Production Year: 2001 - Thriller - Director: Ridley Scott - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Zeljko Ivanek, Francis Guinan, Mark Margolis, Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri more
After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent... more
Hannibal [DVD] [2001]
Yes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years afterThe Silence of the Lambs,Dr. ... more
Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice...
Hannibal [DVD] [2001]
Yes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years afterThe Silence of the Lambs,Dr. ... more
Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice...
Hannibal (1 Disc) DVD
Ten years have passed since FBI agent Clarice Starling faced the ingenious Dr. Hannibal ... more
Lecter... ten years of watching wondering and waiting. But now the wait is over. The sophisticated killer re-emerges in Florence Italy ready to entice Clarice in...
inSilence of the Lambs, this sequel's story of revenge is grizzly enough to satisfy lovers of Thomas Harris's epic tale. After young Hannibal (Aaron Thomas) is forced to watch his little sister, Mischa (Helena Lia Tachovska), devoured by starving soldiers in his homeland Lithuania, Hannibal vows to avenge his sister's death by slaying those who committed not only war crimes against the Lecters, but also against other families during WW II.In detailing Hannibal's revenge plan, the film investigates the psychological implications of witnessing cannibalism to justify Hannibal's insatiable appetite for human flesh. The most interesting aspect ofHannibal Rising--its analytical connections drawn between Hannibal's childhood traumas and his murderous adult obsessions--is also the film's weak point. The links oversimplify Lecter's complex character. For example, though titillating to see flashbacks of Lecter's sister hacked up and boiled while Lecter visits a Parisian meat market, the reference is too obvious. One learns why he excels in his medical school classes dissecting cadavers, and we're given explicit explanation for why he slices off and eats his victims' cheeks. The story only complicates when Hannibal interacts with his sexy Aunt, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li). When Murasaki educates him in the art of beheading, the viewer sees Hannibal's sword fetish as a manifestation of physical lust.--Trinie Dalton
Lambs, as Dr Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good--an outsider from the start, she's now a quiet, moody loner who doesn't play bureaucratic games and suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q and A. Little does Clarice realise that the hideously deformed Verger--who, upon suggestion from Dr Lecter, peeled off his own face--is using her as bait to lure Dr Lecter out of hiding, quite certain he'll capture the good doctor.Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harris's baroque novel,Hannibalis so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes--but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all a build-up to the anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Hannibal (and feeding him to man-eating wild boars) doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr Lecter and a third, unlucky guest wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what madeSilence of the Lambsso amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.comOn the DVD: The good-looking widescreen (1.85:1) anamorphic print is accompanied by a directorial commentary on the first disc. Ridley Scott is no stranger to DVD commentaries by now, and keeps up a pretty constant flow of enjoyable story exposition, although provides few specifics about the actual filmmaking process. He's obviously more than happy to talk about this movie, since on the second disc there are also "Ridleygram" interviews with Scott about the process of storyboarding and a huge chunk of deleted or alternate scenes (including the alternate ending) with optional directorial commentary. There's a wealth of other extras to dip into, including five "making-of" featurettes (73 minutes in all), plus two multi-angle "vignettes" of the film's opening sequences (the fish-market shoot-out and opening titles), and a marketing gallery of trailers, stills and artwork. Surround-sound enthusiasts can select either Dolby 5.1 or DTS soundtracks for the main feature. --Mark Walker
inSilence of the Lambs, this sequel's story of revenge is grizzly enough to satisfy lovers of Thomas Harris's epic tale. After young Hannibal (Aaron Thomas) is forced to watch his little sister, Mischa (Helena Lia Tachovska), devoured by starving soldiers in his homeland Lithuania, Hannibal vows to avenge his sister's death by slaying those who committed not only war crimes against the Lecters, but also against other families during WW II.In detailing Hannibal's revenge plan, the film investigates the psychological implications of witnessing cannibalism to justify Hannibal's insatiable appetite for human flesh. The most interesting aspect ofHannibal Rising--its analytical connections drawn between Hannibal's childhood traumas and his murderous adult obsessions--is also the film's weak point. The links oversimplify Lecter's complex character. For example, though titillating to see flashbacks of Lecter's sister hacked up and boiled while Lecter visits a Parisian meat market, the reference is too obvious. One learns why he excels in his medical school classes dissecting cadavers, and we're given explicit explanation for why he slices off and eats his victims' cheeks. The story only complicates when Hannibal interacts with his sexy Aunt, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li). When Murasaki educates him in the art of beheading, the viewer sees Hannibal's sword fetish as a manifestation of physical lust.--Trinie Dalton
