Marvel's The Incredible Hulk (Earth-113599)

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Marvel's The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 live-action movie produced and distributed by Marvel Studios and Touchstone Pictures based around the popular superhero, the Hulk. Taking place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe it is the second film of phase 1 released on August 1st 2008.

Production
The Hulk Cinematic rights were originally owned by Universal Studios, but after making the 2003 Hulk movie felt the rights were a burden and was looking to sell them off. Kevin Feige encouraged Walt Disney Company to buy the rights back from Universal to complete their theoretical Avengers roster (They had the rights to Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor from Paramount. But no Hulk). Seeing the Hulk as a popular superhero with valuable cinematic rights they agreed to do it and bought them back in Mid 2005. IT was later announced that year a reboot of the popular superhero was in development being a part of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, along with Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. (Later changed to Black Widow and Hawkeye). Louis Leterrier was announced as Director shortly after, always having an interest in directing a Hulk Solo film.

How the film would be handled was largely disputed, even more so then other Marvel productions at the time. Everything from the casting, tone and even plot was a debate between Marvel, Leterrier, and Disney. They originally wanted the film to parallel the classic Hulk comic books with David Duchovney starring at the titular role. But when he was unavailable when they needed to get filming and the writers/director couldn't find an angle on a modern day Nuclear testing plot line, the idea lost traction. It was then somewhere down the line changed more closer to the Ultimate Hulk story and the TV series from the 90s, with a more modern twist, and Mark Ruffalo as the lead star.

They did agree however agree that the Abomination would be the movie's main villain. Wanting someone who "actually challenged The Hulk" as the director said. But finding a way to make a Yugoslavan spy into a modern Hulk film proved to be a challenge. Eventually they did figure out a way they were happy with and the film entered production, filming and post-production all on schedule. Being released in the United States and worldwide on August 1st 2008.

Cast

 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk


 * Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/Abomination


 * William Hurt as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross


 * Liv Taylor as Elizabeth "Betty" Ross


 * Ty Burrell as Leonard Samson


 * Selma Hayek as Katherine Wayensboro


 * Teddy Sears as Benjamin Tibbets


 * Anthony Edwards as Mitchell McCutcheon


 * Michael Angarano as Rick Jones


 * Kevin Corrigan as Brian Banner (Flashback)


 * Anna Silk as Rebecca Banner (Flashback)


 * Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart (Cameo)


 * Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns (Cameo)

Plot
The film starts with the inside of someone's body start off normally and begin to mutate and turn green. After doing that for about 20 seconds it shows the main title THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Which the camera than pans out from a young boy's eye on christmas Eve.

His mother comes up to him and tells him to get to sleep for Christmas tomorrow. Revealing the boy to be Bruce Banner, he asks for tomorrow if he can get the Test Sampling kit he wanted and his mother says he'll have to wait. She kisses him goodnight and walks out. Shortly after that, her husband and Bruce's father, Brian comes in noticeably drunk.

When Rebecca (his mother) asks if she got any presents for Christmas he said he doesn't want to spend any money on that "little monster" than he has to. She tries to convince him to go back out and get something for him. He says that he's had a stressful day at the lab and starts to scream and throw things at her. She tells him he's hurting her, which makes him even more in raged. Bruce comes out of his room and tries to help his mother, but Brian pushes him into the wall and says "Stay out of this, you freak!" and while the camera shows Bruce's face it can be heard that Brian is hurting her badly.

In the present, Bruce Banner is sitting in therapy with Dr. Leonard Samson. Where he just finished telling another story about his abusive father and traumatic childhood. When Leonard asks what happened to Brian Bruce says after he "killed" his mother that he was taken to a mental institution and never heard from again. That he spent his whole life going from relative to relative. That he wanted to go to Therapy because he's tired of feeling helpless his entire life. First with his father, now with the University, who he said just turned him down for a tenure. That he thought he could finally settle down with Betty. After that he says the appointment was a "bad idea" and demands they end the session early despite Leonard's Chagrin. He leaves the therapy session and is revealed to work in Culver University, Virginia as an instructor in the Bio-science department.

He starts teaching a class. After doing so for awhile it is interrupted by General Thaddeus Ross. Who sternly asks Bruce if he can talk in private. In Bruce's office the General tells him that the Military is working on a Top Secret experimental project in Culver University, related to Project Rebirth. Bruce says he knows about the Super Soldier Serum, that it was made in the 1940s by Dr. Erskine in World War II, but that the formula was discontinued after that.

