Hulk Vs Canada

This week saw the release of the direct to DVD Marvel Animation disc titled Hulk Vs which is actually two films, Hulk Vs Wolverine and Hulk Vs Thor. They are more like short films with Hulk Vs Wolverine running 37 (more like 33!) minutes and Hulk Vs Thor clocking in at 45 minutes. So far I've only watched the Hulk Vs Wolverine half and I admit I liked it despite it's short running time. It's basically a long fight scene. The movie takes place well in the past before Wolverine joined the X-Men and is the first meeting of Wolverine and the Hulk.

Department H (which is the Canadian military) sends in Logan to track down a mysterious monster that is responsible for destroying a small town and is still at large in the Canadian wilderness. Logan tracks down the monster only to find a scrawny dude wearing only some tattered pants. After "making him mad" he transforms into the Hulk and let the ass whupping commence. The Hulk and Logan fight to a draw then Weapon X steps in tranquilizing the both of them. Weapon X wants Logan back (because he escaped years before) and they want the Hulk because they want to brainwash him into becoming their solider. Logan escapes and frees Bruce Banner who cannot change into the Hulk because of all the tranquilizers he's been given. Having to hold off Sabretooth, Deadpool, Lady Deathstrike and Omega Red on his own Logan gives Banner a helping hand (or claw) into changing into the Hulk. The Hulk kicks Weapon X's ass and destroys the entire base.

Okay, that's pretty much it. It does help if you are familiar with the characters, but it was bascially for the fans anyway, so most viewers already know the characters and their back stories. Marvel has done other straight to DVD movies like Ultimates, Ultimates 2, Iron Man, Dr. Strange and Avengers Next. These movies were okay, but where Hulk Vs Wolverine out does them is in the animation. It was done by Japanese animation studio Madhouse. It still doesn't look as good as a Japanese animated movie, but it is definitely a step above the Saturday morning cartoons. The movie also marks the first time Deadpool has appeared in animated form and this is the best way to do it as they can get away with stuff they wouldn't be allowed to do on Saturday mornings.

Okay, the point of this post isn't to talk about the Hulk Vs Wolverine movie, but to talk about the small town destroyed in the beginning of the movie which is ELKFORD!! It has never looked better!