Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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.

As much as I liked the series I hated this final flick. The acting of Bill Bixby wasn't that good but after all. I admit, it was one of his final acting presentations, He died in 1993 but not only that. The story was very simple and the way it was presented was rather boring.Finally David Banner reveals himself towards Dr. Ronald Pratt. The doctor agrees to help David to control his body and to get the hulk out of his body but there's more going on. Once the experiment is set to help David a spy enters the lab. But here comes what makes it all laughable. David falls in love with the spy. From there on they are both together to solve a problem in which the hulk finally dies.The effects used were very weak this time. When David is in some kind of electric field to make him become the hulk the effects have an early eighties look. Not only that. This time the hulk has blue eyes for no reason at all. I found it a very boring flick but who am i to say that because the production was ready to film 'the rebirth' and 'revenge' of the incredible hulk but Bill died before it could be made. Nevertheless, no suspense here to see only a story about the Stockholm Syndrome.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS :In February 1990, I was in my senior year of high school and was once again excited about a third Incredible Hulk reunion movie, but like Lou Ferrigno said in his book "My Incredible Life as the Hulk", I didn't like the title. After seeing Thor and Daredevil injected into the previous two reunion movies, I was expecting to see the She Hulk, which I'd heard about. Thankfully, there were no guests in this movie. Like I said, this was Back to Basics.The late great Bill Bixby was my idol, hero, role model, whatever term you want to use and he truly gave us a wonderful but disappointing reunion movie. His final performance as Dr. David Banner alias David Bellamy I felt was worthy of a TV Emmy Award. In the beginning, he pretends to be a very shy, slow minded janitor. Lou Ferrigno also gave an unforgettable performance as the Hulk, even though this would be the last time he would literally get greened up for the role physically. I loved Elizabeth Gracen. A very beautiful actress and model. When I saw her in Playboy, I thought,man! Was Bix ever lucky to work with her!! Especially in that love scene. Dr. Ronald Pratt and Amy were very lovable. They became like surrogate parents to David Banner and I loved the closeness they shared since Banner had no one in the world at that point. I really enjoyed the Hulkout in the lab for study. Just before his Hulkout, we see brief flashback scenes from the 1977 pilot movie in Banner's mind. Bill Bixby was the main man in this movie. not only was he the star, he was also the director and executive producer. As Lou Ferrigno said in his book, This movie was Bill Bixby's baby, more than any of the others. What really surprised me was that very brief soft core love scene between David Banner and Jasmine. That scene completely took me by surprise.Finally, I felt the same way many Hulkaholics like myself feel regarding the ending. Our hero dies at the end. I felt like we got ripped off twice. We never got to see an appropriate ending for the series because the jackass running CBS at the time axed the show. And now in this final movie, The Hulk dies, but that also means David Banner dies. This movie is truly sad to watch now knowing that Bill Bixby would die three years later and that plans to do the Revenge of the Incredible Hulk would never be. Just like the Psychic episode with Brenda Benet who would later commit suicide. The one thing that kills the movie for me is the unforgivable omission of Jack McGee. I can understand his absence from the Trial, but this movie should have had him in there. My idea would be for him to discover who John Doe is at the end and when Banner dies, Jack McGee finally loses his mind and probably winds up having to be placed in a mental institution after losing his story of the century forever.But still the Death of the Incredible Hulk is a good way of going out with a blaze of glory, even though I would have preferred David Banner getting cured and marrying Jasmine. Bill Bixby, you will be forever missed. I give this final movie two thumbs up!

Death of the Incredible Hulk was the final Hulk movie. There were plans for another movie but they were scrapped after Bill Bixby passed away.(SPOILERS AHEAD) This movie was mainly good except for one bad point which I will get to later. Firstly, it was good because it had all the usual things one expects from a Hulk show-action, intrigue and plenty of destruction.It's also an extremely sad movie. I had watched the Hulk series from beginning to end and to be honest it was a little bit too emotional watching the Hulk/Banner die. I watched this movie in 1990 and I must admit that I felt like crying. The late Bill Bixby did a great job throughout the series conveying Banner's emotions to us. As he lay on the concrete at the end and muttered, "I am free..." before dying I was quite emotional. Seeing Banner pass away without every truly curing himself was a little bit too much. I suppose death was a cure for Banner but it was still one of the saddest scenes ever in a movie.I only have one complaint with the film and I notice it is a complaint brought up by others who have reviewed this movie. It was the omission of Jack McGee from the movie. McGee was an integral part of the Hulk series. Throughout the series McGee followed the Hulk across the States and it was a bit hard to accept that McGee would not have followed the Hulk to this adventure. It was bad enough that Trial of the Incredible Hulk had omitted McGee but not having an integral character like McGee in the final film was quite bad. It is a crime committed by countless TV shows. The writers should have included McGee-even if they had to use a different actor. It would have been really interesting to see McGee standing over the dying body of David Banner exchanging words. Perhaps something like Banner saying, "You can't pursue me any more McGee" and McGee coming to realize that he had ruined a man's life for the sake of selling newspapers. The movie could have ended with McGee feeling remorse and apologizing to Banner before he passed away.That may sound over the top but any fan of the Hulk will probably tell you that this final movie should have included McGee.All in all, it wasn't a bad film. Rest in peace Hulk.