A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer; aiding him is imprisoned criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (www.imdb.com).
Director: Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, The Family Man, Rush Hour 2)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvery Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Brett Ratner astonishes the filming world by taking on a daring project unlike any he's done before. Red Dragon is not the first attempt at capturing 'The Tooth Fairy'. Being a prequel to the successful The Silence of the Lambs, RD contains neither the deep frailty felt by Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling or the powerful atmosphere. What Ratner does do is provide us with a engrossing crime thriller. Anthony Hopkins fails to prove to us that he's younger than he was in Silence, but he slips into the role so easily that all is forgotten. His psychopath cannibal Hannibal Lecter sits finely on the edge of sincerity and flippancy. We're never sure which way he's likely to sway. Hopkins is the only actor to retain his role, and is joined by Edward Norton's Will Graham, the detective who put Lecter behind bars. He seeks Lecter's help in cracking The Tooth Fairy case. Norton's convincing in his portrayal, but fails to assure us of having a 'psychological gift'. Others fair just as well, with Watson's blind Reba being the most down-to-earth, giving Ralph Fiennes normality to his psychotic persona. Red Dragon beats Hannibal, but falls short of Silence.
4/5
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