Hulk

When the Hulk gets angry, his movie gets good, so you wish he'd get angry more often. Accepting this challenge after the triumphant Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, director Ang Lee has created an ambitious film, based on the Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, that succeeds as a cautionary tale about mad science and traumatized children coping with legacies of pain. That's the Hulk's problem: After accidental exposure to gamma radiation, scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) turns into the huge, green, and indestructible Hulk when provoked, and repressed childhood memories fuel his fury. Hobbled by the obligatory "origin story" (to acquaint neophytes with the character's Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish fate), there's room for little else in a sluggish film that struggles to reconcile Lee's stylistic flair (evident in his visual interpretation of comic-book technique) with the razzle-dazzle of a megabudget franchise. What's good is good (Jennifer Connelly essentially echoes her role from A Beautiful Mind, and Nick Nolte is righteously tormented as Banner's father), but the movie's schizoid intentions remain largely unclear. --Jeff Shannon

Movie Details

Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, Nick Nolte
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 138

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DVD Features:

Available Subtitles: Spanish, French

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)

2 Disc Special Edition includes:

Deleted Scenes

Audio Commentary with director Ang Lee

Captured Fury - Illustrators from around the world create a scene from the movie in comic book form

Superhero Revealed - The Anatomy of the Hulk

Evolution of the Hulk - From the first metamorphis of Bruce Banner into the Hulk on the pages of comic books to his on-screen metamorphosis H

ulk Cam - Flashing icons (optional) during the movie let the viewer know when behind-the-scenes footage is available

The Incredible Ang Lee - A tribute to the Ang Lee's hands-on directing style

The Making of the Hulk

The Dogfight (making-of-featurette)

International rating:

Europe: 12
Australia: M

DVD International release dates:
North America: Oct 28, 03