Replacing the acclaimedManhunteras an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil ofThe Silence of the Lambs, serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of Lecter as portrayed, with mischievous menace, by the great Anthony Hopkins. Familiar faces and locations reappear (along withLambsscreenwriter Ted Tally) as Lecter coaches FBI profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton) in tracking the horrific "Tooth Fairy" killer (Ralph Fiennes), whose transformative killing spree is inspired by a William Blake painting. By dutifully serving Harris's potent material, Tally and director Brett Ratner craft a suspenseful film worthy of its predecessors, bringing Hopkins full circle as one of the cinema's all-time greatest villains. With overtones ofPsychoand a superb supporting cast,Red Dragonsucceeds against considerable odds. --Jeff ShannonHannibalYes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years afterThe Silence of the Lambs,Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good--an outsider from the start, she's now a quiet, moody loner who doesn't play bureaucratic games and suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q and A. Little does Clarice realize that the hideously deformed Verger--who, upon suggestion from Dr. Lecter, peeled off his own face--is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding, quite certain he'll capture the good doctor.Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harris's baroque novel,Hannibalis so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes--but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Hannibal (and feeding him to man-eating wild boars) doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr. Lecter, and a third unlucky guest wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling, but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart
Replacing the acclaimedManhunteras an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil ofThe Silence of the Lambs, serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of Lecter as portrayed, with mischievous menace, by the great Anthony Hopkins. Familiar faces and locations reappear (along withLambsscreenwriter Ted Tally) as Lecter coaches FBI profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton) in tracking the horrific "Tooth Fairy" killer (Ralph Fiennes), whose transformative killing spree is inspired by a William Blake painting. By dutifully serving Harris's potent material, Tally and director Brett Ratner craft a suspenseful film worthy of its predecessors, bringing Hopkins full circle as one of the cinema's all-time greatest villains. With overtones ofPsychoand a superb supporting cast,Red Dragonsucceeds against considerable odds. --Jeff ShannonHannibalYes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years afterThe Silence of the Lambs,Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good--an outsider from the start, she's now a quiet, moody loner who doesn't play bureaucratic games and suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q and A. Little does Clarice realize that the hideously deformed Verger--who, upon suggestion from Dr. Lecter, peeled off his own face--is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding, quite certain he'll capture the good doctor.Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harris's baroque novel,Hannibalis so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes--but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Hannibal (and feeding him to man-eating wild boars) doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr. Lecter, and a third unlucky guest wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling, but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart
Edward Norton stars as ex-FBI agent Will Graham an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). Years later after a series of particularly grisly murders Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the case. But he soon realises that the best way to catch this killer known as the Tooth Fairy is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. And the closest thing to that would be to probe the mind of another killer who is equally brilliant and equally twisted. For Graham that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis the now-incarcerated Lecter... Hannibal (Dir. Ridley Scott 2001): Having escaped the asylum in 'Silence of the Lambs' Dr Lecter goes into hiding in Florence. Back in America Mason Verger an old victim of the doctor's seeks revenge. Disfigured and confined to a life-support system he plans to draw Lecter out of his hiding place using the one thing he truly cares for: Clarice Starling...
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A review by zerbine28 on Hannibal (DVD) February 22nd, 2004
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Liked it
Story
Satisfactory
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Good
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore; dark, cynical but realistic; hauntingly beautiful music; yes, funny, even .
