Average.

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2008)

Compare to Ang lee's Hulk, this one is not aggressive nor ambitious at all. But it's an OK movie.
Prior to viewing, I didn't read any of the comments therefore I have completely no stereotype about the movie at all. But I do have my expectations like others. Here they are: 1, Edward Norton, Liv Tailer, Tim Roth, William Hurt and even Robert Donney's performance. We got all these celebrities or should I say, award-winners. I wanted them to be explosive, which means more than average.
2, Since Tony Stark also give a cameo appearance in the movie, I also expect it to be solidly written like Iron Man. So I was really thirsty for some Sci-fi twists.
3, Ang Lee's Hulk is commented to be "awful", so at least the audiences are give rights to compare them.
So let's see the result. Quite interesting for me, I don't think this movie beats Ang Lee's "awful" one. For some obvious reasons that, 1, Edward Norton is not a mile far better than Eric Banner. Instead, he turned out to be also average, nothing like the movies he was in before. There are very few memorable moments about him alone. What about the romance? Well, Liv Tyler is sexy in her own type, but neither a female scientist type nor a hot babe type. The real problem is that she has absolutely no electricity with Norton. The scenes they are together are always distanced, both characters avoiding each other like strangers. Plus the only funny scene the director arrange for them is not funny due to Tyler's performance, which is the New York taxi scene... Other actors are also average, not in their most comfortable type of characters. I was keep guessing which part will Tony Stark(Robert Donney Jr) play, but to my disappointment he just stayed on stage for 15 seconds.
2, The movie is very stably paced, with each fight bigger than the former one. And all the characters made their senses in their actions during the storytelling. Tim Roth became obsessed with power alone and, General Hurt was proved to be wrong very clearly to the end. And Hulk just hide himself for a clearer reason than Ang Lee's version. But the problem comes. The movie leaves very few to be shot in a comical style, not even all the fight scenes. Ang Lee's version tried to produce an abusive visual style with an abusive Hulk, who's ultra-violent and the fans or non-fans can completely dip themselves in this style, enjoying. But Incredible Hulk tried to be average, producing nothing to blow the audiences away. In a less abusive manner, much of the story is straight-forward and easy to understand but also loses its dynamite.
3, So now you have my conclusion: Incredible Hulk has a clearer storyline but not as violent as Hulk.
7/10.