Manhunter (1986)
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.
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Purely Joyful Movie!
Pretty Good
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Michael Mann is a stylish filmmaker and his take on the Hannibal Lector saga has his stamp of authority. It is a pity that in the deluge of praise for Silence of the Lambs(which is a great film indeed) this film is almost forgotten. Because it contains some great qualities. The acting is uniformly excellent- Brian Cox infuses Lectar with a different approach than what Hopkins brought later and Will Graham is expertly played by William Peterson. The scenes between the two are really good. Pacing is excellent and the soundtrack is one of the finest mixtures of sound and visuals in all cinema. Is this as good or better than Silence of the Lambs? Some think so. You be the judge.
The first movie about Hannibal Lecter, based on a book "Red Dragon". Not as good as "Silence of the Lambs", but anyhow, it is a good movie with a great cast.7/10
If we had seen this movie when it first came out, we would have marked it quite high and certainly recommended it. However we only watched this for the first time a few days ago and we have to say the remake Red Dragon with Anthony Hopkins blows this version out of the water - shame really. Not retained for future viewing.
The first film about the famous Hannibal Lecter dates from 1986 and this is the problem of this movie I think, it has aged badly. Besides this problem, it is still a Hannibal Lecter that is not played by Anthony Hopkins, certainly, but Brian Cox is not bad, as is William Peterson who is well present in his role as main actor. One complaint I could make at this movie is also that it is a bit too long. Otherwise, it is not bad and a 3/5 is therefore logical for the first Hannibal Lecter's movie.