Yea... I'll take Mark "Sour Cream" Ruffles

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2020)

SYNOPSIS:
Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is keeping a safe distance from the US trying to cure himself of The Hulk. Unfortunately, things don't work out as planned and something much worse comes up.
REVIEW:
Now, I think Norton is a fantastic actor and I enjoy many of his film, but with having seen Ruffalo in the same role, Norton just seems out of place. I will say that it's definitely possible I feel this way reduce to Norton only having been in one film and Ruffalo being in more. I do remember enjoying this film more than I did this last viewing. The writing was a bit choppy and the pacing felt like a rollercoaster, especially for a film about the military wanting to find a fugitive that holds the power of becoming a giant green destroying machine. I feel it could've kept a really solid fast pace. If my opinion mattered, I'd say to either cut a lot of the love story out or just remove it completely. Another aspect that I have a qualm with in every film that does this and it's unbelievably stupid brave soldiers. By this, I don't mean intellectually the soldiers can add 2+2, but they seem to not be able to put 2 and 2 together in certain situations due to how "brave" they are. When you are unloading full clips of ammo into a ridiculously big green monster that is bending solid steel and it's doing absolutely nothing to it, maybe just run away or hide. It makes no sense and completely takes me out. At the very least, if this is happening, the Hulk should take out every single character shooting at him. INCLUDING Tim Roth's character. I understand Tim Roth's character plays a large role, so how about you have him do what any real person would do if that was a real situation. Then we have General Ross (William Hurt) who I can't stand. That's nothing against the film, I just can't stand him. I want to say I don't believe anyone is truly like that in the military, but I can imagine there is. Aside from all of that, I do really like Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky and Norton is good enough. I think I could see Norton as Banner/Hulk in all of the films, but it's hard to say. What really saves this film for me, is the villain and end battle scene. Abomination is one of the greatest on screen supervillains we've had to date. As far as brute force (obviously when it comes to psychological parts we know far better characters). I was also left extremely confused after the battle, however. If I said what I was confused about, that would be giving spoilers, so I'll let you watch and maybe you'll know why I was confused. At the end of the day, this is on the lower end of MCU films and just like every other not great MCU, it has potential. Unfortunately, this one falls flat for me. 6/10.