The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
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The Trial of the Incredible Hulk is a 1989 TV movie sequel to the 1970s Incredible Hulk television series, featuring both the Hulk and fellow Marvel Comics character Daredevil.
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[edit] Plot
A increasingly despondent David Banner, played by Bill Bixby, has been framed for a subway mugging and is now faced with standing trial, where his condition could jeapordize lives if he is angrily provoked. He is pressured to take the stand by his lawyer Matt Murdoch (played by Rex Smith), who is secretly the street vigilante Daredevil.
Together, Banner and Murdoch help each other with their own problems, and together battle the Kingpin (played by John Rhys-Davies), and clear Banner's name. During the course of the adventure, Banner finally gains a small victory over his transformations and remains calm long enough to save several lives from the clutches of The Kingpin.
[edit] Trivia
- This movie was heavily criticized, as the previous film was. Fans were irate with the Hulk playing second fiddle to another Marvel character that Marvel wanted to spin-off into his own series (this time being Daredevil). The decision to have no final Hulk-Out at the conclusion of the movie was also met with some distaste, although many feel it was a sign that Banner was "winning his battle" with the creature, and that it would have ended the series on a happier note had that been the final instalment.
- This movie was the first Marvel film or television project to feature a cameo appearance from famed creator Stan Lee, as the jury foreman in Banner's imagined trial. During this scene the Hulk also wears his signature purple pants, the first and only time the Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk did so.
- Reaching the same inital conclusion as the producers of 2003 Daredevil film film, the Daredevil costume in this film was all black instead of the character's signature red.
- In a note of irony, Davies, would later appear with Lou Ferrigno on the animated Incredible Hulk series voicing Thor, whom Ferrigno allied with in the live-action movie The Incredible Hulk Returns. However, due to the lack of a Hulk-Out from Banner in the final act, this marked the first time the two really worked together.