General Ross says due to the increase in terrorism and global conflict around the world, the United States Government is going to start research on how to create it again. General Ross adds on that his daughter, his girlfriend, recommended Bruce Banner. That he's one of Culver University's top experts on Biology, and he wants thinks it would benefit the project. Bruce is honored by that offer and instantly accepts it. Which leads to General Ross leading Bruce into the lab. There he comes across Betty working, and gently kisses her on the cheek which General Ross seems openly annoyed with. She was happy Bruce was working on the project, and he said he was too. The General introduces the other scientists on the project.

Katherine Waynesboro, originally from Guadalajara Mexico, she currently resides in New York City is one of the top Organic biologists on the continent. Next, he is introduced to Emil Blonsky, one of Oxford University's top Biology professors. He shakes hands with Bruce saying that he looks forward to working on the project, and hopes to eventually bring similar research into the United Kingdom. Bruce, timidly says that he agrees, noticeably overwhelmed by Blonsky's cool overconfidence. The third scientist then enters the compound named Mitchell McCutcheon escorted by Private Benjamin Tibbets. Who quickly says "Hi" to Bruce and pays a lot of attention to Betty. Bruce seems caught off guard by this, but doesn't react and instead introduces himself to Dr. McCutcheon instead.

Later that night, Bruce and Betty are prepared to go to bed. Bruce asks Betty if she persuaded her father to hire Bruce on the project, she proclaims that all she did was show what a brilliant mind he was, and asked if he should be recruited. He then says how it just doesn't seem like General Ross likes him very much, but she says he's like that with everyone. Bruce said he doesn't notice it, and Betty replies saying she's known him a lot longer. Bruce quickly backs down, and says sorry for arguing at all. He thanks her for the good word and they start kissing in bed.

Bruce is walking through the campus of Culver University when he is approached by a student. He introduces himself as Rick Jones and says how he's a big fan of Banner's work. He thanks him, and Jones says how his paper of Gamma Radiation and it's effects on the human genome was brilliant. Bruce thanks him for that, and says how he could email Rick about his next project once the non-discloser agreement is lifted. He thanks Bruce and two go their separate ways. As Rick walks away, Bruce stands there for awhile before saying "Gamma Radiation". In the lab, scientists are doing animal testing with a new serum they invented. As they observe the effects on a rat it starts to quite literally disintegrate in front of their eyes. The scientists then mark off the Serum as "needing improvement". After that Emil Blonsky and Katherine Waynesboro begin to argue over what went wrong with the formula and how it needs to be improved. Bruce then he politely gets everyone's attention saying how he thinks they've been going about the formula wrong.

He says that instead of trying to make a liquid to replicate the effects of Project Rebirth they should do it with Gamma Radiation instead. Explaining all the benefits of it. At first some of the scientists seem to disagree with it, but Betty and Emil actually seem to agree also explaining the problems Radiation would solve that liquid possesses and eventually the team is encouraged to go that route instead. Soon the room is cleared out for a lunch break with Mitchell and Emil still in there, where Mitchell asks how long they need to "keep the act up". Emil says that once they figure out how to successfully create the Serum for an army of soldiers they can bail. Because he wouldn't dare go back to A.I.M. empty handed, that they used almost all of their resources to get them both as moles in this top secret government project. Mitchell says how they're not getting anywhere though with these scientists, but Blonsky says he sees potential in Banner's idea and thinks they might get what they're looking for in a mere-couple of months.

Time passes as Bruce, Betty, Katherine, Emil and Mitchell all work on producing Gamma Radiation based results, and are finding success in it. Having it successfully increase strength, agility and durability in both animal and volunteer tests. Early one day Betty is walking into the lab as her father stops by with Private Tibbets. He tells Private Tibbets to get set up in the building, while he talks to Betty outside. They talk about the experiments as well as it's testing process, and Betty says how Bruce's idea was brilliant. The General asks how much she admires him, and she says she hopes he purposes soon. Where the General openly expresses his disapproval of her relationship with him. Claiming they come from a "military" background and Bruce is not strong, or capable man. She disagrees with that and they argue outside the lab for awhile, until he brings up that Private Tibbets seem to have a little "crush" on her and might be worth giving a try.

Inside the lab everyone is preparing for more testing. When the General comes in he asks Emil Blonsky how the process is going. He informs the General that they're going very well, and might be able to permanently give Super Soldier like abilities to those who are placed under it. The General is pleased by that and goes to chat with someone else, while Blonsky just gives him an evil glare behind his back.

