by Sarah Vigue

Created on: July 24, 2008   Last Updated: August 04, 2008

"There's another Hulk movie? Why on Earth would there be another one if the first was so bad?" Is this what you were thinking when you heard that there was another Hulk movie? Did you take one look at the movie ads and the 7 foot tall statue outside the cinema and think, "That's not the Hulk- it's a green steroid using version of John Cena from The Marine!'" It's hard to walk into a movie expecting to see a bad movie with a psycho smashing entire cities and nothing but explosions, but if you give "The Incredible Hulk" a shot, or if "Iron Man" is still sold out, the movie is not that bad. For some, it might even be worth seeing.

This 2008 version of "The Incredible Hulk" is not the mediocre film, "Hulk" from 2003. That movie was so bland and the green giant so docile and cartoon like that Conan O'Brien referred to it as, "the poor man's Shrek." Although, this film almost seems to start where the last film ended, it is a bit more intriguing. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is living in the center of Brazil, surrounded by the low income shanties that protect him from discovery. Not only is Bruce incognito to the world, working as a safety inspector, plant engineer at a less than second rate soda company, he is an unassuming character at the plant. Banner spends the majority of his time with an intense yogi who can flex each portion of his stomach muscles while meditating and, here's the kicker, without breaking a sweat. Working to control his anger, Banner is diligently trying to follow this path.

Naturally, this quiet and calm man gives the impression of a push over, which does not escape the attention of the local bullies. This obvious ignorance of the bullies is so blatant and foreshadowing it will have audiences groaning. Of course, Banner will give in to the Hulk and tech them a lesson-eventually. First, Banner has to come to terms with his problem- He's living like a fallen, drug addict, facing temptation at every corner, even with the pulse monitor on his left arm serving as a constant warning that he's about to have a relapse. Here's where the Jekyll and Hyde reference forms.

Banner somehow manages to keep his state of the art computer and lab equipment safe in his ramshackle home. Here, he performs minor tests on himself; recording and sending the results to an unknown scientist, the only scientist in the world who can help him, in hopes of finding a cure for Banner's gamma radiation sickness. Alas, the tests fail and the scientist explains to Banner that the

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