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The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
June 12, 2008
Director
Louis Leterrier
Runtime
114
Main Genre
Action
Studio
Universal Pictures, Marvel Studios
Writers
Zak Penn
Tagline
You'll like him when he's angry.
Franchise
Marvel

Summary

"The Incredible Hulk" kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) 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 (Liv Tyler)--Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power. As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk's creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulk's own. And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside--The Incredible Hulk.

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