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"Where is the gunship?", is the theme of The Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton stars in this smashing (get it?) story of love, guns and really big pants.
After exposure to gamma radiation, whenever his heart rate skyrockets, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) turns in to a huge, green, uncontrollable destructive machine, dubbed "The Hulk." Desperate to rid himself of the radiation poisoning, he begins a relationship with a scientist he calls Mr. Blue (Tim Blake Nelson) to find a cure. He has to do this while in hiding because he is being hunted by the military, who believe he is property of the United States Government. He has to come out of hiding to get data before his accident and the only person he can get it from is his former girlfriend Betty Ross (Liv Tyler). A dangerous excursion, The Hulk is forced out.
There are attempts to make The Incredible Hulk about more than explosions and crushing things, but none of the plot points are enough to make the movie about anything other than bent metal. The Hulk is so strong, he can split a car in half. The Hulk is so tough, bullets don't pierce him. The Hulk is so crazy he destroys everything. Yeah, yeah, we get it, Hulk Smash! I could get the same effect from a Gallagher show. A memo should be sent to all writers in Hollywood that guns and explosions are not plot.
The notable exception to the plot shallowness is the humor. Well timed jokes are spread evenly throughout The Incredible Hulk save it from abysmal failure. The chuckles were my favorite part of the movie because they were the only remarkable thing about The Incredible Hulk.
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