Incredible Hulk
Blu-ray Edition
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
Universal Home Entertainment
Release date: October 21, 2008

I was never one to bad mouth Ang Lee’s Hulk film from a few years back, at least the first two thirds of it (I’m not a fan of the film’s ending), but I know a lot of people hated it, and I can understand that. So, with so much dislike going around, Marvel decided to pretend that the earlier film never happened, and create the second movie, The Incredible Hulk, in their plan to bring the grand Marvel Universe into theaters.

Breaking away from serious auteur Lee, Marvel went with director Louis Leterrier, most famous for directing Transporter 2, not exactly the most thought provoking of films. While this may not be as deep a character study as Lee’s film was, Leterrier does manage to make at least an interesting film. This is more of a nuts and bolts plot driven film, with the famous Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) on the run from General “Thunderbolt” Ross (William Hurt). However, Ross is unable to capture Banner, so he enlists the help of elite soldier Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), but when Blonsky isn’t up to the task, he gets a little boost in the form of the super-soldier serum. But, of course that eventually goes horribly wrong, and Blonsky turns into the Abomination, leading to a great battle between the Hulk and the Abomination in the middle of Harlem. All the actors in the film do a decent job, although Liv Tyler is a bit of a letdown as Betty Ross, but Edward Norton is fantastic as Bruce Banner, and really brings a unique feel to it.

MTV did a little looking into who could possibly be the villain in The Avengers movie, which has many superheroes fighting together as a team. When asking The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier, he said he would rather they used a hero as the villain.

So, how about the Hulk himself?

The boys who wrote Iron Man, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, happen to think that’s a fantastic idea, stating that they believe everything has come around perfectly for Hulk to be the hero-villain in The Avengers.

Universal will release a special 3-disc edition DVD and Blu-ray of Louis Leterrier‘s The Incredible Hulk will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 21, 2008.

The release is packed with bonus features and here below you can watch two videos from DVD/Blu-ray.

The first clip is a deleted scene that has Edward Norton as the fugitive Dr. Bruce Banner opening up to his old girlfriend’s new boyfriend, psychiatrist (played by Ty Burrell). Some of you might remember this fireside scene, where it seems as though Banner might reveal the secret that he’s the Hulk.

The other clip is a “Making of” featurette that shows Tim Roth in action as Major Emil Blonsky, Banner’s nemesis who turns into the Hulk’s opponent The Abomination.

The 3-disc special edition features over 2 hours of bonus footage including an all-new alternate opening. Check out the list of all the bonus feature from the release here below.