Ranking Every Aspect Of The MCU From Worst To Best
16. The Incredible Hulk
The forgotten stepchild of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, if it weren't for the return of William Hurt's Thaddeus Ross in Captain America: Civil War then you would be forgiven for thinking that the studio were trying to quietly erase Louis Leterrier's movie from existence entirely.
So far the only standalone feature not to get a sequel (follow-ups to Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man: Homecoming are all on the way), after two disappointing solo efforts in the space of five years Marvel wisely decided that the Hulk works best as a supporting character rather than the anchor of a big-budget blockbuster, while also handily avoiding a legal battle with Universal (who own the distribution rights to movies where Bruce Banner's alter-ego takes center stage).
As a movie, The Incredible Hulk is perfectly okay. Not terrible, but not great either. The direction, performances and action sequences are solid-if-unspectacular, but as the lowest-grossing entry in the entire MCU and the second worst-reviewed (after Thor: The Dark World), it will endure as nothing more than a footnote in the history of Marvel's multiplex domination.