Messy but still enjoyable

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2020)

This review contains spoilers.
The Incredible Hulk is a superhero action movie that premiered in 2008. The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Zak Penn, and stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. The movie is based on the character The Hulk created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The movie follows Bruce Banner as he becomes The Hulk and hides as a fugitive from the United States military.
The Incredible Hulk has a muddled story. The story is not as straightforward as the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie of Iron Man. This movie has many problems in its narrative that shows in the story's structure. The movie jumps around in time and it makes it hard for the audience to care about Bruce Banner. None of the characters matter except for Bruce Banner. It is clear in this movie that the focus is only on Bruce Banner and the world is not as interesting as it was in Iron Man.
Edward Norton does a great job as Bruce Banner. I enjoyed his performance in this movie as he goes from fugitive to hero. I was happy to see that Edward Norton made Bruce Banner out to be a scientist rather than the destructive Hulk that he has.
The action computer generated graphics is clear to the audience. The exposed computer generated imagery made for a rough experience as the action scenes did not have much weight to it. I felt that this was the movie's poor trait as the movie failed to have the action in the movie mean something. The action is still pretty and fun to look at but it failed to impress the audience from a story stand-point.
I would still recommend 'The Incredible Hulk'. Although there are problems in its story, the movie is still entertaining to watch and can keep the audience's interest for the 112 minutes of running time.
Grade: C