The Death of the Incredible Hulk

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Summary: Very Good all around family entertainment.
Review: "The Death of the Incredible Hulk" has enough twists and turns in the storyline to give the viewer the idea that maybe the title is a bit misleading. I really enjoyed watching it and look forward to watching it again. I call it good family entertainment because it invokes in the viewer every conceiveable human emotion. Watching this movie makes me wish they had made another sequel.

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Summary: The Death of the Incredible Hulk.... Ending on a Sad Note...
Review: "The Death of the Incredible Hulk" has some rather dramatically exciting moments (particularly in the first half, during which Banner's mysterious guiding of the research of the elder scientist is discovered, he reveals his identity, and work begins and nearly ends on curing him of his 12-year curse). Bill Bixby gives perhaps his best performance as Dr. David Banner, aside from the pilot, and all appears in the first act or so to be the makings of perhaps the very best, and final, entry in the series. Supporting players, including Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, are adaquately covered (despite the weakest of first Hulk-outs in the saga as Banner is mugged in the opening minutes and subsequently changes into the Hulk and throws the muggers around and crashes into some walls). Then, the spy plot enters in and we are forced to watch as once again David Banner's hopes for a cure are ruined and in the rage of which he becomes the Hulk further complicatiung any possibility of his ever getting a second crack at the method. The spy plot subsequently consumes the remainder of the film and thus depreciates the film's overall rating. Banner comes through yet another series of heroic events and saves the day (with the help of course of his 7-foot alter ego). Then, as if the screenwriters remembered that they had to justify the title, Banner gets angry one last time and chases down a plane. The Hulk unintentionally causes the plane to explode and then falls in slow motion to the ground with a thud. Dying, the Hulk changes back into David Banner to survive long enough for Bill Bixby to utter the last words, with tears in his white eyes, "Yasmine, I am free..." One of the major problems with this film is that it serves to bookend the entire "Incredible Hulk" TV saga as a big cautionary tale. This is not fair to both the followers of the series or the cast and crew that brought it to life (though endearingly cheesily). Yes, 12 years prior, the character of David Banner made a dumb mistake in his researching into the "hidden strengths that all humans have"; however, 12 years of roaming the United States helping other people with ethical or personal dilemas while on a quest to cure himself is, I always thought, a suitable punishment for his self-ethical crime. David Banner was a good guy that made one dumb mistake that haunted him for 12 years. Death was a cheap marketing gimmick, more than an appropriate end to the saga. (Yes, there was supposedly going to be another "Rebirth of the Incredible Hulk", but Bill Bixby became too sick to act and eventually died in 1993 of cancer). Bixby was such a likeable actor too, partly no doubt contributing to my belief that his likeable character should have gotten to regain his life and have a happier ending than a thoughtless death that bore no narrative sense and didn't really bring the whole thing to a full circle. I don't know, but with such a mythological character, it is not an issue of even death by how he or she dies. It has to work in a narrative sense as well as a production sense. And, of course, another issue, as with the prior film "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk", Jack Colvin's reporter Jack McGee was not part of the story, thus robbing the audience of some of what made the TV show classic. After seeing this film, I just wondered why it was made and why something that began with such vast ideas could end in such narrow cliches...

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Summary: The Incredible Hulk is back in his biggest adventure yet!
Review: 12 years after his first transformation, Dr.David Banner is now working as a janitor at a top secret research faculty. There is eguipment there that may cure him once and for all.When a woman is forced to work for terroists in order to save her sister, she lights fire to the lab, but as she is not a killer, drags one of David's friends, who is helping him cure his condition, to safety. When the terrorits attack, she finds out that her sister does not care, and she is just a hardened criminal. Then her sister and a pilot try to run her over with their plane. David sees this and jumps aboard as the Hulk. The plane explodes and the Hulk falls to the ground and soon dies,But as David, not the creature . I cried at the end of this one. But I have a few words to say: "Rest In Peace: David Banner"

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Summary: this movie [stunk]
Review: after the comparitvely brilliant "trial of the incredible hulk",this last hulk film pretty much failed miserably on every level. the storyline was muddled, with virtually no continuity from the series, hulk was underused, and the scenes he did have suffered from a lack of any real action. (it did look cool when he crashed thru all those walls during the first hulk out scene) also, this movie looks as if it were shot in a hurry, and cheaply... this and more happened to him on the series, and he survived without a scratch. after all banner had to endure during the course of the series run, be deserved better. he was beaten up, shot, attacked and or bitten by an assortment of woodland creatures, buried alive, burned, had heavy objects fall on him, and generally fell down alot...

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Summary: Say it ain't so, Hulkie!
Review: As a kid born in '74, I grew up watching the old Incredible Hulk show. This was a good story, but I'm still mad enough to turn green at the ending. The way the movie went was good enough to stand on its own, and they could've "cured" the Hulk easier enough than flat-out killing him. Still, a fitting ending to the Hulk's TV run.

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Summary: A Good Ending In Retrospect
Review: At the time this movie aired, I was upset at the way it ended and was hoping for more movies but now looking back, it was a great ending. The only thing missing here is no Jack McGee! I always felt that Jack Colvin should've been in this one but otherwise, it was a great ending. While I would've loved to see "Rebirth", it may have been best that it was never made since Bill Bixby is no longer with us (RIP). Get it if you are a Hulk fan.

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Summary: What were they thinking?
Review: Before I saw this video,I was lucky enough to see some episodes of the show. Seeing this,I think that Dr. Banner should have had a happy ending to his situation. Killing him and the Hulk didn't solve anything and was really senseless,either in this fictional movie or in real life! It's too bad Mr. Bixby isn't alive to comment,because I think he may not have been too happy with it either. I give this a no-star rating,in fact I think I'll give away my copy!

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Summary: Don't read review titled the death of the incredible hulk
Review: Don't read the review titled the death of the incredible hulk. [e-mail] is stupid and decided to give away the ending to the movie in his review. That was pretty much all he wrote. Unless you like having the ending of a good movie ruined, don't read his review.

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Summary: Don't read review titled the death of the incredible hulk
Review: Don't read the review titled the death of the incredible hulk. [e-mail] is stupid and decided to give away the ending to the movie in his review. That was pretty much all he wrote. Unless you like having the ending of a good movie ruined, don't read his review.

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Summary: More Hulk Action, Sad at the End.
Review: Hi I'm back to comment on the Death of the Hulk. I like this movie alot. It's a great end to the series. It's Ironic that they are releasing the pilot and the death on the same day. It was rumored back then that they were going to keep doing movies with other superheroes, like Iron Man, Cap. America and She-Hulk, but Bill got sick and passed away. He was a great actor and we will all miss him. They didn't release all 3 as a set because the movies were owned by different companies. Return and Trial were owned by anchor Bay and Death was Fox. I don't have any idea why they did that. But this is a great way to hipe up the movies. I'll rait every Hulk item that comes out 'cause he's my obsession and I can't wait to the Movie and the TV pilot with the commentary. Although there is no superhero sharing the stage with our green hero, the action makes up for it.