The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) (TV)

Director:

Nicholas Corea

Writers (WGA):

Stan Lee (character)
Nicholas Corea (written by)

Release Date:

22 May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Our Superhero Is Back In A Brand New Action Packed Adventure.

Plot:

It's been two years since the Hulk has surfaced, and Dr David Bruce Banner is on the verge of curing himself of the Hulk...

Plot Keywords:

Thor | Based On Comic | Green Skin | Marvel Comics | Superhero

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Hulk
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee
Lee Purcell	...	Maggie Shaw
Charles Napier	...	Mike Fouche
John Gabriel	...	Joshua Lambert
Jay Baker	...	Zack Lambert
Tim Thomerson	...	Jack LeBeau
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Thor (as Eric Kramer)
Steve Levitt	...	Donald Blake
William Riley
Tom Finnegan	...	Capt. Brills
Donald Willis
Carl Ciarfalio	...	Barner (as Carl Nick Ciafalio)
Bob McLaughlin

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG

Company:

Bixby-Brandon Productions

Trivia:

This TV-movie served as a pilot for a proposed "Thor" TV series that never went into production.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When David Banner confronts Josh Lambert and gets smacked in his face with a gun (final action scene at the factory) you can actually see the movie team being reflected in the car door when Lambert drives the car forward.

Quotes:

Doctor David Banner: [tape-recording himself] With the development of this machine, my... problem... is sure to be eradicated, or at least be reduced to a controllable level. With the influence of alpha radiation, an inverse occurrence of what happened with gamma radiation is bound to occur, thus reversing the process, and curing me... I hope.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Incredible Hulk (1977) (TV)

The Hulk And Thor Kick Butt!

This was a fantastic movie. After an absence of about six years the Hulk was back teaming up with the Norse god Thor to battle a bunch of gangsters. The film may have had minor faults but not enough to spoil my enjoyment of the movie.

The Hulk certainly looked different. He seemed a lighter shade of green, he seemed taller and he definitely looked more muscular. But he looked in great shape as he battled with Thor and then teamed with Thor.

Thor was another comic book character from Marvel. The comic book Thor had a red cape and could fly. This Thor could not fly and had no red cape but to be honest that would have looked rather corny on film. Eric Allen Kramer played Thor who laughed in the face of danger and only seemed truly happy when he was involved in a battle.

The movie itself could be considered different to the original series. This movie was more like an episode of Knight Rider with it's stunts and it's action but I'm not complaining.

Jack Colvin was back as Jack McGee in this movie. It would be the final time we saw McGee as he would not return in the next two films. He didn't really have a prominent role in this film, certainly not as prominent as he had in the series. That was my only complaint.

All in all, a great movie. Fans of comic books will love it.