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The star power in the power helps move it along, which is great because the story line is certainly stagnant. Liv Tyler's character is completely flat. There is just no story whatsoever. Having Edward and a few other celebs bringing some life to "The Incredible Hulk" is at least more than the weighed down story from "Hulk." The Lou Ferrigno cameo disrupts the flow of the film. You'll know him when the camera spends almost a full minute, that's extremely long in modern cinema, showing Banner offering pizza to a security guard for no reason. The perfect cameo that grabs your attention that actually makes you plan on seeing the next Hulk movie: Banner has fled to a remote cabin only instead of repeating his stint in Brazil; he seems to be planning for an uprising of some sort. Sitting in a bar, Banner is approached by none other than Robert Downey Junior in character for "Iron Man." Saying the character is sure of him self or exudes confidence is an understatement. What's more, he's not there to appear like Lou Ferrigno. RDJ is the Iron Man, this is not the tale end of another movie and he is not just making a proposition to the Hulk. He's here to start a war and this is the beginning of his next move.

Sounds juicy, doesn't it? That's how the entire movie is: Extremely flat, than extremely tantalizing. This is just another violent movie for a bunch of rowdy boy types in many ways. Look at any picture of this new Hulk and you'll see a startling vicious looking bodybuilder who epitomizes Hyde himself, only much worse. Quite frankly, though, it's just nice to have this, albeit "B," movie over the 2003 version. Sure you can't let kids look at the Hulk because he'll give them nightmares, but beneath the green grizzly bear are some cool effects. There are actual references to the comic book with the famous smash and grab move and fireballs that blowup helicopters. For someone who went for a story, there isn't one but there are some interesting metaphors like Banner's battle with his drug like addiction to Hulk's rage and parallelisms between the Banner/Hulk and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde characters. So this latest Hulk film is a "B" movie. Wait until the next one pairs with Iron Man, and these other movies just might be worth it.

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