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only way to find the cure if for the two to meet. Banner must come out of hiding and risk exposing the Hulk to the world again. Dr. Jekyll must face his Edward Hyde.

Meanwhile, General Ross is still searching for Bruce Banner to study him in attempt to use the Hulk as a military weapon, as he did in the 2003 "Hulk." Here we are introduced to a new character and soon to be Hulk nemesis, Emil Blonsky. The dangerous mercenary is nearly killed when Banner looses control and the Hulk appears. The inciting incident results in a power hungry soldier who accepts a Hulk like inducing injection from General Ross. The power is great, but not enough.

Once Banner's cover is blown, he returns to his former neighborhood and university to find help from his ex-girlfriend Betty Ross (Liv Tyler), the estranged daughter of General Ross. Together the reunited lovers make their way to the scientist who proved to be just a hair's breadth away from curing Banner when Gen. Ross captures Bruce and Betty. While in captivity, wouldn't you know that Blonsky finds Banner's scientist and demands powers greater than the Hulks. With the previous gamma radiation exposure, Blonsky is already a force with whom to be reckoned, as noted by the scientist, but the scientist's life is on the line and his scientific curiosity gets the best of him- an embedded lesson not to play God or mix science with nature- the scientist births the truly terrifying monster known as the Abomination.

The following scene is undoubtedly another message, this time one that is political in nature. With the Abomination wreaking Godzilla style havoc on the densely populated city, the U.S. military must employ the help of the Hulk. The government intends to capture the hapless Hulk to exploit him and use him for military power. This obsession for greed and dominance leads to the "gets snakes to cure the rat problem and worry about the snake problem later" situation. The Abomination is the government created catastrophe that causes nothing but devastation and the now helpless government, consumed by its own greed for power will suffer...unless one man is there so save the say. Yes, it' been done a thousand times but "The Incredible Hulk" needed this steroidal, destructive scene to separate it from "Hulk." The passive, victimized Hulk character has been done. The new Hulk character is not a defensive Frankenstein at all but an extremely aggressive and offensive Hulk, the kind that could pair up with Iron Man and really make

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