Red Dragon

Netflix Movie 🎥 Review: “Red Dragon”.

Critics rated it 68% and the users a 74%.

Rated: R with a run time of 2 hours 4 minutes and an IMDb of 7.2/10.

Cast: Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Ex-FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). After a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham soon realizes that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Lecter.

Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. This film is a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The novel was previously adapted into the film Manhunter (1986). Red Dragon was released on 4 October 2002 and received mixed reviews.

If you are a “Silence of the Lambs” fan you’ll definitely enjoy this movie. As a prequel to Silence it gives you another look at the devious control Dr Lecter has to reek havoc as he satisfies his perverted desires.

This film is enthralling and will draw you into a world you think you know and then completely spin it around on you and gives you something you've never seen before. It's as mind boggling as it is intriguing and will engage you every minute you watch it. It's one of those films that must be seen not for the characters or the action but for the psychological aspects it brings to the audience.

I enjoyed this film and quickly realized that I needed another dose of Hannibal Lecter, right Clarice?