Disadvantages:
Some formulaic plot elements; not for the squeamish .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Okay, slap me, curse me, hang, draw and quarter me, but I confess to having enjoyed Hannibal a lot more than Silence of the Lambs, which I think received excessive praise in the press. Yes, it could be due to the fewer expectations I had going into this one. Then again it also could be thanks to my twisted nature that I took much wicked pleasure in witnessing Dr. Hannibal Lecter preparing in such elegant fashion worthy of the world's best gourmet chefs, some very freshly obtained intracranial contents, gently sautéed with green pepper and onion.
But are we sure we know who the truly evil ones are in this tale?
The Cannibal (Sir Anthony Hopkins, reprising his role as Hannibal Lecter) is back. He’s been hibernating for much of this time, and now finds employment as an art historian in Florence. It’s been a while since his escape from the hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is back, too, ten years after her life-changing encounter with the good doctor. The young, wide-eyed idealist is now a remote memory. More recently, Clarice has even received the dubious honor of being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the agent with the highest number of kills. (The implausibility of such a listing does strike one as silly, doesn’t it, but what the heck! On with the show!)
At the film’s start, we watch as Clarice’s latest drug-busting mission goes horribly awry when the tag-along D.C. police decide to ignore her orders to stand down. With that unsexy, press-poor incident and allegations of concealment of evidence brought to the attention of her superiors, Clarice is summarily suspended, even as she’s just begun to pick up leads on her latest case—none other than the missing Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
The times have changed, and even the FBI has to live in a Public Relations-conscious world, and the folks in charge believe that the (supposedly) tarnished image of the agency is in urgent need of polishing. And so the axe falls on Clarice.
Does she raise bloody hell about the unfairness of it all, as she has every right to? Not at all. Clarice has seen the enemy, and it’s . . . well, it’s *not* that cunning criminal of whom she’s officially in pursuit.
Could the enemy really be…that same revered law enforcement institution she has faithfully served to the best of her abilities for ten years? One asks rhtetorically whether those years have caused a cynicism to grow within her. Indeed, hardened and disillusioned by her experiences with some blindly stupid, highly-placed minds at the Bureau, she thinks it’s easier to suffer the consequences of accepting command responsibility for the disastrous drug bust than to point fingers at the real culprits.
Meanwhile, Hannibal Lecter remains incognito in Florence. He’s still the astute, learned, cultured and meticulously polite gentleman we’ve come to know. (He reminded me of another exquisitely refined but blackhearted character named Monsieur Verdoux, written and played by Charles Chaplin.) But beware the fool who dares tangle with the Doctor, as one greedy victim finds out, to his own extreme prejudice.
Back in Asheville, North Carolina, the disfigured but handsomely wealthy Mason Verger continues to live from day to day as one of Hannibal’s victims who has survived to tell the tale. Understandably, Verger has an axe to grind (pardon the pun) with Dr. Lecter. More than an axe to grind, it is an obsession with Dr. Lecter that consumes Verger completely, so desirous is he of the sweet taste of revenge.
All one can add at this point is that some characters do, indeed, meet their respective gruesome fates. Hannibal and Clarice are reunited, and the seemingly strange and unlikely bond between the Agent and the Cannibal—a deep, symbiotic understanding of sorts—is restored, something that is unseen by and incomprehensible to everyone else around them.
It is this dark irony in Hannibal that struck me as the film’s most fascinating element. Clarice and Hannibal are misfits and outsiders in their respective worlds, with Hannibal much more so and in a larger context. Both are possessed of highly intelligent, sharp minds, and each has his or her own standards of integrity. Yes, even the Cannibal does.
Their relationship might appear truly bizarre and on the face of it, but dig a little deeper and it begins to make more sense. He is perhaps the sole person who has a penetrating insight into her psyche—what it is that makes her tick. She recognizes that he fully understands, even sympathizes with her own personal struggles. And, likewise, she knows quite well how his mental gears turn and mesh—he doesn’t just kill people at random, for instance. He chooses his victims carefully, and they aren’t exactly the innocent, upstanding or heroic characters or contributors to the common good.
