When angry, the scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) turns into a huge, rampaging monster.

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By then, though, I'd been distracted for most of the first act, and felt more empathy than I would have preferred for Bruce Banner's problems with anger management.

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Edward Norton, replacing Eric Bana, is Bruce Banner, who, when provoked, grows into fifteen feet or so of lime-green power with the temperament of a nasty five-year-old boy he likes to throw things.

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