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Red Dragon (2002)

Red Dragon poster
Directed by
Brett Ratner
Genre
drama film, horror film, crime film, thriller film, crime thriller film, psychological drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4,760 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

FBI agent Will Graham asks imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter for help catching a new murderer known as the Tooth Fairy. Graham must get inside the mind of a killer who is obsessed with becoming something greater through his crimes.

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What happens

Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. The film is a prequel to the films Hannibal (2001) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), it is the third film, although based on the first book in the Hannibal Lecter franchise. It is the last film of the series distributed by Universal Pictures and the last film to star Anthony Hopkins as Lecter, only followed by a prequel, Hannibal Rising (2007) which depicts Lecter's youth. The film sees FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes). Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman also star. It is considered the fourth of the five released films regarding Hannibal Lecter. The novel was previously adapted into the film Manhunter (1986). Both films feature the same cinematographer, Dante Spinotti. After turning down the Silence of the Lambs sequel, Hannibal (2001), The Silence of the Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally returned to write Red Dragon. It was released by Universal Pictures on October 4, 2002, to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who deemed it to be an improvement over Hannibal, but inferior to The Silence of the Lambs. It was a box office success, earning $209.2 million worldwide against a $78 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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