

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Direction
Ang Lee treats Hulk like Shakespeare in split-screen panels.
Editing
Those comic book panel transitions — divisive but unforgettable.
Acting
Nick Nolte fully unhinged as Absorbing Man father figure.

Director
Ang Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ang Lee actually performed Hulk's motion capture himself for some scenes. Method directing.
This box office disappointment led directly to the 2008 reboot Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton, erasing this version from continuity entirely.