Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is hiding out in the slums of Brazil when General 'Thunderbolt' Ross (William Hurt), a member of the U.S. military, learns of his whereabouts, leading to a manhunt. The military organizes an elite team led by Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), but the Hulked-out Bruce is still able to escape. Unable to cure his Hulk disease, Bruce returns to the U.S. for help, but meets his ex-girlfriend Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).
The storyline is simple: Bruce is trying to cure himself of the Hulk disease while hiding from the military. However, the reason for this is only skimmed over in the opening credits of the movie in a quick 2-minute sequence, and the details are gradually filled in with flashbacks and dialogues in the progress of the movie: it turns out that the U.S. military is creating super-soldiers, and Bruce, who is a scientist, accidentally succeeds in turning into the Hulk after being misled.
電影的劇情直接, 沒有刻意反轉, 且大反派性格分明, 動機亦算合理, 造就電影節奏明快, 劇情快速推進, 但卻正正是這個「快」讓筆者感到突兀, 所有角色都會在劇情需要時做該做的事, 在此之前卻沒任何舖墊:
- 片頭Bruce 變身失控後, 在回復正常時去醫院探望Betty, 在場的Ross 卻不立刻逮捕他, 待他逃走後, 才開始追捕.
- Bruce 在緊急關頭把USB吞上, 翌日吐出來時, USB仍完好無缺.
- Ross 在撤退時不帶上女兒Betty, 只為營造一幕英雄救美的場景, Betty現任男友只能在旁邊乾瞪眼, 然後馬上迎來下雨, 增添浪漫的感覺.
- 浩克無意的一拳打不暈一個大學教授
以上等等都讓筆者感到導演刻意為之, 又或是剪接或劇本上安排混亂, 情節編寫得太過隨意, 而最讓筆者感到難以理解的是支線: Bruce 和Betty 的感情線.
當Bruce 消失後, Betty 認識了一個新男友, 而Bruce 回來後剛巧在暗處看到. 其後兩人久別重逢, Betty 一見舊情人, 彷彿甚麼也不重要了, 男主角也不再掩飾, 兩人立刻在雨中相擁. 兩人還未講上幾句話, Betty 也沒有關心Bruce的情況; 鏡頭一轉, 換了個場景, Betty 就自動把劇情道具交給Bruce, 之後終於有了幾句閒話家常; 鏡頭再轉, 換了個場景, 兩人又開始欲言又止, 彷彿是人格分裂.
導演處處刻意為之營造不同的浪漫鏡頭, 把超級英雄片拍成了愛情片, 然後我們再也看不到他執導之後漫威任何一套電影了. 即使強如Edward Norton 也沒法把劇情演得合理, 反而讓筆者驚喜的是大學教授演得不錯, 帶有一股喜感! 不過另一幕戲卻讓筆者感到莫名奇妙: Blonsky 接受嚇死人的超長針頭注射, 表情卻似有些傷心, 又帶點驚慌, 就是不似疼痛.
另一支線: 父女之情只有寮寮幾場戲的幾句對白交代, 其實只為營合劇情需要
撇取以上種種, 筆者倒覺得電影中的特效、動作設計不錯, 戰鬥頗具創意, 尤其是最後大戰的部分, 倒是電影中的一大亮點!
看完整部電影, 筆者仍未清楚變身後的浩克究竟能否控制自己? 片段中, Bruce 認為變身後失去自己, 所以才想根治「浩克病」, 但片中筆者卻處處似有意識地保護Betty, 可能是「愛情片」的劇情需要吧.
作為Marvel 漫威宇宙第一階段第二部電影的結尾彩蛋(字幕前): 下一部電影的鋼鐵人現身, 並暗示Avengers 復仇者聯盟的誕生.
* Stan Lee (飲了感染血液的老人 )在片中客串了約15秒
由於本片的票房收入不理想, 加上漫威的財政出現問題, 以致漫威在2009年被迪士尼收購, 本片成為最後一部由漫威獨立製作的電影, 而且因為版權的關係以致浩克沒有獨立的續集.
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