Hulk (film)
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| Director: | Ang Lee |
| Writer(s): | Screenplay: Michael France James Schamus John Turman Story: James Schamus |
| Running Time: | 138 min |
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Hulk is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte and Josh Lucas.
Plot
The film explores the origins and backstory of the Hulk. David Banner is a genetist who experiments on himself in his efforts to improve human DNA. His modified genes are passed on to his son, Bruce. Eventually one of his experiments explodes, killing Bruce's mother and leading to David's imprisonment. Bruce is raised in foster care, with no real memories of his true parents.
As an adult, Bruce himself also becomes a geneticist, working with Betty Ross under Major Talbot to build regenerating soldiers. An accident in the lab leads to a radiation bath which interacts unexpectedly with his altered DNA. Soon after he becomes the Hulk and destroys the lab. When he returns to normal he doesn't remember much about the transformation. He is quickly captured by the military but escapes.
His father David, now entirely crazy, attempts and fails to convince him to destroy the military. David bites an electrical cord, turning into a powerful electrical being. During his subsequent fight with the Hulk, General Ross deploys a Gamma Charage Bomb, and both are assumed dead. However reports continue to arise of Hulk sightings. Bruce Banner has survived and found work and temporary shelter as a doctor in a medical camp in the Amazon rain forest.
Cast
- Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner / The Hulk
- Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross
- Sam Elliott as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
- Nick Nolte as David Banner
- Josh Lucas as Major Glenn Talbot
- Paul Kersey as Young David Banner
- Cara Buono as Edith Banner
- Todd Tesen as Young Ross
- Kevin O. Rankin as Harper
- Celia Weston as Mrs. Krenzler
- Mike Erwin as Teenage Bruce Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as Security Guard
- Stan Lee as Security Guard
