2002 Directed by Brett Ratner
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Anthony Hopkins Edward Norton Ralph Fiennes Harvey Keitel Emily Watson Mary-Louise Parker Philip Seymour Hoffman Anthony Heald Ken Leung Frankie Faison Tyler Patrick Jones Lalo Schifrin John Rubinstein David Doty Brenda Strong Robert Curtis Brown Mary Anne McGarry Marc Abraham Veronica De Laurentiis Michael Cavanaugh Madison Mason Bill Duke Azura Skye Stanley Anderson Jeanine Jackson Ellen Burstyn Mary Beth Hurt James Pickens Jr. Frank Whaley Show All…
Universal Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dino De Laurentiis Company Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG Pan Productions Scott Free Productions
Dragão Vermelho, Roter Drache - Red Dragon, Hannibal 3, 04 - Dragon Rouge, Красный дракон
Manhunter and Red Dragon are equally good for different reasons and are both deserving of your time!
Very much enjoyed Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance as the loathsome Freddy Lounds!
For a film featuring a strong list of character actors in Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson & Philip Seymour Hoffman, one would usually expect something that's no less than a delight, and that expectation rises even more when the source material is such a popular novel. The only way it could fail is if the directorial duties are assigned to someone like Brett Ratner, and that's exactly what happens here.
Based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name and serving as a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, the story of Red Dragon follows Will Graham, a former FBI agent & gifted psychologist who is coerced out of early retirement by Jack Crawford to assist…
All the plot beats of Harris' novel are there, but none of the spirit of Silence of the Lambs.
I'm honestly shocked how this film's horrendously dull screenplay squanders each and every one of its poor, dedicated cast members.
Edward Norton is miscast. Ralph Fiennes is miscast. Philip Seymour Hoffman's lines are so legitimately stupid that I actually laughed out loud. Anthony Hopkins tries his best- I'll give him that- but ultimately doing so spins his character into a corny caricature of the Hannibal in Silence. Harvey Keitel is probably the only one who comes across as genuine.
And I **hate** how the film ends minutes before Silence, as if Ratner couldn't rub it in our face even further that we're watching a hackneyed version of a much better movie.
I knew this wasn't going to be as good as Demme's film, but yikes.
Guys, why is everyone hating on this? You have Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN and let's not forget Anthony Hopkins all in one movie - it's like a dream-come-true!
Right out its faux-gothic gate, Brett Ratner's "Red Dragon" has the odds stacked against it. This second adaptation of Thomas Harris's novel immediately lacks the however-dated style of the novel's first adaptation, "Manhunter;" the haunting murk of its cinematic follow-up, "Silence of the Lambs;" or the stomach churning violence of "Hannibal," the third film foray into Harris's universe. "Red Dragon" is not necessarily a bad thriller. It simply comes off as a corporate filmmaking exercise, suffering in comparison to the films from its own world of serial killers and psychologists.
Its story is built to compel: FBI profiler Will Graham is pulled out of retirement to hunt a serial killer and must use the mind of his nemesis, the imprisoned…
almost everything remotely worthwhile in this is redundant, the rest not so much bad as it is thuddingly literal. there was no way this wasn't going to seem miscalculated in the face of a masterpiece like MANHUNTER, but Ratner doesn't do himself any favors with his diabolically expository wholesale restaging of Mann's film with a name-brand cast, and what's worse he occasionally pulls out Demme's confessional straight-into-camera close-ups for no other reason than to sew this up visually with THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. only Fiennes really rescues this, bringing a frenzied physical menace to Dolarhyde where Tom Noonan's was all imposing, quiet control. it's a contrast not unlike the Hopkins/Brian Cox interpretations of Lecter/Lektor, although here Hopkins is just full-on hamming it, the most stupidly obvious choice in a film full of stupid obvious choices.
Hands up who thinks Brett Ratner, he of the Rush Hour trilogy and X-Men 3, is in the same directorial league as Jonathan Demme or Sir Ridley Scott? Nobody? Are you sure? Good, you all pass. Be surprised therefore to learn that Red Dragon, while of course not in the same class as Demme's The Silence of the Lambs, is a better movie than Scott's Hannibal. Adapted as per the previous two from the wildly successful novels by Thomas Harris, Ratner delivers a product certainly against type for him, a dark tale of psychosis, abuse and transformation that he directs with a perfectly assured hand, punching doubtless above his normal weight and proving with the right script and cast he…
I loved it
Don’t know why everyone thinks it’s that bad. My only major grip is how forced the connection to silence of the lambs is at the end
Like he just got the tooth fairy can you give the cannibal a second please
You can also make the argument it’s not as composed as the original but I still like the character of the red dragon.
super good! not as good as show hannibal but i adore the characters either way. hannibals lines are so epic
Dammit, I really like this but I just saw it was directed by Bret Ratner. Fuck.
A step up from Hannibal but inferior to Manhunter and far inferior to Silence of the Lambs. The film contained some of my favorite actors (Norton, Keitel) but every just seemed miscast and made me wish I was watching Manhunter. Brian Cox's one scene in Manhunter was better than the overuse of Hopkins here.
Workmanlike adaptation of a story that has been adapted two transcendent, stylish, compelling times before and after. Got a big laugh out of seeing flashback Hannibal’s ponytail. Everyone is good in it (except Norton who doesn’t really bring anything to Graham), but it’s all just very perfunctory.
Will Graham had many problems but choosing to retire in Marathon Florida is number one what an idiot
Fairly neutral with some flashes of pretty okay which was pretty common in horror movies of the late 90s and early two thousands. Features one of the biggest plot holes of all time. Why does Will, who lives in Marathon, Florida, own a leather jacket?
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