After all, he did bring back William Hurt as Thunderbolt Ross, bumping him up from General to Secretary of State in Captain America: Civil War and the last two Avengers movies. So, have I convinced you that The Incredible Hulk still has value and doesn’t deserve to be forgotten? Well, it might not matter because Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige also seems like he wants to keep the film from completely falling off the radar. It’s an almost shocking reminder that, once upon a time, the people making these things weren’t worried about how they would play as Disney+ content that you plopped your kid down in front of. There’s damn near a sex scene here (in an MCU movie!) before Banner decides his heart rate is a getting too high and has to slow things down. The final showdown between him and Hulk, two monsters whaling on each in New York City, provides a bit of B-movie fun that the MCU has since outgrown.įemale leads of the girlfriend variety haven’t had a great track record in the MCU, and while Liv Tyler doesn’t quite escape that trap as Betty Ross, she and Norton do have better chemistry than several future MCU couples. With an assist from a sample of Banner’s blood, he eventually turns into the CG monstrosity Abomination, a transformation Blonsky seems to relish. Tim Roth gives an enjoyable, wild-eyed performance as Emil Blonsky, an aging special-ops fighter who’s happy to be injected with some recreated super-soldier serum, regardless of the horrific side effects it starts to have on his body and mental state. There are some other good things going on in the movie too. And despite whatever happened behind the scenes, Norton makes for a compellingly tormented Banner in the final film. Say what you will about The Incredible Hulk, but it’s a movie that knows exactly what it’s doing with the character. It sometimes feels like Marvel isn’t quite sure what to do with the Hulk from film to film – first he’s out of control (until suddenly he isn’t), then he’s a metaphor for impotence, now he’s a reluctant warrior – which leaves his overall MCU arc feeling jagged and unformed. It’s a long way removed from Avengers: Endgame’s selfie-taking smart Hulk, and illustrates perfectly why the Norton version of Banner would be keen to find a cure. He’s large but sinewy, not just overgrown but also a tad deformed.
The look of the Hulk is also more beast-like than we get these days.
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