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The Credible Hulk: Uninspired But Believable
"You'll find me mildly irritating when I'm angry!"The story of a moderately muscled scientist with slight anger-control problems has proven to be a whelming success at the box office.
Mild-mannered pharmaceutical lab technician Bruce Banner supplements his meager income by participating in clinical studies of neurotoxin vaccines, gamma ray bursts, toothpaste additives, and herbal lifestyle enhancers - but it isn't until he is accidentally exposed to 18 continuous hours of political talk radio that anything really bad happens. From that point on, our protagonist is subject to unpredictable episodes of unthinking and misdirected rage.

To Banner however, his diatribes make perfect sense and his inability to be taken seriously only infuriates him more. In these fits, his face turns red - almost purple, really - and he carelessly rips the seams of his poorly tailored shirts. Also, midway through the film he briefly gets jaundice, which causes his skin to take on an unappealing yellow cast. But that's just temporary.
As the movie progresses and gas prices climb, the anger building in the main character becomes evident each time he stops to fill up his SUV, one of the few possessions that allow him to retain a smidgen of self-respect. Driven by his lab accident, Banner places the blame on onerous government for his financial situation, high gas prices, and inability to buy high-powered assault rifles.
His crusade for reason and freedom bring him to the attention of the local army recruiter, who is somehow convinced a whole corps of soldiers with inhibited prefrontal cortex function would be a great addition to the culturally tricky, high-tension conflict zones of most deployments.
We don't want to give away the ending, but let's just say that at the last moment a millionaire media magnate makes a cameo appearance and saves the day - by offering Banner an internship with a news organization that values his incoherent outbursts as 'fair and balanced' journalism.
In Brainsnap's final judgement, the film stretches credulity a bit. Mainly, it seems Mr. Banner is overreacting. Sure there are problems which are cause enough to make each of us a tad disgruntled, but the dude needs to relax - maybe take a day off, go to a movie theater and watch some mindless summer blockbuster. Then he'd feel a whole lot better about things, we bet.
[Editor's Note: We reserve the right to change the rating of this film once we actually see it.]