10 Awesome Comic Book Movie Moments When Characters Received Power-Ups

3. David Banner In The Hulk

Ang Lee€™s 2003 Hulk film may not have been memorable, and is considerably weaker than its 2008 counterpart, but it did gift the cinema with one of the most remarkable power-ups to ever grace the genre; besides the mutated Hulk dogs and poor CGI, this was perhaps the saving grace of the film- David Banner became inexplicably powered up through electricity, turning him into the rather peculiar combination of Absorbing Man and Zzzax. Although the film features Bruce Banner€™s transformation from scientist to raging green monster, his father€™s transformation is superior as it was unexpected. When seeing a superhero/comic film it is relatively easy to know what will happen; Peter Parker will be bitten by a mutated/radioactive spider, Bruce Banner will become the Hulk due to Gamma radiation, Steve Rogers will be transformed by the super-serum. The unexpected twist in Ang Lee€™s otherwise forgettable film made it interesting to watch, not senseless action film that featured the military seeking Banner. The 2003 Hulk film had a deeper plot than its 2008 reboot, but it did fail to receive overly positive reviews from loyalist fans, and critics were mixed in their response to the film as well- since The Hulk€™s outing in this film was rather lacklustre at best, the villainous transformation is perhaps the shining beacon of hope in comparison to a rather bleak film.