There might be more than the average quota of cinematic “gore” here (as many keep exclaiming with horror), but director Ridley Scott has wisely employed deception in portraying much of the violence. Most of these scenes comprise medium to long shots assembled with quick, rapid cuts, and there is much blurring of movement. Details are obscured through the careful use of dim lighting and dark shadows, and scenes are swathed in deep crimsons and midnight blues. So you come away thinking you actually saw the grisly deed happening right before your eyes, but a lot of it is just plain optical trickery. Enough, perhaps, to make you cringe, but there really are no lingering sequences of full-frontal gore. Except, maybe, for the final dinner scene, which I will get to shortly.
Apropos of grisly sequences in cinema, if you’ve ever seen some of the unique films of British director Peter Greenaway [The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and The Pillow Book], then you might know what true skin-crawling, stomach-turning gore is all about. Ridley Scott is a distant cry from the certifiable Peter Greenaway.
One can chalk it up to my weirdness (no offense taken), but the sheer absurdity and pitch black humor of the formal dinner scene only drew some unexpected giggles from me. (So did the final shots in the airplane, and that window scene in Florence.) You might have to see the, uhm, gourmet sequence for yourself to understand why.
To move on to more conventionally pleasing film elements, there is Scott's excellent choice in music that demands more than a passing mention. Against the visually hyperkinetic opening credits we are treated to the soothing sounds of the Aria da capo from J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations played by Glenn Gould—a celestial aural experience, and a compelling contrast to the film’s macabre undertone.
The other memorable musical moment features the poignant aria from the staged Italian opera, attended by Hannibal Lecter and a few unfortunate characters. This music radiates a transcendent loveliness tinged with melancholy, a combination perfect for my odd preference for bittersweet, haunting music.
Of course, an added plus for me and the beau were the shots of familiar places in our old stomping grounds in Washington, D.C., and of the Vanderbilts’ grandiose Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. (Cameras were still rolling in the Estate the summer we visited, but, alas, the only "celebrities" we got to spy were those slithery eels in the aquarium).
So I did like Hannibal quite a bit. Although some well-crafted albeit predictable and formulaic parts made it a less than perfect product, I was very much impressed by the excellent work of the leads, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore. They assume the skins and souls of their respective characters here with such ease and persuasion. Only when these two are onscreen is the film transformed from merely mediocre-good to grippingly, chillingly good. It doesn’t hurt that an onscreen chemistry exists between them.
To be sure, Hannibal will not delight the squeamish, but I thought the widely criticized violence here was meaningful, in a sense similar to the meaning of violence in Hitchcock’s films. The story and characters here might be much darker than those in Silence of the Lambs, but they’re also more credible and realistic. And, I might add, right up my narrow and twisted alley.
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Note:
I haven’t read the book, but from what I’ve been told, the ending was altered in the movie version. Be that as it may, I found the conclusion here entirely satisfactory and credible.
Any detectable lapses in movie fact recall can be blamed on post-prandial muddleheadedness caused by overindulgence in Chinese buffet fare. Which is as good as any other excuse I can come up with.
For trivia nuts, the millionaire victim, Mason Verger, is played by a well-known and highly regarded actor in an uncredited role, although you can scan the ending credits for his name. If you pay close attention, you might even guess his identity just from his brief scenes sans makeup. (No fair sneaking a peek at imdb.com!)
Early on, the film makes a sly dig at a former real-life D.C. mayor who had his own personal issues with cocaine. Just for fun, does anyone recall the mayor’s name?
Advantages: Good film with some good actors. Disadvantages: Not quite as good as Silence of the lambs
Hannibal was released in cinemas in February 2001 and came out on DVD and video on 21st August 2001. We had pre-ordered our copy of the DVD version from Blackstar for £17.99, but the usual cost is around £20.00, depending on where you get it from. We went for the widescreen version (we have to make use of the widescreen TV sometimes) which is part of a two disc set. One DVD is devoted to the film and the other is a bonus disc with special features.
