Red Dragon
| release date | September 30 2002 |
| studio | Universal |
| director | Brett Ratner |
| writer | Thomas Harris |
| starring | Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton |
| rating | R |
| tagline | Meet Hannibal Lecter For The First Time |
| site | reddragonmovie.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
2 Comments
I enjoyed this movie, especially the opening scene, getting to see how Hannibal Lector got caught in the first place. However this movie is the EXACT same movie as Silence of the Lambs. It is a prequel, but it might as well have just been a remake because the plot is the exact same. Still a good movie though.
this comes close to silence, but dosent quite get there. hopkins is great again, and ralph fiennes is creepy. makes manhunter look like a home movie.
Anytime Anthony Hopkins plays Hannibal Lector you cant go wrong. although I still like “Hannibal” The best from all Hannibal Lector related films. this one was still pretty cool to watch, it’s very similar to Red Dragon, I am still hoping to see where and what Hannibal Lector does after “Hannibal” because Red Dragon is a prequel to that and Silence of the Lambs.
Overall worth watching, not my favorite entry but a solid horror film.
OK. Red Dragon isn’t as good as Silence, or Hannibal, but it wasn’t bad. I was hoping for more of Dr Lecter but was dissapointed. Hannibal wasn’t as engaging this film and the film overall just wasn’t brillian’t as i expected it to be.
The plot wasn’t bad, but i was hoping for more of Hannibal, I loved how they made it as the killer had a heart, because he did. The first 30 minutes were bland and boring, and weren’t what i’d expect from the franchise. I was hoping for engaging riddles and clues, but nothing. I loved the ending because Clarice Starling was about visit Hannibal. It was great.
The acting was great and believable. Of course Anthony Hopkins just makes you scared with a look, and the expressionless talking is so evil. The other performences were great but nothing like the great chemistry between Anthony and Jodie Foster.
Overall the film isn’t as good as you’d expect, but it was watchable. My rating is 3/5
good prequel,good acting ,hopkins is back! it was better than manhunter, good flick.
he biggest downside to this movie is Edward Norton. I don’t rate him very high as an actor. However, Hopkins has a perfect performance and removes focus from Norton’s character which the movie tries to portray as being strong and in control with an underlying psychology of fear. The chemistry between Hopkins and Jodie Foster was better orchestrated and more intense than that found in Red Dragon.
When you throw in actors such as Hopkins and Harvey Keitel, one cannot feel less than compelled to watch this movie. The script was very good, but I felt Will Graham should have made the connection between the murders much sooner. It was a disappointment that too many clues were given at such an early stage in the movie. As such, one has to rely solely on the characters journey and not the destination.
Lecter is such a polished character, the likes of whom are rarely seen in fiction. I wonder whether any other actor could have portrayed him any better. From the moment the film started, the audience is touched by the man. Lecter’s intellectuality and creative genius coupled with the barbaric may not be a new combination for a psychopath or even a sociopath, but he can effect with words what most poets cannot.
The film runs full circle to where Lecter meets Clarice the moment before The Silence of the Lambs. It is this one crucial scene, this one small moment, which makes the ending satisfying. Despite Lecter’s brutal inclination, I cannot imagine any viewer wanting him dead. He is too spectacular a character to die. He must live.
I really love Red Dragon. Sure it’s a prequel, to the awesome Silence of the Lambs. It’s good to see Anthony Hopkins back as Lecter.
I couldn’t get into this movie at all. I’ve always enjoyed Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Lector, but Edward Norton is what took me away from the movie. He was not very convincing as Will Graham. I’ve seen some of his other movies and they were fantastic, but this just fell flat. Maybe i shouldn’t have read the book before watching this. That very well could have been the reason i thought his performance was not as good as it could have been.
oh to see where it all started…and to think you could have lived without it!
Awesome serial killer movie I though it was better than Hannibal.
A travesty. How Sheamus can say it was faithful to the book is beyond me. In the book, Will Graham solves the mystery mostly himself; here, the solution is spoon-fed to him by Lecter. At least “Manhunter” got THAT aspect right. Garbage through and through.
An alright prequel to silence of the lambs but nothing to rave about.
very good
liked it. have to see the silence of the lambs
great movie
Anthony Hopkins is so bad ass! I could watch him read the phone book and I would enjoy it. All the acting was great, tight film, lots of fun
This big budget prequel to Silence of the Lambs will make your eyes bleed!
Great film, great even better than Hannibal, the actors do an amazing job, not just Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fienes also does a wonderful job. It’s as good as The Silence of the Lambs.
Next to Silence of the Lambs, this is the best of the bunch. The excellent cast is what takes it from average to great.
Next to Silence of the Lambs, this is the best of the bunch. The excellent cast is what takes it from average to great.
The remake of the original Red Dragon titled Manhunter. This movie basically is a remake of Manhunter and the movie is much more faithful to the book which means that there are various parts in this film that are in the book which didn’t show in Manhunter. I actually re watch this movie after I read the book but I plan on re reading it again in the summer. So far Sheamus review is right usually all the Hannibal Lecter films are based on Thomas Harris Novels I read the first book and I finished it. For me I agree with what Sheamus said so far. This movie basically runs for two hours and it is faithful to the novel. But I would say that this movie isn’t as good as the book and because of that this movie maybe faithful to the novel but it falls short because the movie has various missing parts and I still remember them. The nightmare hotel scene when Will Graham wakes up and finds Mrs. Leeds lying beside him it wasn’t here in the movie even Manhunter. The Baeder’s chemical factory wasn’t mentioned in the film because in the book Francis Dolarhyde works in Baeder’s chemical not only in Gateway film processing. Buddy Springfield wasn’t mentioned in the film and he wasn’t in the movie also. The scene when Will Graham talks to Niles Jacobi is missing also in the film and he was mentioned but he wasn’t shown in the movie. The flashback where the backstory of Francis Dolarhyde is explained on why he kills the families is missing also which includes the day he was born and other things. The scene when Freddy Lounds gets arrested is also missing if you still remember the scene in the movie when he had an interview with Will Graham in some building I think anyways that was also missing when Freddy Lounds gets arrested. There are more parts missing in the film so far and the other characters are missing also like Freddy’s girlfriend Wendy she was in the novel but in the movie she isn’t in the film. And most parts in the film aren’t as suspenceful as in the book. Freddy Lounds demise was much more gruesome and intense than in the film because in the book Freddy Lounds gets his lips ripped off with one bite from Francis Dolarhyde unlike in the film Freddy Lounds gets his tongue ripped off with one bite. Oh and most parts are also weak and unacceptable so far. So I should say that the book is better than the film but Overall Red Dragon is a great adaptation of Thomas Harris’s novel while in the Hannibal Lecter movies Silence of The Lambs is the best in the series.
Not nearly as good as Silence of the Lambs. Seemed a little slow. Lector is great as usual. Buffalo Bill was more menacing and left more carnage than this “tooth fairy”. Worth a watch.
I really liked this movie, however I thought it lacked originality compared to the first movie.