Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I was old enough to be a fan of the original television series of 'The Incredible Hulk', though it seems a distant memory. There is nothing specific I remember but the end credits with Banner walking away or hitching a lift coupled with the beautiful piano music. stick mostly in my mind.This is the third and final TV movie following on from the TV series. First came 'The Incredible Hulk Returns' which although nostalgic at the story continuing, it was quite laughable with the appearance of Thor. Then came 'The Trial of the Incredible Hulk', which I haven't seen for a long while. It featured Daredevil and from what I remember, it is that much cop either.Now we come to this instalment, 'The Death of the Incredible Hulk'. This is a completely different kettle of fish. Gone are the usual opening titles and the first scenes see Bill Bixby's Dr David Banner (Bellamy) apparently a cleaner with a submissive perhaps with learning difficulties. It is uncomfortable viewing for the usual Hulk viewer as it is out of character. Watching the film soon shows you why he is acting like that.The film itself is basically about the fight to make a perfect soldier, both to end all wars and to use within wars. This is probably classed as one of the last Cold war films. It is a simple good versus evil tale.The tone is quite different from most Hulk work and Bixby, looking tired plays it to perfection. It is one of the few occasions where Banner reveals who he is to people. In fact, the scene where Banner see a video recording of The Hulk for the first time is moving. Hardly and dialogue, however the facial expression says it all. During the film Banner comes close to getting the cure he so desires.The final scenes of the film are actually very moving. Especially for those who have followed the Hulk. (I have never seen the two new Hulk films, to me The Hulk is Bixby and Ferrigno and always will be). I had heard/read that The Hulk feel from a plane and died but what did happen came as a little surprise. As he clambered into a plane a gunshot goes off blowing it up. Now, we do see a conscious Hulk falling a very long way. Now I have read that he had survived a fall like this in the TV Series. However, you must question that perhaps being at ground zero so to speak of the explosion was enough to kill him. He was fully conscious though. It must be said the music used as he falls "And Something Ends' is truly beautiful and fits perfectly what is about to happen.The stand out moments happen here. Firstly, during the music we see The Hulk talk! He mouthes the name 'Jasmine' who he had fallen in love with during the film. Sadly, we don't hear it as it is during the music. Then we see Banner say 'I am free'. Whether The Hulk within him died, then, he died as well or The Hulk died because Banner was dying is an interesting talking point. Either way, it was moving yet sad as Banner never got a chance to live without this demon.One omission is that of Mr McGee. How poignant and touching would it have been to have him at The Hulk's death. Perhaps seeing for the first time what this creature had made Banner into and how it affected his life perhaps would have been a good resolution.As a footnote, this wasn't meant to be the last film! The 4th in the series had two working titles: 'The Revenge of the Incredible Hulk' & 'The Rebirth of the Incredible Hulk'. The storyline would have seen The Hulk revived with Dr David Banner's mind. To me, I would have loved to have seen this. But due to Bixby's sad passing just three years later it never came to be. In hindsight, this ending now fits perfectly.For those of you thinking of rewatching the TV series, make sure you make you way through the episodes and then end with this. A truly moving journey and highly recommended.

We felt we were robbed of a proper ending when the series prematurely ended, now we have the proper ending and i don't have to tell you what this ending could be as you only have to read the title of it and it wont be the ending a lot of fans wanted.This is the best of the trilogy of Hulk movies since the series ended, a lot say why wasn't Jack McGee in this, the final Hulk movie? after all the years chasing him he should have been there at the end. I was one of those who thought that but after getting info from various sources i can understand why he wasn't there. It seems this wasn't meant to be the final Hulk movie.There was talk of yet another Marvel character appearing in this movie, none other that Iron Man but it never happened. Another character was mentioned She-Hulk and i for one would love to have seen this but once again it never happened. but the Iron Man story was rumored to still go ahead in a later Hulk movie.Whats really sad is with all the plans to keep this great Hulk movie series going ended with the very sad and untimely death of Bill Bixby. I would love to have seen what wonderful ideas they had planned and would have loved to have known what Bill would have thought about the new Hulk and Marvel movies. I'd like to think he would have been involved, either directing or a consultant or something like that.A lot of Hulk fans from series and the early trilogy of movies have expressed how much they hated the modern version of the Hulk movie in the 2000's. I am a Hulk fan and love the series and all the movies old and new and so glad that Lou was involved in the new ones too.I have to say that this movie has some great scenes, great action and a much darker feel to it with some great characters ad a new love interest for David (Jasmine). I'm not going to give away much of what happens but it all eventually heads towards what the title says but as they had plans for more Hulk movies it just can't be the death of the Incredible Hulk....can it??...noooo you cannot kill him off he's my hero lol. Anyway if you want to know more you gotta watch this, this one is a must see. Its a cracker and would have been a great twist in story back when this was 1st shown.I just want to end on another idea i saw Lou mention in an interview. That was to have The Hulk talk and would have probably been in the next movie. This idea was strengthened by something that happened near the end of the movie. I read that the Hulk spoke near the end, i had to check it again and indeed we see...(not hear because for some reason the sound was taken off)...The Hulk mouth the name "Jasmine" and if you have the DVD and chose a non English dialog in the settings you will hear him say it. I wish they had kept it in the English version it would have added so much more to the movie.So if you feel sad about the way this movie turned out, don't be because it was not going to end and the sad part is 2 of the main stars (Bill and Jack) we grew up watching in this awesome series are no longer with us.Thank you to all involved with bringing The Hulk to our TV screens and the movie screens and a special thanks to Stan Lee from bringing The Hulk to life in the 1st place...long live The Hulk.

For all the phony fx and Ferrigno's campy though lovable Hulkisms, this film is everything that Lee's pathetic re-hash wasn't!Bixby as David Banner had such pathos and dignity. Being older than most reviewers here, I remember fondly the late Bill Bixby in "My Favorite Martian" (another TV series unwisely and embarrassingly updated for the big screen....think "The Flintstones," "Mission Impossible," "Wild Wild West," "I Spy," etc - all complete and utter dead losses) But as I was saying, Bixby was an utter gentleman, and in this film he gives us the tortured scientist who carries this unwanted creature of destruction within him. He conveys vividly, his pain, his desperation and his regret for his wayward experimentation. Bana in the remake was a totally miscast idiotic wuss and with less credibility than the tea lady. Everything Bixby and Ferrigno stood for was washed down the plughole in two hours of split-screen insensitivity and dumbass special effects. Ferrigno...green and in tight beach shorts looks way better!I recently bought this DVD for a miserable $2.95 in a bargain-bin. It is the only time I have ever felt saddened by the fact. This film and Bixby himself should never have been thus demeaned.This is a movie that is far better than its production values might otherwise suggest. Bixby directs (and acts) with commendable emotion.At the end, it is almost as if he sensed his own approaching mortality. The Hulk had been such a huge part of his life, those two words "I'm free" might be seen as pretty much his epitaph.If you laugh at this film, you should never have been watching it!

I have always been a big comic book fan since I was a kid. I loved the TV show and the movies that came before and after. I was a little guy when I was younger and was picked on alot, so the Hulk episodes and later films let me fantasy at times I could change into a big creature and protect myself.Anyway I think this was a good final chapter to the Original Hulk and a new one will begin next Summer with the 2003 big budget outing. To answer you questions about how this fall from that airplane could kill the Hulk, the answer is simple. He was in the process of changing back to Dr. Banner, so by the time he hit the ground, the good doctor took the full force.