Red Dragon

[Knoxville]

I watched this last night on sky, was a weaker story than hannibal.

imo this would have fallen on its ass if it hadn't been for norton and hopkins. It just seemed too much like a standard thriller by numbers

[acidrainy]

Its the prequel to Hannibal ain't it?

(Not seen either yet)

[Knoxville]

its a prequel to silence of the lambs, set just after lecter gets caught

[Dr. X]

Read it but not seen it. Anyone in a position to compare the two (book and film)?

[Knoxville]

well i've got the book lying around here somewhere i think, gimmie a couple of nights to read it.........

[Lujan]

Personally I prefer Manhunter (Red Dragon's a remake of Manhunter).

Brian Cox made a better Hannibal :-)

[robertirwin]

I agree - manhunter was a classic

[THCi]

Knox, is it even worth watching?

[Knoxville]

As long as you don't expect it to be on a par with silence of the lambs then yeah i'd say its worth watching if only for Ralph Fiennes as the bad guy, he does do the whole crazy thing pretty damn well, i wouldn't reccomend buying it on dvd though, one for rental.

[Stylez]

When i saw this i was very dispointed was expecting something at least fairly decent, instead it was just pretty poor imho.

[nichomach]

You can't beat Tom Noonan as Francis Dolarhyde, and William Peterson made an excellent Will Graham - speaking of which, anyone see the CSI episode with the weird bald magician guy who fakes his own death? Noonan v Peterson again, just like Manhunter, must have been quite like old times...