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“Red Dragon” an altogether outstanding crime/horror thriller from 2002. Written by Ted Tally and directed by Brett Ratner, it stars Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Based upon Thomas Harris’s novel of the same name, “Red Dragon” is a remake of the 1986 film “Manhunter,” and a prequel to 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs.”
A grisly series of murders suddenly strikes two cities in the Deep South – Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. In each case, an unknown intruder has broken into homes in the middle of the night and has viciously slain everyone there. He tortures, mutilates, and kills each family member, using mirrors as part of his killing ritual. He strikes on the night of the full moon.
Former FBI profiler Will Graham (Norton) very reluctantly agrees to come out of medical retirement to help solve the case, before the next full moon. Previously, Graham had caught the infamous Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins, reprising his role from “The Silence of the Lambs”) and had almost been killed by the homicidal psychiatrist. He asks Lecter, who is confined to a state institution for the criminally insane, to help him identify the serial killer. Lecter agrees, but only to further his own sadistically deranged agenda…
Meanwhile, the killer continues planning his next crime. He has already identified his next victims from photos he has seen of them. But he puts his plans on hold – at least for a while – when he is attracted by Reba McClane (Watson), a blind young woman who works in the same place he does…
I had previously watched “Manhunter” and thought it was very good. However, “Red Dragon” takes Thomas Harris’s novel to new, even scarier levels of horror thriller. Anthony Hopkins puts Hannibal Lecter’s cunning malevolence on full display here, and Edward Norton is very effective as Will Graham. Ralph Fiennes was very chilling in his role as the pitiable, grotesque, and frightening “Tooth Fairy” serial killer.
Although perhaps not quite as good as the later “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Red Dragon” is nevertheless an excellent film that effectively combines elements of a crime procedural, a thriller, and a horror movie. Every time I watch it, I can count on a sleepless night afterward…
Highly recommended.
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Though Hannibal is more of a secondary character in this film, the story is great and the acting is pretty good.
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Mr. J. M. Zielinski
Good, solid, yet far from Demme's classic
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Benjamin Brannelly
I'd imagine this film would be much better if you had never watched Manhunter
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