Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

GazerRise Fantastic!

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Philip King OK let me get the negatives out of the way 1st, what did they do to The Hulks face? he looks odd and not like the Hulk we loved in the series. I know they had to change his hair to cover Lou's new hearing aid but it seems the teeth they used were too big. Plus what happened to the trademark changing into Hulk music? its all some lame orchestral version and talking of the music, it was pretty awful and too loud. Finally whats this Viking posing as Thor all about? No one should be summoning the mighty Thor this way. You'll see what i mean when you see in the movie a guy used Thors hammer to summon Thor like the genie in a lamp.You wouldn't think so by the above comments but i loved this movie, 1st of all after the premature ending of The Incredible Hulk TV series its a big welcome back to David Banner (Bill Bixby), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk) and Reporter Jack McGee (Jack Colvin), 2nd it's great to see The Hulk moving at normal speed, i mean the slower scenes in the TV series were good but to see him running towards that bad guy, grab him and throw him through the air in real time looks real good.This movie seem ahead of its time, doing what the recent Hulk, Thor, Avengers etc movie are doing, thats bringing together Marvel characters to maybe form a super hero group. This movie has Thor (It also feels like a pilot for maybe a Thor series) and future Hulk movies had plans to feature more Marvel characters.This is the last time we see Reporter Jack McGee. During the series i thought Jack was a pain in the butt to start with then the further we got into the series the more it seemed that Jack was coming around to seeing who the Hulk truly was, after being saved a few times by The Hulk Jack returned the favor by saving The Hulk too (knocked the arm of a policeman who was going to shoot the Hulk and drove his car in front of the Hulk to shield him from getting hit by a bazooka are a couple that comes to mind) and it would have been cool to have finally seen Jack and David sort things out between them.Overall this movie is on par with the best episodes of the series, it may have got 10 out of 10 if it wasn't for those few things i mentioned at the beginning of this and it really was so much a welcome return to the small screen for The Incredible Hulk.This is followed by The Trial of The Incredible Hulk.

Christopher Smith There is nothing worse than a movie with such great potential wasted. Such is the case with The Incredible Hulk Returns, a top-rated made-for-television film that premiered on NBC in 1988. The premise sounds amazing on paper: David Banner (he's not named Bruce like in the comics), aka Hulk, meets Thor. There are several different directions this concept could take. It could become a versus battle with the two Marvel icons duking it out. It could be a team-up, allowing the heroes to work together. It could be a psychological character study. Choosing any of three would make a great event that comic book fans would eat up. Unfortunately, writer/director Nicholas Corea chose to try to do all three in a slim 90 minute running time and the results, though occasionally interesting, are dismal.The versus angle, consisting of a short fight between Hulk and Thor in a lab, is anything but exciting. All the action sequences are played in super slow motion with choppy editing. The Thor/Hulk throwdown is the worst of the bunch. I'd guess there are no more than five hits between the two with each jab taking forever to land on the opponent. It's cheesy beyond belief.The team-up angle suffers from bad writing. There are no real bonding moments between the heroes and when they finally do join forces, it's forced and unconvincing. Thor is not as he is represented in the comics so it takes longer to warm up to him. Banner/Hulk is far more fascinating yet every time the audience gets a character moment from him, it is interrupted by Thor's annoying banter.The psychological study is weak. The Hulk television series did a much better job of getting inside of Banner. Bill Bixby tries to do his best but the script lets him down. Re-writes would have definitely improved this aspect. Judging from the quality of the picture, I'm guessing the script along with everything else was rushed.As bad as it was, a follow-up aired a year later, Trial of the Incredible Hulk in which Hulk teams up with Daredevil. It was a much more satisfying experience for Hulk fans. It's too bad this wasn't.

daniel-may I first watched this movie when i was 6 years old. Im 15 now and i still enjoy it. I was always fascinated by the incredible hulk, and with Lou Ferrigno's wonderful performance, you'll never be able to leave your seats. My favourite scene was David Banner seeing thor for the first time i thought that scene was brilliantly done. However, this film has its weaknesses. The main weakness was the scene where the hulk is trying to pull the helicopter down, i thought he could do that himself and not have thor to help him, despite that they still couldn't pull the helicopter down. However this didn't really effect the entertainment too much. It is a great shame that the late Bill Bixby isn't with us.

mack3175 When I heard about this in 1988, I was excited, But I was not expecting Thor, the other superhero from Marvel Comics. The story begins With David Banner(always well played by Bill Bixby)who takes on another identity. Finds work has a research scienctist. Builds a machine called the Transponder, That cure from becoming the hulk. And just when about to go ahead with it, he is interupted by an old friend named Donald Blake(Steve Levitt) who tells David a big secret of his own. He has a magical hammer that can summon a mighty warrior named(played with a lot of charm by Eric Kramer). But they both soon realize that a bunch of bad guys want to get their hands on the transponder, and they will stop at nothing. Its up to the Hulk and Thor to defeat them. The best hulk movie in years, It beats out The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk and The Death Of The Incredible Hulk. Lou Ferrigno is always good has the Hulk. Eric Kramer is also good has Thor. Why don't they another superhero team up. Like one day they could do a live action Spider-Man teaming up with the X-Men. The most interesting T.V. movie in years. Its a Marvel classic.