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Scientist Bruce Banner desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. Living in the shadows--cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross--Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross.

The new Hulk movie came somewhat out of the blue and very quickly after the fabulous Ironman, it's another Marvel production and considerably better than the first Ang Lee effort "Hulk". It wasn't as hyped as Ironman and perhaps they should have bought it out first...

Not to say it's not a good movie, but it's hard to compete after Ironman. It's doing well om IMDB with a 7.9 at the moment - I'd say it'll go down to somewhere about 7-7.2 as it's not quite that good.

Some found the Ang Lee version much to 'talky', this one is a bit slow in the beginning too - it does pick up. Hulk is a sad story after all and thankfully it's much better played out in this version though.

Edward puts in a good performance as the weakling Banner trying to hide away and solve his problem with Gamma poisoning.

Liv Tyler is a bit annoying, she seems to be lacking depth..the Hulk on the other hand is fantastic. Especially the show down with the Abomination!

Hearing those immortal words of "Hulk Smash" was fantastic.

The rest of the cast was solid, William Hurt was great as the general and looked as though he came straight out of the book. Tim Roth was good as the slightly twisted Blonsky and the rest of the cast supported well (with the cameos from Stan Lee and the REAL Hulk Lou Ferrigno).

The Hulk is a bit of a one dimensional character himself, only the aspect of Banner adds something to the story...and the tussle between Ross and the General.

I'll be interested to see where they take it after this.

I give it a Hulk Smashing good 7/10.

Tom Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant, lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tom foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls' every move, concerning Tom more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters' former relations in the process.

This is not a new movie, it came out in 2005 - I can't say I remember hearing about it at that time. Probably not a highly billed film, I just picked it up recently as it looked interesting.

It scores a very high 7.5/10 on IMDB though, which gives an indication that it should be a decent film.

The movie starts out pretty sharply with some strange characters, interesting dialogue and some extreme violence. In some ways the first few scenes reminded me of Tarantino movies.

The movie progresses from there, leaving you wondering what is going to happen next.

Drama is nicely handled through-out, the pacing is good and Mortensen plays his role very well on both sides of the fence.

Starting out as an accidental hero it leaves you with a feeling something odd is happening, and it plays out from there.

The violence is pretty brutal, like the sex scenes - straight to the point and direct. It also plays on some serious issues like 'good' vs 'bad' violence...how do you decide where the line is?

I won't spoil the movie for you, but I will very much suggest that you do watch it.

A brutal and gripping movie, I give it a nose pounding 8.5/10.