The Incredible Hulk (2008): Universal 100th Anniversary Edition - Exclusive Steelbook (Blu-ray)

Transporter 2 director Louis Leterrier handled the responsibility of unleashing The Hulk with a lot more respect and with the fans interest at heart, using different origins of the character, noteably the "always on the run" stories from the 70's world wide successful television series. The movie doesn't retell the 2003 Hulk story but gives a brief alternative history to the characters' creation in the opening credits before getting the movie started some 5 years later in Brazil, so it does kind of feel like a sequel without actually being one. The movie is fast and fun as we meet Ed Norton's Bruce Banner in hiding trying to cure himself of the beast or at least learn how to control it. Soon located by William Hurts' General "Thunderbolt" Ross and the military an awesome chase sequence through a small Brazilian town leads us to our first glimpse of The Hulk. The Hulk comes across very threatening and you could feel the danger of his presence on the screen, something that was totally void in Ang Lee's The Hulk. This movie didn't try to be anything it wasn't, it had a simple structure and moved along at a very digestible pace and although I loved all the action sequences served up, I found myself enjoying the non Hulk sequences that joined them very much too. I think the cast handled their roles respectively, none of the talented cast having to push themselves at all but all being pretty solid to support the mighty green fella. I was mostly surprised with how much I enjoyed Tim Roth's character Emil Blonsky, as throughout the movie he is slowly transformed into an arch enemy more that suitable to rival the Hulk, in the form of the menacing Abomination. The climatic battle was all I could wish for for a perfect Hulk movie, the cgi characters never actually looking convincingly realistic but solid enough to get you roaring in The Hulks corner as he really finds his match in the bigger enemy. I left the auditorium fully pumped up, wanting to clench my fists and roar at the top of my lungs and rip the seats out of the floor as I walked past them on my way out and throw them across the cinema! Yup, I was a satisfied customer!

The Incredible Hulk (2008) is a comic book action thriller starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt.

This movie is a reboot of the Hulk franchise following the disappointing 2003 Ang Lee movie. This movie rights many wrongs from that movie and also delivers on the action.

Edward Norton is a fantastic actor and easily plays Bruce Banner with the right mix of vulnerability and angst. Liv Tyler looks perfect for Betty and William Hurt was born to play Thunderbolt Ross.

Also very good in this movie is Tim Roth appropriately sinister as Emil Blonsky and Abomination is a great villain to physically challenge the Hulk.

Director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter) keeps the pace of the movie flowing with his camera which appears to be in constant motion. Leterrier also delivers on the big action scenes.

Ang Lee got so many things wrong with Hulk that this movie is easily better by just putting right a few simple wrongs (Hulks Size). This is a very good Hulk movie but amazingly Mark Ruffalo in Joss Whedon's Avengers sets a new bench mark and leaves even this movie in the shade.

This is a great steelbook tin! The design is much better than I expected it to be which I think is thanks to how it was printed on the steelbook itself.

It's the same design as shown on the main images, the front shows the title of the film while the back of the tin shows the image of Hulk and the Abomination in battle. The interior of the case has an image of the Abomination. The image looks a bit deceiving online as it is displayed on the side rather than as an open case in which the design is located on the left.

This is a great purchase especially if you are interested in different editions for packaging and collectible purposes.