My Plot Proposal for Incredible Hulk 2
(Again, this contains SPOILERS OF Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Allow me to preface this by saying that I'd honestly prefer to see a Dr. Strange or Black Panther film as opposed to a sequel to The Incredible Hulk. That said, Ruffalhulk was so awesome in Avengers and it would be a shame to only see him in installments of The Avengers. But if the big green guy got a sequel, this is how I would like to see it happen.
In the aftermath of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and HYDRA’s big coming out party, S.H.I.E.L.D. is in shambles and the responsibility of looking after all of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s dangerous captives has fallen to the federal government. Because of the recent disgrace of S.H.I.E.L.D., the government decides it’s necessary to have a hearing for each of the prisoners to determine the validity of their incarceration. This includes Dr. Samuel Sterns.
In San Francisco, we are introduced to Rick Jones who, in the MCU, is a like a modern day Julian Assange. He’s been on a mission since The Incredible Hulk to expose the criminal actions of General Thaddeus Ross. As a team sent by Ross tries to apprehend Jones, there’s a chase sequence reminiscent of the Favela scene from the previous film. This scene culminates when Jones runs in a dark warehouse where the Hulk is hiding and makes quick work of the pursuers.
Back in D.C., Sterns, who has been in some form of stasis since the events of The Incredible Hulk (as seen in “Fury’s Big Week”), has been using his vast intellect to predict the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his inevitable hearing. Being super-intelligent, he knows how to manipulate the committee and is eventually set free. Then, he convinces the committee that because S.H.I.E.L.D. played a role in the containment of Emil Blonsky (aka The Abomination), that he too deserves a hearing. Sterns is a chief witness at Blonsky’s hearing arguing for his freedom. General Ross is used as another important witness trying to compel the committee to continue Blonsky’s incarceration. During the hearing, Ross and Sterns “butt heads”, and Sterns develops a grudge against Ross.
At the conclusion of the hearing, it is determined that Blonsky is to be set free but obviously cannot be released to the public in his current state (even though it isn’t clear in the MCU, I’ve taken the liberty that like in the comics, Blonsky is permanently stuck as The Abomination.)
Sterns then convinces the committee to allow him try to rehabilitate Blonsky and revert him to his human state; then, Sterns travels with Ross to Blonsky’s holding cell in Alaska. Because of his assignment to rehabilitate Blonsky, Sterns has ample scientific resources sent with him. Upon arriving to the holding facility, however, it’s revealed that Ross has no intentions of surrendering Blonsky to Sterns (this is partially heroic but also cowardly because he’s still actively trying to conceal having given Blonsky the super-soldier serum in the past). Ross then orders the security detail with them, to restrain Sterns. At this point, through some nonspecific ambiguous mental ability, Sterns subdues the security officers and eventually captures Ross and his team.
It is then revealed that Sterns has a hidden agenda as well. In reality, he’s been in league with Roxxon Oil promising them that through Gamma radiation, he can convert a human body into an inexhaustible energy source (it is later revealed that Roxxon influenced the committee that released him). Sterns uses the captured security team as Guinea pigs in his experiments. Ross is forced to look on as the members of his team are experimented on and die as a result. Ross (who is now in a crazed state) is the last subject to be experimented on and as a result of the experiment, transforms into Red Hulk. Sterns's intentions were to create a human with the power to generate heat that could be utilized as an energy source – hence, the Red Hulk’s heat generation powers.
Sterns cannot restrain Red Hulk who is now rampaging around the facility. In an effort to subdue Red Hulk and escape, he releases the Abomination. We are then treated to some gratuitous scenes of Red Hulk vs. Abomination action that ends in Red Hulk decapitating Abomination. Sterns escapes.
Red Hulk realizes that Banner is the only one who understands Gamma radiation enough to change him back so seeks out Jones in San Francisco to find out Banner’s location. While in San Francisco, Red Hulk is surprised to find that Banner has been hiding out with Jones. Upon the sight of another Hulk, the “other guy” can’t be contained and Banner is at the mercy of the Hulk. More gratuitous fight scenes ensue and we get the iconic Hulk vs. Red Hulk San Francisco fight scene.
I could continue, but this is only a plot idea and not fan-fiction. From this point, Hulk and Red Hulk would team up to stop whatever evil plan Sterns and Roxxon has cooked up. I think this would be a logical way to work these characters together and still fit with what’s going on the MCU. If you liked this write up then please thumbs. If not, let me know what you’d do differently.
Either way, Thanks for reading!