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Movie Overview
Cast
• Edward Norton
• Liv Tyler
• Tim Roth
Director
• Louis Leterrier
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content
Theatrical Release
Jun 13, 2008 (Wide)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh
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2.5/5
"Blandly directed, ham-fisted sound and fury battering your brain for attention [that leaves] you with little to take away except, perhaps, a mild headache. Where is Ang Lee when we need him?"  Eye for Film  Anton Bitel

B
"It's loud and in-your-face, and it does maintain the same "we know this is crazy; just go with it" tone that made Iron Man so much fun."  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

3.5/5
"It has to be said that one of the most "incredible" things about this so-called reinvention of the Hulk is how close it is to Ang Lee's vision."  PopMatters  Bill Gibron

B
"It's hard to remember cries for dramatic nourishment when Hulk is getting pelted with a swarm of bullets, dodging fireballs, and breaking police cars in half for use as boxing gloves."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

C-
"Slow pacing and a muted sound production only add to the CGI disaster inflicted on what should have been a believable superhero created with 21st century technology."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

5/10
"In The Incredible Hulk, Betty handles her role as The Girl in unusual and frankly charming ways: she's easily the film's most impressive effect."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

3/5
"The audience at my screening cheered the most loudly when Stan Lee, Ferrigno and characters from other Marvel titles appeared for their cameos. If the movie had worked a little better on its own, the Hulk would have gotten more applause just for himself."  eFilmCritic.com  Dan Lybarger

5/5
"One of the great monster movies, exciting and scary and sad all at once."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

3/4
"An obvious improvement over Ang Lee's egregiously cerebral Hulk..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C
"Nothing that the director Louis Leterrier or the writer Zak Penn did by pumping up the action could take away from the film's ordinariness... ."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2/4
"What is so disappointing about the film is how much of a lesser experience it is than Ang Lee's Hulk."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

B
"Offers the quantity of action that many people felt was lacking in Ang Lee's more contemplative 2003 treatment."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1.5/4
"If you can clock a feature film by its transformations (25-&-50) style and still wish that you could skip through the commercials in-between, precisely how far removed are you from what's come before."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

3/4
"It won't steal "Iron Man's" thunder, but it's a damn good time..."  Cinema Crazed  Felix Vasquez Jr.

2.5/4
"¿Es esta película mejor que la anterior? Tremendamente difícil contestar."  Doncinema.com  Flavio J. Arosemena

3/4
"Explosive and visually arresting in its colorful swagger...a reactive and revolving roller-coaster ride of demolishing proportions."  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

C
"This Hulk isn't incredible; it's just mediocre...a very conventional comic-book movie, a considerable step down from Lee's more imaginative treatment."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/4
"The Incredible Hulk provides Marvel with its second superhero hit of the summer. For comic book fans, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk represent a solid one-two punch."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Much more action-packed and entertaining than the previous Hulk movie."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

6/10
"Click here to read review"  vj.net.ua  Jaroslav Vishtaljuk

8/10
"A lot of fun and, frankly, exactly what one would have expected from a Hulk movie."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

2.5/5
"oso amelitea problimatiko ki an to briskeis poy i tainia afinei shedon oli tin anaptyksi haraktiron sto non-prequel poy den yparhei, einai olotela abastahto i ligi poy krataei, na einai arketa halia oste na eyhesai na min ypirhe episis"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

3.5/4.0
"Like the final cut of Iron Man, the filmmakers guiding this new Hulk film know their characters, and just like that, Marvel Studios is two for two."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

A-
"Ultimately, the story is pretty simple, and it's more reminiscent of the old television show than the Ang Lee crapsterpiece - and that's a good thing."  Film School Rejects  Kevin Carr

B
""The Incredible Hulk" isn't as much fun as "Iron Man" was, but it doesn't suffer from the roteness that affect so many super hero films either. It gets the job done."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

1.5/3
"Descontando los momentos en los que Norton, en cualquiera de sus dos encarnaciones, está peleando, huyendo o arrasando con los alrededores, resulta bastante aburrida."  Off-Off-Critica  MalaBesta

6/10
"THE INCREDIBLE HULK is a darker and grimmer superhero film with a more tragic hero than we have seen of late from the Marvel films."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

"The first of the three battle setpieces... gave me particular thrills, as a fan of both superhero action and brilliant actors."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"In terms of being faithful to the comic and giving us the kind of big screen superhero entertainment that we want, The Incredible Hulk is definitely the more satisfying of the two."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

B
"There are some terrific action sequences. I particularly liked it when the Hulk used a car broken in two as boxing gloves."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

2/4
"No fondness for crummy old television can obscure the general faintheartedness of this saga."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"Com exceção do deficiente terceiro ato, esta nova versão conta com suas próprias e inegáveis virtudes."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

1/5
"A thudding dull and dunderheaded piece of product that is generally uninteresting to look at, frequently painful to listen to and a constant insult to all the things that Ang Lee accomplished in his take on the material."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

2.5/5
"It's difficult to know what the filmmakers were going for with this recast sequel to Ang Lee's 2003 Hulk."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

4/5
"The movie is fun enough, and it satisfied me as a lifelong Hulk fan."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

"Sound and fury signifying nothing, indeed."  House Next Door  Rob Humanick

B-
"You want your "Hulk smash"? You got it."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

B
"It is a pretty good yarn and Banner is an interesting character."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

4/5
"You could retitle this flick The Hulk is Bourne, and it would be a perfectly appropriate description -- albeit a really awful pun."  Cinematical  Scott Weinberg

3/5
"The Hulk looks like a dark, shiny, muscular pickle."  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

"All action and no storytelling."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

B-
"Diverting but forgettable entertainment after a strong opening act, though for Hulk fans smarting from the thoughtful, flawed Ang film, it may just be balm for the soul."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

7/10
"While not as good as Iron Man, it's a fast-paced, action-packed popcorn picture."  SSG Syndicate  Susan Granger

5/10
"A wholly mediocre comic movie...to belabor the pun that everyone else has already belabored, there's nothing about it that's even a little bit incredible."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

0.5/4
"[Norton] seems to resent that in the Fight Club food chain, he's Edward Norton and not Brad Pitt."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

2.5/4
"An improvement over the first Hulk feature, it is still a far cry from the qualify of work achieved with Iron Man."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell
OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh
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