The Incredible Hulk

1979 "A scientist is exposed to a massive dose of gamma rays and becomes a superhuman beast..."
6.9| 1h35m| en
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An accidental overdose of gamma radiation causes a mutation in scientist David Banner's DNA: now whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into a seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, mindless muscular green creature.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
ashoonaa4 David Banner, a research scientist who is haunted bye death the death of his wife whom he couldn't save in a car accident is researching how to tap the hidden reserves of incredible strength all humans have. While investigating episodes of people who have displayed such strength under times of great stress, he discovers that each one coincided with a solar flare spike of gamma radiation. Convinced by the link,Banner decides to put it to the test when he deliberately does himself with gamma radiation. Unknown to him however, the maoeschine was modified to give a far higher dose than he anticipated.While there was no immediate effect,that soon changes when on the way home,he forced to change a tire in the rain.
Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) The 70's was a year of concepts. When they did the TV version of "The Incredible Hulk", all I can say is it was flawed in a few ways. They made a few changes so it would cause total confusion with the comics. Dr.David Bruce Banner(Bill Bixby) was a very brilliant scientist who lost his wife in a fiery car crash. Then he was curious to learn more about super-human strength. The source, gamma radiation. Several other cases came up, and he was more than eager to try it out. He tested it out, unwittingly overdosing himself with it. The results: One big muscular man, aka The Incredible Hulk(Lou Ferrigno). Trashing the car, smashing everything in his sight. The Hulk was a menace to society. To me the real menace to society is that report Jack Mcgee(Jack Colvin). He works for a tabloid newspaper company, which nobody reads. He should be charged with slander. This show was only a concept. they were a lot of changes and a lot of flaws. This hulk was more human than super human, he looked to caveman like, even though Lou Ferrigno was a competitor in the Strongman contest. To me, he is the real deal that the show became a hit! Rating 3 out of 5 stars!
voicemaster71 THIS MAY CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERSThe Incredible Hulk will always be my number one, all time favorite TV series. The pilot movie is to me, perfect 10 rated material that I feel was meant for the big screen. I know that in England, this was released theatrically. Oddly enough, I never saw the pilot movie in full until it was on in syndication in two part format and then on VHS in the video rental stores during my early to mid teen years. When you first hear about the Incredible Hulk, you might easily prejudge it and might hate it. The pilot movie is something you would have to see for yourself to truly see the sheer brilliance of this film. In order for Dr. Banner to carry the weight of the show, it would take the right person to play the part. That actor was my idol, the late great Bill Bixby. You could really feel for Dr. David Banner, losing his wife Laura in the car crash, his obsession with finding the ability to harness the power of that inner reserve of hidden strength within us all. That story from Mrs. Jessie Mayer about the identical car crash, and how she saved her son, and finally, losing Elaina Marks at the end of the movie. Bill Bixby and Susan Sullivan were excellent together as Doctors David Banner and Elaina Marks. They were best of friends and as David guesses too late at the end of the movie, they could have been potential lovers. Elaina confesses her love to him while he is the Hulk. Lou Ferrigno was born to play the Hulk. I can only imagine what it was like for him to play the hero of his childhood, but yet I can also feel for him after all the hell he went through with the make up process and the injuries sustained in the stunts. Perosnally, I loved the fright wig and makeup of this movie. The Hulk truly looked his best (the scariest) The very first Hulkout in the rain storm with the car and the flat tire is to me, one of the all time best ever Hulkouts ever filmed, along with the second Hulkout from 747 while flying the airplane. Finally, Jack Colvin is truly a master of his craft as intrepid reporter Jack McGee, who truly meant it when he said "All right Dr. Banner, but I don't give up easily." after being turned down for an interview. Oddly enough, actor Willem Dafoe, who was the Green Goblin in SpiderMan subconsciously reminded me of Jack Colvin and would have been a great Jack McGee had this version of the Hulk had been redone. Although the special FX may be considered cheesy for its standards of today, I love it!!! Call me a product of my time, but that's what I am. The Incredible Hulk pilot movie is high on the recommendation list. I say "Don't knock it till you've tried it." I rate this movie a perfect 10!!!
movieman_kev Dr. David Banner still having recurring dreams of his wife's death via car accident eleven months later is studying the reserve of strength that the average human could conceivably be capable of. Fed up with hearing that people in other similar crash could save their loved ones while he, himself, could not, he chooses to use gamma radiation on himself. However he gets a larger dose then he thought that he was going to get and thus the incredible Hulk was born. This pilot for the subsequent TV series captures the sad melancholy feel that the series later would later do so well. It's everything that Ang Lee film SHOULD have been and more.My Grade: A- DVD Extras: Intro by Lou Ferrigno; Commentary with Director/Writer Ken Johnson; a featurette on the Ang Lee travesty; a preview of the Hulk game (the crappy one, not the glorious "Ultimate Destruction"); An except from the Hulk novelization; Trailers for "Fast & the Furious: Tricked out Edition", "Hulk", the "Monk" pilot, & "Taken"