An Honest Review

Rating: 7/10 (16 November 2016)

It's darker than the Hulk and that works well. Darker as in literally darker, darker as in it is dark enough to hide a lot of the CGI that made The Hulk look fake and boring in the action.
It also has a better cast. Anyone that has seen The Avengers is going to prefer Mark Ruffalo, because he nailed the part, but Edward Norton is leagues better than Eric Bana. So now you have a Bruce Banner that can actually add depth to the role, something that was seriously lacking in The Hulk.
Liv Tyler as well is a breath of fresh air given that Jennifer Connolly seemingly needs the tightest of scrips to actually emote and Tyler can act even in the worst of films. For her playing a believable Betty was a lot better than Connolly's cardboard cut out.
The approach was refreshing for a comic book movie. We've seen the Wayne's get killed over and over again, we've seen Uncle Ben die too often for his own good. We've seen the introductory stories told so often we can repeat them with our eyes closed.
The Incredible Hulk assumes that we already know how things came to be and doesn't spend a life time retelling the same old story. It starts off assuming that the foundations are well in place in the minds of the audience and that allows the movie to come in on its own.
We have more movie than rehash in the Incredible Hulk and that too adds to its charm.
Still, you are ultimately going to get a lot of mindless carnage and that can be a bit...dull after a while.
On the whole though, The Incredible Hulk succeeds where the Hulk failed.