to a Hulk movie that could of existed. Bruce ends up being merged with the Hulk already and is being hunted down so the government can create powerful weapons of mass destruction. All Bruce wants is to get rid of the Hulk inside of him. The main villains in this movie didn't show much motive, a green, strong giant beating them up and wanted revenge. There were some moments, in the movie however, that were pretty amazing and definitely worth the applause. The movie is a type of movie to start slow and get better towards the end for sure. The last fight scene was incredible. Not much comedy in the movie either with Bruce being serious pretty much the whole movie just wanting to live a normal life. Betty didn't show much development throughout the movie, just was a love interest to Bruce and was by his side the entire film. The main fault of this movie was definitely there wasn't a clear main message or theme surrounding the purpose of the Hulk.

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Zelfy T

@RT25490927 May 21

most skippable MCU movie

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Carter H.

@quality_finds May 14

The Incredible Hulk is not a high quality movie, and the ending conflict was not that great But I would consider this movie to be entertaining I would’t necessarily recommend this movie, but it isn’t a horrible movie, just could have been better Iron Man on the other hand was extremely entertaining, creative, and high quality This movie just didn’t match those standards I have to say, having Hulk as the lead character really shows how interesting Hulk is Hulk was displayed as a unstoppable creature that comes from a serum I think that concept is very cool, and I would consider this movie a 2.5 maybe 3 star because of how well Hulk was displayed to the audience So because of the character relationship to the audience I’m going to favor 3 stars Connecting a superhero to the audience is hard, but this movie did a good job on that, but other then that, the movie isn’t terrible

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Louis Leterrier

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Edward Norton

Bruce Banner

Liv Tyler

Betty Ross

Tim Roth

Emil Blonsky

William Hurt

Gen. Thunderbolt Ross

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Synopsis

Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately seeks a cure for the gamma radiation that contaminated his cells and turned him into The Hulk. Cut off from his true love Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) and forced to hide from his nemesis, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), Banner soon comes face-to-face with a new threat: a supremely powerful enemy known as The Abomination (Tim Roth).

Director: Louis Leterrier
Producer: Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd, Kevin Feige
Screenwriter: Zak Penn
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Marvel Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Frightening Sci-Fi Images|Brief Suggestive Content|Sequences of Intense Action|Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 13, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $134.5M
Runtime: 1h 52m