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Hannibal is Thomas Harris’ third novel and cannibalistic Doctor Hannibal Lecter. This time Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) is joined by Julianne Moore as FBI Agent Clarice Starling, instead of Silence of the Lambs actress Jodi Foster. This film is set several years after this film and re-unites Lecter, Starling and one of his previous victims (Mason Verger) in a story that is both gory and thrilling.
Mason Verger is a ...
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...a grim, inexplicable bloodlust.
Hannibal Lecter … the most evil man alive, all the more reprehensible because of the chill lack of emotion and enjoyment which he brought to his vocation. He seemed to do these things because he had to, and they were logical extensions of his life, rather than because he wanted to.
Somehow, the film ended with us hoping against hope that Lecter would continue with his blood lust, his insatiable pursuit of fear. It ... ...Hopkins agreed to appear, but Hannibal would be nothing without his genuinely chilling presence and cool rejection of all human weaknesses. There is little depth or true substance here, and Hopkins seems to have succumbed to playing to the lowest common denominator, giving the seething millions what they really want.
The gore in Hannibal is genuinely more than the viewer can really tolerate, or at least this viewer, and was all the more unpleasant ...
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Advantages: good peformances from Oldman, Moore, Hopkins & Liotta Disadvantages: Sorry, it needed Jodie, it really, really did.
...catch wind and go after him too.
Hannibal is captured.
Meanwhile, someone trains some pigs to eat people.
Lecter and Starling meet through complex plot macguffins.
All hell breaks loose.
A spooky, sequel friendly ending happens.
In summary, a good film bit dissapointing when compared to the first one. ...
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Advantages: A very watchable film Disadvantages: None, for me cos I haven't the space here
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As fans of Hannibal the Cannibal will know this is the third in the trilogy, but only the second to star the man himself, (He’s Welsh you know! Born just down the road from where I live.. That’s enough get on with it) anyway, Hannibal kicks off with Dr Lecter now living in Florence (Italy) wanting to be the curator of a museum. As it turns out someone is trying to get him, and make Starling look bad in the process, and it’s ... ...a few people and Hannibal goes back to the ‘good ole U S of A’ where of course a certain Clarice M. Starling, takes up the chase. That IS the basic premise of the movie, and that’s all you’re getting on the plot front. Ridley Scott shows you all far better than I could tell it!
Now on with other stuff, I was well disappointed when I found out that Jodie Foster wasn’t going to be playing agent Starling, and when the ...
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Advantages: great gruesome scenes and brilliant acting Disadvantages: not for people with weak stomachs
...tells the story of Hannibal Lecter, the notorious killer who eats parts of his victim.
**BRIEF PLOT**
Set ten years after Dr Hannibal Lecter, (played by Anthony Hopkins) escaped from captivity in 'Silence of the Lambs' he is know living in Florence, Italy under an alias called Dr Fell.
However, back in the U.S. FBI agent, Clarice Starling, (played this time by Julianne Moore) is having trouble with her superior Paul Krendler, (played by Ray Liotta), ... ...life changed when he met Hannibal years earlier.
Unbeknown to Clarice, Mason Verger has secretly set up a reward for the whereabouts of Hannibal, so he can enact his revenge on the cannibal.
Somewhere in Florence, Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi stumbles upon Dr Fells true identity and is hoping to claim the large reward from Mason. However, things go wrong as Hannibal react first to Rinaldo's plan. Leaving a bloody scene behind.
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Advantages: Horror at it's best Disadvantages: nightmares
...Personal Note
For those of you who are not into horror movies, this is not for you. If you remember the movie Silence Of The Lamb with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins as the key stars then you may have asked yourself this question how did DR. Hannibal Lecter become the brilliant psychiatrist and serial killer that he was. This movie puts an end to that question as you watch the things that unfold to make a serial killer.
