The Incredible Hulk: The big man is back!

By Sandra Varner

On June 13, an explosive new chapter in the super hero franchise that’s captivated the world for more than 40 years will be released nationwide. Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios bring us the action- packed epic motion picture of one of the most captivating heroes of all time — The Incredible Hulk.

   For decades, the brute strength and touching vulnerability of this character has captured the imagination in all of us who are unsure of how to manage the passions that lie buried within. While we try to keep our tensions in check, there is a creature that embraces the pure rage and limitless aggression. It is found living inside one brilliant man who finds his alter ego more and more impossible to suppress. And you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
    In The Incredible Hulk, we find scientist Bruce Banner (two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton) desperately hunting for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.
    Banner has been living in the shadows, cut off from the life and woman he loves, Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Ross (Liv Tyler). Living as a fugitive to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Oscar winner William Hurt), he knows that a military machine seeking to capture him and brutally exploit his power is always only a few steps behind.
    As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk’s creation, they are confronted with a vicious new adversary known as The Abomination, a monstrosity whose destructive strength exceeds even that of The Hulk. Portraying the human incarnation of this powerful creature is noted Academy Award nominee Tim Roth. As Emil Blonsky, Roth imagines a Super Soldier whose lust for power manifests itself in The Abomination.
    And to defeat this nemesis, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: Accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside.
    Joining Norton, Tyler, Hurt and Roth for the film is an accomplished cast including Ty Burrell, who portrays Leonard, a man competing for Betty Ross’ affections, and Tim Blake Nelson, who takes on the role of Professor Samuel Sterns, a cellular biologist who quite possibly holds the key to Banner’s quest for a cure.