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Ex-FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins).
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Oct 4, 2002 · Flash forward several years. Lecter is in prison, Graham has taken early retirement, but now his old FBI boss (Harvey Keitel) wants to recruit him to solve a pair of serial killings, this time by a man dubbed the Tooth Fairy because he leaves an unmistakable dental imprint at the scenes of his crimes.
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- Anthony Hopkins Is Still A Terrifying Hannibal Lecter
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- Red Dragon Copies Silence of The Lambs
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This begins with Lecter hosting a dinner of unsuspecting guests who remain unaware of his tastes and the likely contents of the food they are consuming. It does require some suspension of disbelief as Hopkins is clearly older than he was in the original Silence of the Lambs, though this is easy when he continually sinks his teeth into every scene h...
There is a rage and danger lurking just below the surface in every single interaction. Though Lecter spends the entire film largely in confinement, we see that he is capable of creating chaos for all the other characters. We are never able to escape how he is conniving and cruel, a terrifying combination that Hopkins brings to life with an almost h...
Many of the scenes feel poorly constructed and border on being copies of the superior Silence of the Lambs. Even the introduction we get to Lecter has a nearly identical shot to begin though soon loses the same sense of tension and darkness from Silence of the Lambs. It lacks the patience that conveys the quiet sense of peril. Possibly aware of thi...
Despite all this, there is still much to appreciate in the rest of the work we’re getting to see. It isn’t just Hopkins and Norton as we also see some great performances from the rest of the cast as well. Be it Harvey Keitel as Graham's boss,Emily Watson as the Tooth Fairy's next target, or the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddy Lounds, they all...
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Red Dragon takes place just before the events of The Silence of the Lambs. In this movie, a deranged serial killer is killing entire families every month on the night of the full moon. Jack Crawford of the FBI calls in retired agent Will Graham to help catch the killer.
Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally.
Oct 4, 2002 · A very loyal, by-the-numbers adaptation of the first Hannibal Lecter novel, strangely saved for last in the Anthony Hopkins trilogy. Red Dragon is about as direct a cut from page to screen as I've seen, which is refreshing, but something about the mood doesn't feel right.
