Saturday 14 June 2008

Review: The Incredible Hulk



The second of the Marvel Comic films this year is trumped by Iron Man in the script, but possesses the superior action sequences - mainly from ripping off the Bourne films in the thrilling opening chase before taking liberally from Cloverfield as Bruce Banner tranforms into the Hulk and turns the tables on his pursuers.

This opening to the film is the highlight by far and after the film suffers from the problem that once Banner has turned into Hulk and does some good old fashioned smashing for the first time, there's nowhere else to go apart from smash something bigger, which gets boring quickly and doesn't bode well for potential sequels.

The cast and crew do well with the material available to them, this is likely to be the best inception we'll get - I just think the character of Hulk itself is flawed and will never truly work on the big screen, no matter how many remakes are attempted.

The film's final scene of the movie simply serves to highlight how superior other franchises are - and where the real excitement lies for future superhero films.

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