Rated: R
Genre: Psychological Thriller-Horror
Directer: Peter Webber
Based on a book by: Thomas Harris
Aired: February 9, 2007
The Plot
He was not born a serial killer but made. The movie starts out with young Hannibal playing with his sister Mischa. His family is packing up to move from their home because of the war and prejudice in their land..... The year is 1944 and bombs and machine guns are flying...
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Advantages: Answers questions about Hannibal, deep, interesting film Disadvantages: Answers questions about Hannibal, requires a lot of concentration
...This was on the movie channels late one night whilst I was just browsing the net and reading some of your reviews. The film did not seem to have been given much positive publicity after its release in the cinema. With such low expectations to begin with, to be honest I barely paid any attention ? in fact I?d already missed the beginning bits, but as the film developed, I became intrigued. So much so, that the next time it was due to come on, I hit the record button (it was a bit late for me, showing at 2.50am). I?ve watched it properly since then, which prompted my review.
Story
Gripped by the Hannibal trilogy, I?m sure many of us have wondered what really happened to Hannibal, what he was really like as a child and how he became the way he is. Hannibal Rising was written and made to finally answer all those questions. Our...
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Advantages: puts the pieces together Disadvantages: very gorey
...Hannibal rising is the 5th film to be made in the series of films 4 of which are based on novels by Thomas Harris, the first 4 being man hunter,silence of the lambs, hannibal and red dragon.
I was always baffled by the way these films were released in rather an odd order but it always seemed to keep me wanting to see the next one released to find out more about this man who was so dangerous yet fasinated me so much, this 4th film puts all of the story together for me at least by showing me where it all came from and what had happened that was so traumatic that hannible had turned into the monster he did.
I actually if i am honest never realised this film had been made as it didnt recieve any where near the publicity that the other films did and came across it by accident but was very glad i had.
telling you pritty much...
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Plot: Doctor Hannibal Lecter escapes from incarceration and travels to Florence. There he takes a position as curator for the Palazzo Vecchio. He is soon sighted by a policeman who plans to turn him over to a former victim, Mason Verger, who seeks the ultimate revenge... Once again Clarice Starling finds herself on the trail of one of the FBI's most wanted. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
DVD Description
After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media circus of her humiliation, which catches the attention of Lecter. Now a hardened veteran, she begins receiving letters from the twisted genius, who remains obsessed with her. Yet she's not the only one interested in drawing out the psychopath, now lecturing on the Renaissance in Florence. Italian detective Pazzi (Giancarlo Giannini) hopes to impress his young wife by nailing the reward for his capture, and wealthy pedophile Mason Verger (Gary Oldman) is eager to take revenge against the cannibal for leaving him with a hideously deformed face. But they're no match for Hannibal's coyly satanic ubiquity, which bewilders his quickly narcotized foes before he administers a punishment sufficiently grotesque to suit his sense of amusement.The odious Krendler, in particular, learns to use his gray matter for, perhaps, the first time in his life. However, all is prologue to his fated rendezvous with Clarice. A banquet for the splatterati, reveling as it does in gore and dismemberment, the film features brilliant work by a stellar cast, and the kind of meticulous art direction and lushly magnificent photography that one has come to expect of Scott.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 04/10/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 822 869 8
Barcode: 5050582286984
Production Designer: Norris Spencer
Screenwriter: David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Editor: Pietro Scalia
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Featured: Hans Zimmer
Executive Producer: Steven Zaillian, Branko Lustig
Review: "...Gruesomely engrossing....Lecter remains a riveting figure of fear..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.67-8, 16/02/2001)
"...Handsomely staged....[The] presentation is mournfully beautiful; rarely has a director used so many variations on midnight blue..." (New York Times, p.E12, 09/02/2001)
"...Tantalizing, engrossing....HANNIBAL imparts its own pleasures by painting a portrait of a man of ultimate civilized refinements whose dark side always threatens to lurch out violently..." (Variety, p.37-40, 05/02/2001)
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