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Film adaptation of the Marvel comic "The Incredible Hulk," directed by Ang Lee:
Research scientist Dr. Bruce Banner's (Eric Bana) experiments with otherwise
lethal doses of radiation cause him to transform into a super-strong,
green-skinned giant whenever he loses control of his temper. Other complications
in his life include the woman he loves (Jennifer Connelly) whose army general
father (Sam Elliott) is after him, and his own unstable father (Nick Nolte). [2:18]
SEX/NUDITY 2 - We see a nude man from behind (bare buttocks) and a
brief glimpse of flesh from the front but no discernable private parts. A man
lies on a bed sleeping and we see his bare back to the waist, and a man floating
unconscious in a water tank is bare-chested. A woman's blouse is partially
unbuttoned and shows part of her chest. A drawing of a nude woman shows a bare
back, buttock and legs. A man and a woman hug in several scenes.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - The Hulk fights three mutant dogs in an extended
scene: one dog is thrown into a tree and it splatters; the dogs pounce on the
Hulk biting and tearing at his skin, he punches, kicks, and throws the dogs
repeatedly, and the dogs lunge at a woman in a car (barking and snarling); the
Hulk shoves his fist down the throat of a dog and throws it into a tree, he
holds a dog up by the leg and hits it, he bites one, and one dog is shoved
through the windshield of a car. A man bites into an electrical cable and we see
spots of glowing embers on his body, and he grows and transforms into an
electrical creature. A man comes at a boy with a knife, a woman tries to stop
him, falls on the floor with the man and she is stabbed -- she stumbles away and
dies. A man knocks down another man, then slams a metal cabinet down on top of
him (presumably crushing him). The Hulk and another creature fight: the other
creature keeps changing, from being made out of electrical power to a stone
formation, and to water, as they fight. The Hulk slips under water, a large
bubble forms over the water, a rocket hits it and causes a massive explosion. A
man approaches a restrained Hulk with a drill (pointing it toward his eye) in
order to remove a tissue sample, the Hulk breaks free from his bonds, the
man drops the drill, grabs a weapon and fires it causing an explosion that
sends him flying in a wall of flames (he is apparently killed). A man zaps
another man in the chest and stomach repeatedly (the man falls to the floor and
moans) with a taser gun, and then punches him in the face knocking him
unconscious. A man floats unconscious in a water tank, he begins to jerk and
twitch, he wakes up, he grows into the Hulk, crashes out of the water tank,
kicks down a wall, is shot at repeatedly, and is covered with foam that renders
him immobile for a moment. The Hulk is chased by many helicopters that fire
rockets and guns at him, as well as tanks that fire rockets at him (he is hit at
one point, and we see the open wound being healed by itself): shockwaves throw
the Hulk into the air, he runs and jumps high in the air, he flips a tank and
throws it far in the distance; he tears another tank apart and uses a piece as a
shield, and jumps on a helicopter causing it to spin out of control and crash.
Two helicopters crash into another and they both crash into the ground (the
pilots are not hurt). The Hulk catches a missile, bites it and spits a piece at
a helicopter, it explodes and causes the helicopter to crash. A huge rock
formation is leveled on top of The Hulk. The Hulk causes a great deal of
property damage: in one scene he demolishes a laboratory by kicking, punching
and crushing equipment, machines, windows, walls, etc., and he throws a large
piece of equipment through a wall and it crashes into a police car outside. The
Hulk jumps up through a ceiling and roof, and he also comes up from under a
street causing the street to crumble, and a cable car tips and throws its
passengers to the ground, and cars tip and roll on top of each other. The Hulk
jumps on a plane ready to plow into a heavily trafficked bridge, and the plane,
with the Hulk, flies straight up (ice forms on the Hulk's cheeks); the Hulk
falls unconscious back to Earth, crashing into water. A man screams and flails
during his transformation into the Hulk: we hear crunching as his body grows, we
see his feet burst out of his shoes, we see his legs burst out of his pants, his
skin and eyes turn green, he yells and snarls and growls. A frog in a glass
chamber develops growths that inflate and explode killing it (we see blood
splatter the glass). A man is exposed to "nanomeds" (microscopic organisms) that
get into his blood stream, and is zapped with radiation (he survives). A man
zaps himself with radiation, he cuts his hand, it bleeds (a large bubble of
blood oozes out of the cut), but the wound heals and he can become whatever he
touches -- his hand becomes like the metal beam it rests on, his foot becomes
like the grid he stands on. Two men shove each other, one grabs the other by the
hair, one shoves the other to the floor, one grabs the other by the neck and
holds his fist up, and the other pushes him off and sends him sailing across the
room. A man turns into the Hulk, he kicks another man and a couch out the side
of the house. The Hulk is shot repeatedly and he just grows larger, he picks a
man up and throws him across the street and he crashes into a rock (we see the
man later with cuts on his face, an arm in a sling, and a knee in a brace). A
rat is zapped with radiation and it turns into a snarling creature (we hear it
gnashing and snarling and see it from the back). During the opening credits we
see genetic experiments on sea creatures, reptiles and animals: a jelly fish is
poked with a hypodermic needle and a star fish's leg is cut off with a scalpel
(some white liquid oozes out of the open wound); a monkey is injected, gas fills
its glass tank, the monkey collapses off-screen (we see the monkey scream and
begin to lose consciousness). A boy hears a man and a woman fighting behind a
closed door; we hear screaming and pleading and we see parts of this scene in
increased detail several times. A group of armed men knock down a man and a boy
and threaten other people. A man grabs a woman around the throat and she
screams. A man walks through a deserted house and appears frightened when he
approaches a door (he falls to his knees, trembles and breathes rapidly). A
woman in a remote cabin hears a noise outside, goes to investigate, finds the
Hulk, he picks her up and puts her on the roof of the cabin. A dog barks and
snarls viciously at a man, and dogs bark and snarl when a man throws a scarf
over a fence and commands them to "go get her." A woman hears an evacuation
siren and hides with her child under a table. Men yell at each other in a few
scenes and a man threatens a man in several scenes. A man is zapped by a piece
of equipment and is in pain, and a man is shot with a tranquilizer dart and
falls unconscious. A man cries and grieves over the death of his mother. We hear
that a man's birth parents are dead, and we hear that a man has died. A man
dreams of a green-faced creature snarling at him, he dreams of a frog exploding,
and sees a hand holding a knife. We see a toddler crying, a mushroom cloud in
the background and a man putting his hand over the girl's face when a woman
recounts a memory from childhood. We see the Hulk shrink back to human form a
few times: he deflates in size and is left weakened. When a baby (and later a
boy) cries or gets upset we see green patches on his skin. We see and hear a
woman screaming during childbirth. A man takes blood from a boy's arm.
PROFANITY 4 - A not-fully enunciated F-word ("Fuh..."), 3
scatological terms, 1 anatomical term, 5 mild obscenities, 1 religious
profanity, 3 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Genetic manipulation, DNA, cell regeneration,
immune system, the proper use and implementation of scientific discoveries,
rage, power, greed, military operations, freedom, fear, loneliness, ideals,
being unique, collateral damage, repressed memories.
MESSAGE - The damage of an emotional wound can be far harder to
heal than physical damage.
(Note: People are shown drinking beer.)
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