Red Dragon (2002)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 184
Fresh: 126 | Rotten: 58
Competently made, but everything is a bit too familiar.
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 17
Competently made, but everything is a bit too familiar.
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Following the phenomenal success of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Anthony Hopkins returns as brilliant madman Hannibal Lecter in this thriller based on the novel in which author Thomas Harris introduced the character. Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an FBI agent with a rare gift for tracking serial killers who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however, his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody, near-death experience, and afterward Graham retired from the Bureau, moving to
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Cast
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Anthony Hopkins
Hannibal Lecter -
Edward Norton
FBI Agent Will Graham -
Ralph Fiennes
Francis Dolarhyde AKA T... -
Harvey Keitel
Agent Jack Crawford -
Emily Watson
Reba McClane -
Mary-Louise Parker
Molly Graham -
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Freddy Lounds -
Anthony Heald
Dr. Chilton -
Bill Duke
Police Chief -
Ken Leung
Lloyd Bowman -
Stanley Anderson
Jimmy -
Azura Skye
Bookseller -
Frankie Faison
Barney -
Tyler Patrick Jones
Josh Graham -
Aaron Michael Lacey
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All Critics (193) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (130) | Rotten (58) | DVD (29)
Frank Whaley and Philip Seymour Hoffman play minor characters so annoying they might as well wear T-shirts reading 'Eat My Brain.'
Where Mann and Demme steered the hokum away from dull genre generalities, Ratner's point-and-film literalness churns out a thriller by rote, shorn of the psychological dogfighting that distinguished the first two films.
Wonderful performances and some really chilling moments.
The beats are the same, but the eerie vibe has been lost in translation.
Everything's a little too familiar.
Top CriticElegant, dark, alluring, frightening, mesmerizing.
Top CriticGreat, but too scary and violent for most teens.
The film oozes contempt for its audience, caring nothing for the characters or suspense and only craving money.
A decent enough entertainment that sticks closely to the novel.
Who would've guessed the guy who gave us Money Talks, Rush Hour and The Family Man had what it takes to realize a thriller as smartly effective as this?
Hopkins should know better than to lessen the impact of these performances with redundant encores.
Its thrills fall with metronome-like precision, exactly when they are expected, and the clues complete the puzzle without surprise or personality.
Ratner, Tally and Hopkins bring back the elements that made Lambs one of the creepiest films ever made ...
Tenso e envolvente, o filme conta com belas atuações (especialmente de Fiennes) e é infinitamente superior à fraca versão dirigida por Michael Mann em 1986.
Sometimes a remake can be better than the original. This doesn't happen very often, but...Thus it is with Bret Ratner's remake of Michael Mann's "Manhunter."
Psychological thrillers became a dime a dozen after the success of Lambs, but Red Dragon is at least worth your $7.50.
Because this is the second time he's pimped out this Oscar-winning meal ticket for a hefty paycheck, maybe Anthony Hopkins should be forced to give his statuette back.
Audience Reviews for Red Dragon
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Super Reviewer
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- Hannibal Lecter: Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.
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- Hannibal Lecter: Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.
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- Lloyd Bowman: What about sweating Lecter?
- FBI Agent Will Graham: We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princeton student; he gave them a recipe for dip.
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- Reba McClane: If there's anything I hate worse than pity, it's fake pity. Especially from a walking hard-on like Ralph Mandy.
- Francis Dolarhyde AKA The Tooth Fairy: I have no pity.
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- Francis Dolarhyde AKA The Tooth Fairy: You felt so good.
- Reba McClane: So did you D.
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- Hannibal Lecter: If i tell you, I'm afraid you won't even try it.
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