The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
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The Trial of the Incredible Hulk is the 1989 TV movie about Bruce Banner, played by Bill Bixby, who has been framed for a murder he did not commit 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.
- This movie was heavily criticised, as the previous film was, by fans 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 distatse, 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.
- In a note of irony, Davis, would later appear with Lou Ferigno on the animated Incredible Hulk series voicing Thor, whom Ferigno 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.
