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Bruce Banner is hit by a cell altering ray whilst working as part of a research team at the University of California. The result of the accident is that Bruce is transformed into a huge green creature called 'The Hulk' whenever he is angered...

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ProducerLarry J. Franco, Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd, James Schamus

EAN5050582584516

eBay Product ID (ePID)69828203

Product Key Features

ActorJosh Lucas, Brooke Langton, Eric Bana, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Celia Weston, Jennifer Connelly, Geoffrey Scott

Film/TV TitleHulk

DirectorAng Lee

LanguageEnglish

Run Time138 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2008

FeaturesAudio Commentary, Widescreen

FranchiseHulk

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Music PerformerVelvet Revolver

ComposerDanny Elfman

ReviewsTotal Film - ...Eric Bana excels as Hulk's alter ego..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...The movie has an elegant visual strategy....Ang Lee has boldly taken the broad outlines of a comic book story and transformed them to his own purposes..., USA Today - ...Taken individually, the leads bring serious-minded competence to roles..., Sight and Sound - ...HULK is richly mythopoeic and sophisticated....The best Marvel adaptation so far..., Los Angeles Times - ...Bana and Nolte play their parts with the touching sincerity of actors performing great tragedy....There are beautiful set pieces in THE HULK..., Variety - ...[An] impeccably crafted piece of megabuck fantasy storytelling....Technically vibrant and resourceful..., Rolling Stone - ...[Bana] brings a simmering power to the role....Lee's technique is impeccable...

Additional InformationTHE HULK, adapted by Ang Lee (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) from the Marvel comic book series, stars Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, the tormented scientist whose temper periodically transforms him into a raging green monster. Fellow scientist and Hulk-love-interest Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly), shares a strange connection with Banner--both have abstract childhood nightmares that hint at a shared dark past. The missing pieces of the puzzle are revealed when Banner's unstable, mad-scientist father David (Nick Nolte) appears out of the blue, followed by Betty's father Ross (Sam Elliot), a military cowboy. Banner is ultimately trying to understand what it is that makes his strange and unpredictable metamorphosis occur, while his outbursts distract him, leading him out into the streets of San Francisco, to the Golden Gate Bridge, and on a tour of the American west's national parks where he unleashes his anger in violent tantrums. A threat to the country that is treated like a natural disaster, the military is quick to respond, chasing the Hulk with helicopters, machine guns, and even heavy artillery, as he bounds away in mighty leaps, trying to escape. The CGI work used in creating the Hulk is funny and convincing, and the gorgeous landscape photography makes his presence all the more amazing. A vibrant colour scheme adds to the film's visual thrills, split-screen editing breaks up the slower scenes, and the music by composer Danny Elfman perfectly punctuates the contrast between the soft love story and wild action sequences. While parts of the film recall the introspection of FRANKENSTEIN, the outrageous crowd-pleasing monster-military chases hearken back to KING KONG and the GODZILLA movies.

Executive ProducerStan Lee, Kevin Feige

ScreenwriterMichael France, John Turman, James Schamus

AuthorJames Schamus

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleHulk

Consumer AdviceContains moderate violence and scary moments