Benjamin Tibbets goes up to Betty Ross and the two start to have a conversation about science of the project, and it begins to turn into more of a flirtatious conversation. Bruce notices and looks upon with jealousy, but just continues to do his work. Not having the social gumption to intervene. General Ross comes up to him and says how Betty is moving on for him, and that maybe there relationship isn't right. Bruce says how they've been dating for two years now, and it's stronger than ever. But Ross points out her military background and how Banner won't be able to provide for her like a Private could. He also says that Banner is weak, just like his father was (who General Ross revealed to have worked with) and he lacks Bravery in particular. That his work in this project would be shared between four other scientists, and the United States Military in general. Bruce is angered by General Ross' bullying, but once again backs down and just leaves the situation.

While Katherine Waynesboro is sitting up the test for the next subject, Bruce insists to her that the project is complete and he wants to test it on himself. She says how they still have weeks before they're going into human trials, but he claims that a "little bravery never hurt anyone" that the animals were responding well and it could be a break through in the project. She follows through as Bruce gets ready to go in. He informs Betty and Private Tibbets of what he's doing, and she seems surprised by it saying how he's usually extra careful about this but he said he's confident in his work this time.

Bruce steps into the chamber and the machines start up. He gets inside the device as it starts to pour Gamma Radiation into him. Inside the testing room Blonsky and Mitchell are sitting inside. They see his muscles and brain begin to increase, Mitchell says A.I.M. will be happy that they figured it out! But Blonsky says it isn't strong enough, and they need more. He turns the Radiation up and Bruce at first is still unaffected, but then starts to react to it and has a flashback memory of the past.

He's at a courthouse with Brian Banner arrested where Bruce is called to the stand. There the Lawyer asks him if his father truly did beat his mother that horribly before. Despite his father's harsh glares, Bruce confesses it. The Judge sentences Brian Banner into a Mental Institution. While the Police are taking him away, he is struggling going after Bruce saying how he's going to get him and find him for what he did, proceeding to call him a "little freak". Shocking the entire courtroom.

Bruce (In the Flashback) notices everyone starring at him, and with what his father says starts to clench his fist in rage, but not act on it. In the present Betty starts to become scared when Bruce grows more and more unstable. General Ross says he's had enough of it and goes into the control room demanding that Blonsky shut it off. He turns the power down but Bruce doesn't stop. Then, seeing the General stair at Bruce, and Tibbets holding Betty, he starts to feel intense rage. He opens his eyes revealing them to be light green and starts to transform in The Incredible Hulk!

He goes on a rampage through the lab, as Private Tibbets screams out that "Bruce became some... sort of... giant Hulk" the Hulk attacks Private Tibbets and accidentally knocks Betty and General Ross into a wall, breaking his arm and Betty's back. Everyone tries to evacuate as Hulk rampages through multiple sections and security tries to take him down, but their bullets do nothing. He manages to fight them off too and attack multiple scientists as he keeps going eventually he notices all the destruction and falls to his knees, reverting back into Bruce Banner. Disoriented and confused he tries to get up before being tasered by Emil Blonsky, who finally put him down.

Bruce wakes up in a hospital, where Dr. Leonard Samson is starring at him, surprised that Bruce actually woke up at all. Claiming that after his "big incident" they didn't think he would. He tries to get the nurse, while Bruce asks where Betty is. After no one answers him he gets out of bed and tries to find her, when he finally gets to her room he sees her beaten down and in a coma currently. As he stands over her bedside about to cry, General Ross (with a broken arm) pins Bruce to the wall saying what the hell just happened. Deeply disturbed by his transformation and uncontrollable rage back in the lab before.

He takes Bruce and handcuffs him to his hospital bed, and says the Military will be there soon to take him to prison for what he did. Bruce says that he needs to be kept away from people, that's be dangerous now. But the General doesn't want to hear it and leaves Bruce in the room. Dr. Samson says how he sincerely doesn't think Bruce was conscious when he got into that "monstrous state", but General Ross says that he hurt a lot of people at the University and he needed to pay for his crimes.

