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The movie is fast paced and it icon movie for me . It's one that I can watch over and over
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the film was very good
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For me, this is a much better screen adaption of the Thomas Harris book, Red Dragon, later filmed as Silence Of Lambs. The casting of Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter was simply inspired and the wonderfully creepy atmosphere throughout the movie is astonishing. William Peterson's performance of the troubled police officer persuaded to return to his job by a colleague is also one of the finest screen performances I have ever seen.
Five years before 'The Silence of the Lambs' Michael Mann directed this stylish thriller, based on Thomas Harris' first Hannibal story - Red Dragon. Now recognised as a cult classic, it is every bit as brilliant and terrifying as its sequel. Brian Cox is magnificent as Hannibal Lecter, the serial killer who holds the key to tracking down a mass murderer who has a perverse penchant for voyeurism. William Petersen as Detective Will Graham is totally convincing as a man with an extraordinary talent that of entering a serial killer's personal nightmare landscapes...
Genuinely creepy and very tense thriller based on the cult novel "Red Dragon", by Thomas Harris. The FBI expert who caught murderous Hannibal Lecktor is brought in to hunt a new monster nicknamed The Tooth Fairy. Brian Cox is chilling as Lecktor, who manipulates evil from his prison cell.
i wanted to see this film as it stared someone from csi which i am a fan. i have seen all the other hannibal films and was interested to see a different take on it. i dont know if it is because i am so used to hopkins playing hannibal but i was not to impressed by manhunter. i thought it dragged on a bit maybe a bit to long. it was interesting seeing an old story in a different way but i have to say i do like red dragon with hopkins better.
Manhunter is a superb film. Dark and disturbing. It doesn't have to rely on cheap scares the way Silence of the Lambs and all the newer Hannibal films do. Whereas they are all 'Hollywoody', Manhunter relies on great acting, a strong script and good cinematography. William L Petersen is wonderful as the disturbed profiler Will Graham, and as he always does - he gives a really subtle performance, rather than the OTT performances given in most of the new Hannibal movies. Brian Cox and Tom Noonan are perfect in the roles of the bad guys as well. Cox doesn't ham it up as Hannibal, like Sir Hopkins does. Manhunter is nicely shot - very moody and atmospheric. The soundtrack is also fantastic.
I heard about this prequel to Silence of The lambs, and was curious to see if this version with Brian Cox was better than Red Dragon with Anthony Hopkins. The good news is that each is good in its own way, each with different twists to the plot, different takes on iconic segments (tiger at the zoo, and flaming wheelchair, for example) and different climactic endings. Enjoy!
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