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Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an Welsh and American actor and voice actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as one of the highest-paid actors in 2014. Born in Wales to English parents, Bale had his breakthrough role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's 1987 war film Empire of the Sun. After more than a decade of performing in leading and supporting roles in films, he gained wider recognition for his portrayals of serial killer Patrick Bateman in the black comedy American Psycho (2000) and the titular role in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2004). In 2005, he played superhero Batman in Batman Begins and again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), garnering acclaim for his performance in the trilogy, which is one of the highest-grossing film franchises. Bale continued in starring roles in a range of films outside his work as Batman, including the period drama The Prestige (2006), the action film Terminator Salvation (2009), the crime drama Public Enemies (2009), the epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). For his portrayal of boxer Dicky Eklund in the 2010 biographical film The Fighter, he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Further Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations came for his work in the black comedy American Hustle (2013) and the biographical dramedies The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). His performances as politician Dick Cheney in Vice and race car driver Ken Miles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) earned him a second win and a fifth nomination respectively at the Golden Globe Awards.
David Banner gets turned into the Hulk after the explosion of an experimental gamma weapon. A russian spy known simply as "Igor", but posing as a janitor called Samuel Sterns, gets blasted by the gamma rays at the same time. Igor becomes the Leader of a terrorist group called "Intelligencia" and together they take the Empire State building, the Leader builds an antenna that will turn everyone into gamma monsters, "the new step of human evolution" as he explains. Banner can't keep Hulk in check, his anger gets the better of him and lets the monster take over, creating a pat of terror everywhere. Banner goes to his therapist, Doctor Samson, he tells him that he must confess everything to his loveones. The army can't face the Leader and his crew of gamma monsters, this gets the attention of Banner as he turns into the Hulk and faces the Leader. Hulk can't beat the villain on his own, does, Banner must deactivate the antenna. The Leader is defeated, but at the very end he makes the building crumble, killing himself and Betty at the same time. Now, with a true reason to hate him, Ross decides to search for Banner all over the country. We end with Banner walking only with a bag over his shoulder in an empty canadian road. Visually, the movie would look like a mix of classic universal monster movies and the works of Dario Argento.
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