The latest The Incredible Hulk keeps a serious tone throughout in line with the television series of the 1970s/80s. It doesn’t ring out its ideas heavily instead plays them on its sleeve easily. Edward Norton as scientist Bruce Banner has impulses to transform into the rage induced green behemoth Hulk because of gamma radiation accidentally poured into his system after a scientific experiment gone wrong. Tim Roth as a military muscle man, whose wanting to prove something, along with the U.S. military, are chasing Banner intercontinental, including a superb opening sequence in Brazil, to harness the power for weapons.

It nuances the themes to effect - is Banner’s transformation into green rage lurking incognito, an extension of his own nature? Can he be cured or is he too far gone? Or is he merely a product of his environment? Whatever the philosophical implications, the human element is potent – Hulk explores the cataclysmic convulsion of violence, natural science, and humanity – a potent cocktail not dissimilar to Frankenstein and The Invisible Man – in an economy of detail and visual effects deftly crafted to make even the words of the actors – including a convincing William Hurt as a military general – squeeze the minutest hint of meaning, like bleeding what’s essential in tidy scenes.

If at first you don't succeed, and if you've got the legendary resources of Marvel Entertainment, then you try, try again
Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal
This new production, starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, looks a lot better -- sometimes it looks great -- and it's a thunderously efficient enterprise, with a nice surprise at the very end...more

Rebooted ‘Hulk’ isn’t ‘Incredible’ at all
Alonso Duralde: MSNBC
Even if there weren't script and performance deficiencies -- and there certainly are -- the big problem with both Hulk movies is that the lead character is an unconvincing CG creation...more