Trial of the Incredible Hulk, The |
USA • 1989 • 100m •
   • Directed by: Bill Bixby. • Starring: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Marta DuBois, Nancy Everhard, Nicholas Hormann, Richard Cummings Jr., Joseph Mascolo, John Rhys-Davies, Rex Smith, Linda Darlow, John Novak, Dwight Koss, Meredith Bain Woodward. • Music by: Lance Rubin.      David Banner travels to New York where he inadvertantlty becomes a witness to a mob hit. Unfortunately, the killers rough up David as well which gets him angry enough to change into the Hulk. During the fracas, a bystander is shot and David is put in custody as a witness when the police find him after he changes back. His lawyer is the blind Matt Murdock who tries to persuade him to testify in order to link the crime he witnessed to the mob boss Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin. To help in this case and protect his needed witness, Murdock stalks the night as Daredevil, a superhero who was blinded as a child by nuclear waste, but had his senses raised to superhuman sharpness along with a radar sense to compensate. Together the pair must find the evidence they need to bring down the Kingpin without the gangster doing the same to them.
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The film sees David Banner, whose alter-ego is the Incredible Hulk, intervening in the mugging of a woman only to end up accused of assault when the victim mistakenly thinks he was the one who attacked her. When the case goes to trial, Banner finds himself represented by blind Matt Murdock, lawyer by day and crime-fighting Daredevil by night. Murdock hopes Banner can help him bring down a powerful crime bass and soon circumstances see the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil working towards the same goal.
Bill Bixby gives a decent performance as the down-trodden, world-weary David Banner, a man persecuted for his alter-ego yet still determined to do the right thing. Rex Smith also delivers in his role as Matt Murdock, giving those not familiar with the character a glimpse of what he could do, and John Rhys Davies excels as always as the Kingpin.
The main reason for watching 'The Trial of the Incredible Hulk' is to see the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil's connect and rub shoulders with one another. Of course, this Matt Murdock not only has a less flashier suit but he's living in the lap of luxury in some mansion instead of struggling in a Hell's Kitchen apartment on his meagre wage but it's a rare chance to see two Marvel series' mingle and the film handles it well, showing the strengths and flaws of both characters and how both have their fights in life. This is a film for Marvel fans and those who would liked Ben Affleck's 'Daredevil' film and need something to tide them over until the possible sequel is released.
Review by Mel J from the Internet Movie Database.
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