Planet Hulk, Invincible Iron Man, Doctor Strange –
3 Animated Movie Collection (Marvel/Lionsgate
DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Films: B+
NOTE: This is one of two new
compilation reissues of animated Marvel Comic titles Lionsgate has put together
as the live-action Avengers film is
released to record box office, so this is one of two such reviews including
multiple links to our previous coverage of these titles on Blu-ray and DVD, all
now available.
Now catch
three animated superhero films in one set. Our first look at a recent Hulk adventure and
the new stories for Iron Man and Doctor Strange. The Hulk finds himself a slave on an alien
planet and must fight in Gladiator rings for survival. Tony Stark after learn of an ancient prophecy
of the return of the Mandarin, Tony invents Iron Man to fight his elemental
minions and forces. Doctor Steven
Strange never believe in things beyond science, but after a fateful accident
leaving him a cripple he would do anything to heal himself, but he soon learns
there more at stake than his hands.
Based loosely on the comic Planet Hulk,
this animated version tells the tale of how the Hulk went from slave to King of
a planet (also he was more intelligent than most versions of Hulk). A new origins story for Iron Man, Tony Stark
billionaire and inventor takes it on himself stop the mystic forces of the
Mandarin, the sorcerer, but can technology defeat ancient primal forces of the
earth, wind, fire and water? The
prideful Steven Strange is humbled when he loses his hands as a doctor, and
seeks anyway to heal to regain what he lost, but when he learns of magic and
mysticism he learns there is a larger world out there than those in
the hospitals.
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Planet Hulk
After not knowing how to stop the raging Hulk, the heroes of Earth decide to
send Hulk to an uninhabited planet, but when the ship goes off course, The Hulk
finds himself on a planet ruled by a cruel Red King. Back on earth they called him a monster, but here
they call him their savior. A solid if
unusual Hulk entry, it is also on Blu-ray.
The Invincible Iron Man
While raising a long lost city in China, Tony Stark accidentally
unleashes the Mandarin. Now he must use his wealth and technology to stop this
ancient sorcerer from the past as the Invincible Iron Man.
Blu-ray
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/7818/Next+Avengers:+Heroes+of+Tomorrow
DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5151/The+Invincible+Iron+Man+(Animated/
Doctor Strange
After desperately searching the world for a cure to save his crushed hands,
Doctor Steven Strange turns to the mysticism in Tibet monks. There, he learns the secrets of magic and
how they are holding evil forces from entering this dimension, but to his
surprise he is to become the next Sorcerer Supreme.
Blu-ray/DVD Combo
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5893/Dr.+Strange+(Blu-ray+++DVD-Video
For more
Iron Man, here is our coverage of the Australian import Blu-ray/DVD version of
the animated Armored Adventures
series slowly arriving in a different form in the U.S.:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/10232/Iron+Man+Armored+Adventures:+Th
- Ricky Chiang
