Hannibal Rising
2007 Directed by Peter Webber
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It started with revenge.
This terrifying prequel attempts to trace the murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer. The film follows Lecter from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.
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There comes a time in life where you will give a bland, medicore film way too many rewatches because the lead actor is FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. A PRECIOUS FLOWER TO CHERISH FOREVER. This is that film.
In my first year of uni I made all my pals watch this because "Gaspard is fit as fuck". Come an hour later and we're watching him licking blood off a knife, I think that is when my friends decided I was a serial killer.
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Unnecessary but watchable.
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Few characters have so quickly enthralled audiences as Hannibal Lector. First seen as portrayed by Brian Cox in Manhunter, the role was passed off to Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs and while Cox's performance is great, Hopkins' was breath-taking and the film became a rare horror-esque Oscar bonanza. Even the polarizing reaction to Hannibal didn't hurt the love for the character, and with the success of Red Dragon it was clear that fans wanted to see more Lector on the screen. Enter Hannibal Rising.
Unfortunately, people who had not read the novel were not prepared for what they got. The story is over the top in a bad way and full of plot twists that seemed like…
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I've never really liked the character played by Anthony Hopkins in the silence of the lambs movie. Hannibal Lecter was a smug calculating duff bag talking in riddles whose menace was more irritating characterisation than charismatic acting.
But seeing this prequel via netflix, has breathed new life into the character. In fact I was so bowled over by this movie it has convinced me to rewatch 'Manhunter', 'Silence' and 'Red Dragon' again.
Hannibal rising is a film that illustrates the origins of this character. We see how his own horrifying experiences as a young child during WW2, set in motion a tale of blood splattered retribution against a group of German soldiers themselves responsible for a truly awful crime against…
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Though Gaspard Ulliel's performance offers some insightful character backstory, he doesn't come close to matching what Hopkins established in the previous films. Thomas Harris' screenplay is surprisingly weak resulting in a film that appears little more than a cash-in on the franchise and is certainly best forgotten.
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Unnecessary but watchable.
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This film purports to tell the story of Hannibal Lecter's childhood and the reason he became the diabolical serial killer we all love to fear. However, it just doesn't ring true for me. Here, Hannibal is on a righteous, if gruesome, mission to avenge the murder of his little sister, which provides an arc and dramatic sweep to his violence. We never see him engaging in any of the childhood behaviors with have been pretty well established as classic precursors of serial killing, such as cruelty to animals. When we contrast this with his behavior in earlier films, such as biting the face off a nurse who was leaning over him (referred to in "Silence of the Lambs") or killing…
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Young Hannibal it is a very creepy caracter!!
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Hannibal the Samurai...
This is the "Star Wars Episode 1" equivalent to the Hannibal Lecter series.
Put simply this film is ridiculous and shit. -
hilariously bad
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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I liked this a lot more the first time I watched it. And each time I watch, and I think this my fourth time, I think.
And this time there was not much that I enjoyed. The story is not my issue with it though and I think it is a fitting story for Hannibal Lector but this time around especially I have a real problem with the actor portraying the young Hannibal.
Obviously he would never have the gravitas that Hopkins has but he doesn't have a great presence in this movie, and whether it has o do with seeing the movie before but I didn't find him terrifying or intimidating, or even interesting.
I cant help think a better actor would have really raised this movie up.
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expected much more.
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Slow at times and no where near as good as the previous. It does explain why the way he is the way he is, so having seen the others this was a good one to watch.