At Culver University Rick Jones goes to the now destroyed lab, where he sees a bunch of different soldiers and government agents surrounding the building. Claiming themselves to be S.H.I.E.L.D. they tell Rick to keep moving, that there's nothing to see here. When he asks where Dr. Banner went and what happened to him they say he's at Willowdale Memorial Hospital. Rick heads there, while Emil Blonsky and Mitchell McCutcheon, say how if S.H.I.E.L.D. is already investigating the Gamma Radiation it's only a matter of time before they shut the project down. But Blonsky says that might be to there benefit, now the United Nations Scientists can't outdo A.I.M. in the "Super Soldier Race". But McCutcheon reminds him how they haven't perfected the serum either, but Blonsky says that Banner's transformation was a "pinnacle" of science and if they replicate it A.I.M. will come out ahead. He says how that wouldn't be a controllable army, but Blonsky reminds him they would make it so and that they need to just get a sample of Banner's blood to replicate the Serum's "success".

At the hospital Bruce is continuing to talk with Doctor Samson, while getting nowhere he decides to give Bruce a little time to relax. Shortly after he leaves Rick Jones comes in and asks Bruce what happened. He explains that the experiment went wrong and he became some sort of monster, and Rick thought it wasn't right to let Bruce be arrested for that. He says he might come to regret this and uses a paper clip to unlock Bruce's handcuffs and tells him he has a van outside, and they might be able to escape. The General is waiting watching over Betty when he gets a call from Emil Blonsky. He says that he needs to take a sample of Bruce's blood to study for the experiment. General Ross then goes to try and find Bruce only to see him gone from the Hospital room, with the window shimmed open.

He sends soldiers to check around the hospital and blocks, while the camera pans to Rick's van with Bruce in the back as they drive away. Later it shows Blonsky talking with General Ross, where he is noticeably frustrated that Bruce escaped. The General explains that the United States government will be looking for him, but all they can do now is wait. Blonsky says that will be too much Bureaucratic Red tape, and that they know Bruce and how he thinks, if anyone could find the Hulk it was them, with Dr. McCutcheon. The General admires their shared ambitions regarding the Hulk, and admits he wants to put Bruce away for what he did to his daughter and says he has connections in the Pentagon and might be able to "pull some strings".

Bruce wakes up in the back of Rick's van. When he asks where "are they" Rick tells him they're in upstate New York, a couple hours from the Canadian border. He goes up to the front and asks asks Rick if he could answer why he threw away his entire life to save Bruce. Rick said that he was failing his classes, that he got into Culver University wanting to study science, but because of his Dyslexia he wasn't able to keep up, but couldn't afford to get treatment for it. His family was already in debt from his student loans. He saw that Bruce was getting ostracized and almost imprisoned for something he had no control over, and wanted to act on it. "You only live once, might as well try and do the right thing" Rick said while he continued to drive.

Bruce seemed grateful and satisfied with that answer. He said that, almost no one did anything nice to him in his life. Except his for his mother, and his girlfriend, Betty. He said he wondered if he would ever get to see her again, now that he was on the run. Rick says he's sorry, that he has a girlfriend back at home too, and he regrets having to leave her. They keep driving and chatting until getting stopped by Border patrol, who stops their vehicle for inspections. Rick cooperates, and the border patrol agents also question Bruce about his business in Canada. First they ask his birth name, where he tells them a fake alias (Stanley Lieber) but to his folly they searched it and the real Stan Lieber (which was the movie's Stan Lee cameo). When they got news of that they asked Bruce why he was lying about his name, and even asked Rick if this man is "holding him against his will".

After searching the vehicle high and low they find nothing, except a revolver in the passenger seat. They say that all weapons must be registered and they try to take Bruce and Rick in, knowing he would be caught and brought to prison there Bruce tried to resist. They border patrol starts to force Bruce down and get physical, which made him grow stressed and transform into the Hulk again. He quickly took out all the Border Patrol Officers and almost attacked Rick too, before running off through the forest and making his way to Canada. Rick in the van also follows, with no Border Patrol to stop him.

He drives through calling out his name, until late at night in the middle of the forest he sees Bruce kneeled down by a lake weeping. Rick comes out and tries to comfort him, but Bruce says that all his life, his abusive, alcoholic father had called him a freak. Said he was dangerous and tyrannical, that he always believed that to be wrong and lies from a madman. But that being the Hulk, he doesn't know what to think of it. Rick says they will cure the Hulk, he is sure of it and lets Bruce back into the car where they drive from the lake.

