RED DRAGON






Red Dragon
By Vicky Roach
Telegraph
Entertainment
October 24, 2002




HANNIBAL the Cannibal was one of the most fascinating villains in popular culture - until Ridley Scott got his hands on him.

Red Dragon restores the psychiatrist-turned-serial killer to his rightful place at the top of the food chain.

Unlike Scott's controversial 1999 sequel to The Silence Of The Lambs, which pushed the psychiatrist-turned-serial killer to grotesque new extremes, the prequel understands that less is sometimes more.

When Hannibal selects his latest victim because of an inept musical performance, for instance, we are alerted to his intentions by a raised eyebrow. Our suspicions that he has served the poor man up to members of the orchestra board are confirmed in the following exchange:"Mmm...Hannibal, what is this wonderful cutlet made from?"

"If I told you, you wouldn't try it."Red Dragon is based on author Thomas Harris' novel of the same name, the first in his Hannibal Lecter trilogy. (It was filmed as Manhunt in 1986, with director Michael Mann at the helm.)

Directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), it's a worthy successor to Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning The Silence Of The Lambs.

Hopkins and Ratner have (re-) created a villain that is more Edgar Allen Poe than Freddy Krueger, and the result is chillingly satisfying.

They are supported by a dream cast, including Edward Norton as a gifted but damaged FBI investigator, Philip Seymour Hoffman as a morally bankrupt newspaper reporter, and Emily Watson as a blind woman in peril.It's the villains, however, who take centre stage.

As the seriously deranged Tooth Fairy, so named because he leaves bite marks on his victims, Ralph Fiennes turns in his most disturbing performance since Schindler's List.

Red Dragon gives Hannibal back his bite.






 

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