Meanwhile, in Arlington, Virginia at the Pentagon. General Ross is on the podium showing a newspaper article of a "Green Sasquatch" spotted in New York and Ontario. He says that Banner has now crossed the border and is dangerous, the government has not been doing an adequate job of finding and bringing justice to The Hulk. When a fellow general asks Ross what he purposes to do. He says "use the people that now Banner and studied Gamma Radiation to find him" he insists they create a team dedicated to finding and bringing the Hulk down, only temporarily of course. Consisting of himself, and the scientific minds that helped create the Gamma Radiation formula in the first place.

Emil Blonsky and Mitchell McCutcheon are sitting the audience. While Mitchell asks why they couldn't just have A.I.M. soldiers try and contain the Hulk, Blonsky asks if he's "out of his mind". That having them go across North America trying to fight the Hulk would attract way too much unwanted attention not just from the United States government, but from S.H.I.E.L.D. too, who they don't need any more problems with as is. Mitchell then asks Blonsky if the Hulk is really worth all this trouble and if they created it once, they could surely create it again. But Blonsky says how they haven't been able to perfect it! It been a failure every time, except for Banner and he wants to know why. Mitchell still claims though it's dangerous. While Blonsky criticizes him for being small-minded and not an ambitious and ruthless scientist, like A.I.M. wanted. Shortly after that, Blonsky and McCutcheon are called to the stand, with Betty Ross. With the General commenting that Katherine Waynesboro had respectfully declined to be part of the team, working on another project.

The General also calls his daughter, Betty to come up after she was significantly healed form her hospital wounds. Where she said she was looked forward to finding Bruce Banner, and even more so to finding a cure for him. Which the General seemed annoyed with, but she didn't back down from. Meanwhile, Rick and Bruce were driving in the Northwest Territories, near the Arctic circle. When Bruce says to stop the car. He does, and tells Bruce this is what he wanted. Nice and secluded, no one to hurt out there. Bruce then says he's going to take a walk while Rick waits by the car, he waves him off and Bruce walks into the snowy mountains of the Canadian wilderness.

He walks and travels through the land and ice until finally making it to an iceberg. Where he is revealed to have stolen Rick's unlicensed gun, and goes to shoot himself with it. But right after pulling the Bullet, his eyes turn light green and he becomes The Hulk, spitting the bullet out and jumping off the Ice Berg. Running into the forest as the green rage monster.

In Washington D.C. the scientists are working to find out more about the Hulk's whereabouts. There the scientists are all working in the lab, McCutcheon and Blonsky are working on a Sonic Emitter device that can track Gamma Radiation which they will be able to use, as Banner likely since gives off residue of it post his transformation. Even though they're almost complete, Betty is working on her own project. An attempt to cure Bruce Banner of his Hulk like tenacities. When Blonsky finds out he asks her why she's doing this instead she says how it's "barbaric" to hunt down Bruce like an animal, that he's just a victim of a science experiment gone wrong. She even is going to get help with Dr. Waynesboro on how to handle the treatment process. Blonsky says that they can focus on Hulk being cured once they capture him, but Betty says his father would never allow it, and that she knows Blonsky wanted to study him along with McCutcheon, but he denies it. Betty grows annoyed with his lies and talks to her father.

She goes on to say she thinks Blonsky should be removed from the team, as she doesn't trust him. When she explains why General Ross says how Blonsky is one of their top scientists on the case for finding Banner, and they can't afford to lose him. She says she thinks he wants little more than to experiment on Hulk and replicate it's effects. When General Ross says he's sees little problems in that, she realizes he doesn't want to help Bruce either, and just wants to stop Hulk for his own prideful and selfish reasons and the two argue. Eventually Betty decides to quit the task-force claiming there's nothing good about them and she refuses to help them with their science-based man-hunt.

He fights his way through the forest, fighting off animals and other obstacles and goes back to the car transformed, where he transforms back into Bruce Banner. Rick gets a blanket and explains what happened to him. Rick then comes to the theory that whenever Bruce is frustrated or stressed he transforms. That he needs to go live somewhere calm, that the Arctic is anything but. Since he's in Canada, he doesn't have to worry about the Government going after him and could just live down south for the rest of his days. He agrees with Rick and the two start making their journey back to Ontario.

Contrary to Rick's statement, General Ross meets up with the head of the Royal Mounted Guard atop a Helipad. He says one of the Scientists of his Task Force, Emil Blonsky had invented a device that can track the Gamma Radiation levels of The Hulk and that he has been traveling around Canada for the last couple of weeks. The Mounted Royal Guard says how they're willing to work with them. General Ross, Emil Blonsky, Mitchell McCutcheon and the Mounted Guard Chief head into the Helicopter, while Betty urges her father to once again not go. He says that he "irrational sympathy" for The Hulk is unwarranted and leaves.

In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Bruce and Rick go into a bar. He tells Bruce to stay calm and order a beer. Bruce asks if that's a good idea, not knowing what the Hulk could actually be like when he's drunk. But Rick insists it will relax him, which should prevent another incident. Him and Rick order two pints of Labatt Blue and try to relax while in the bar. While on the TV he sees the Royal Mounted Guard along with General Ross announcing the looking for a wanted American fugitive by the name of Bruce Robert Banner, who they claim is "very dangerous" showing a picture of him. Bruce starts to become unnerved and Rick begins to calm him down by saying they can leave. Flustered, when he walked out he knocks down someone's drink while they're playing pool and they start to get angry at Bruce. Even though Bruce apologizes and Rick tries to get him out, the man throws the rest of his drink of him. He also says to Bruce how he shouldn't waste his time on a "retard" like him (which reminded Bruce of what his father used to call him) and he transforms into the Hulk, punching him. He roars so loudly that all the glass shatters and everyone runs out panicked. He is so enraged that he also knocks Rick out of the way and starts fighting with local authorities in the parking lot.

In the Helicopter the team gets news of a green monster spotted in Thunder Bay. Ross comments that "didn't take long" while Blonsky says the soldiers need to get the bazookas and Rocket Launchers ready, and that he saw first hand the Hulk's resistance to bullets and melee attacks. Hulk continues to be a menace in Thunder Bay when General Ross and the soldiers show up, who use their Rocket Launchers against Hulk. At first it hurts him, soon after though he begins to get angrier and fighting them off as well as their equipment and vehicles. Betty in the United States was witnessing Christine Everhart, international reporter, reporting the entire event. After Hulk nearly breaks all the equipment, even fighting off General Ross (especially having rage towards him) he sees Emil Blonsky. Emil simply stands in front of The Hulk, locked in eye contact the both of them. As Blonsky feels his muscles and witnesses the explosions instead of fear, he looks amazed by The Hulk saying "You're incredible". He tries to attack Blonsky for tasering him before, but is then hit by the shell of a tank which hits him into a building. He is almost unconscious and changes back into Bruce Banner. General Ross arrests Rick Jones and Bruce Banner, deporting back to the United States.

In the helicopter he says to Hulk how finally got him, and to Rick how he could go to military prison alongside him for helping the Hulk escape. He also announced they were heading to Washington D.C. where they would be caged until trial. The doctors check Blonsky who only has some minor bruises on his torso, but was still in awe over Bruce Banner's raw power. Back in a Washington D.C. Bruce is in custody while being interviewed. When interviewed he said he has little memory of his past transgressions, only bits and pieces like a dream. Even his psychiatrist, Leonard Samson agrees. After that Emil Blonsky walks into the room and excuses the soldier. The cameras also turn off, when Bruce asks what's going on. Blonsky says how he needs a sample of Bruce's blood, that what he became was something he was personally trying to replicate and that his blood would be the key to that. Bruce then tries to tell Blonsky it's bad idea, that it will only create monsters but Blonsky continues to do it, before leaving and coldly saying "That's the point, Bruce".

He leaves and heads to the lab, telling McCutcheon he has the blood sample. He says great, that A.I.M. will be very pleased, they can "claim" to be heading back to their respective universities and give it to the organization as intended. But Emil simply replies "To hell with A.I.M." and injects himself with Banner's blood. But to his vexation, nothing occurs. He kicks a chair and says that he must also need the Gamma Radiation to activate the transformation! McCutcheon asks Blonsky what he's trying to do. He replies saying that he is angry of getting nowhere in his life. Dead-end job in Oxford University, grunt work at A.I.M. he wanted to finally become something powerful, something like the Hulk. McCutcheon says how Blonsky is a traitor and tries to reach for his gun, before Blonsky himself shoots him.

He walks out of the room and leaves the compound. With the soldiers and staff confused as to where he was going. He gets in a car and leaves through the security, without any questions. Meanwhile, Bruce and Rick are locked up in the prison cells across from one another. Rick asks Bruce if he can transform to break them out, but he says he wouldn't want to hurt innocent soldiers just doing their job. That part of him was glad he could be stopped,