Hannibal
IMDB Rating: 6.30, 43013 votes
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Taglines
- Break The Silence
- He's A Man After Your Heart[UK - Valentine's Day Preview]
- His genius UNDENIABLE. His evil UNSPEAKABLE. His name... HANNIBAL.
- His genius... UNDENIABLE - His evil... UNSPEAKABLE - His name... UNFORGETTABLE
- How long can a man stay silent before he returns to the thing he does best?
- May the silence be broken!
- Never Forget Who He Is
- Ten years ago he could get to you from behind the glass. On Feb 9th, he's out. HANNIBAL
- The silence is broken.
- The silence will be broken.
- The world's most deliciously evil gentleman is back!
Storyline
Part four in the Hannibal Lecter Quadrilogy. Having escaped the asylum in "Silence of the Lambs," Dr Lecter goes into hiding in Florence, Italy. Back in America, Mason Verger, an old victim of the doctor's, seeks revenge. Disfigured and confined to a life-support system, he plans to draw Lecter out of his hiding place, using the one thing he truly cares for: Clarice Starling.
Actors
| Dr. Hannibal Lecter | Anthony Hopkins |
| Clarice Starling | Julianne Moore |
| Mason Verger | Gary Oldman |
| Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi | Giancarlo Giannini |
| Paul Krendler | Ray Liotta |
| Barney Matthews | Frankie Faison |
| Allegra Pazzi | Francesca Neri |
| Dr. Cordell Doemling | Zeljko Ivanek |
| Evelda Drumgo | Hazelle Goodman |
| Clint Pearsall | David Andrews |
| FBI Director Noonan | Francis Guinan |
| DEA Agent Eldridge | James Opher |
| Gnocco | Enrico Lo Verso |
| Carlo Deogracias | Ivano Marescotti |
| Matteo Deogracias | Fabrizio Gifuni |
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Posted in: 2001, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller
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26 Comments
Hannibal in the Mix
I’m frustrated with the reviews that this movie is getting- people, you are forgetting that no matter how hard you try, it’s never better than the real thing, but even so, give it a chance!
I was a little put off by the criticism that Hannibal was getting before it was ever released in the theaters- too gory, too graphic, too violent. Compared to what? Shrek? Beauty and the Beast?
First of all, stop thinking that all sequels will live up to their greatly successful predecessors. They won’t.
Second of all, take a look at it by a case-by-case scenario.
Jonathan Demme directed The Silence of the Lambs, Ridley Scott gave his expertise to Hannibal. Two different directors, two different brilliant creative visions.
Jodie Foster is absent from the sequel- say hello to Julianne Moore. She’s not comparable to the original Clarice Starling, but give her credit- she made you forget at some point during the movie that Starling has been two different women in the movies.
And yes, it’s more violent and gory than the first installment- but tame in comparison to Red Dawn or Saving Private Ryan. Violence and stomach-churning scenes have their places- and it was a necessity for Hannibal.
Have you read the book? Thomas Harris explores Hannibal Lector more in-depth in the second installment. We romanticized Lector in the first because he got very little screen time, yet he left a very large wake. Here we are spoon fed almost two hours of the almost enigmatic character. If it’s too much for you to handle, get out of the kitchen. He’s called Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lector for a reason.
It’s stylish, spellbinding, and complex. The relationship between Starling and Lector is complicated, which explains itself at the end in a way. Read the ending of the book, and I guarantee that you’ll be glad Ridley Scott put in his own alternate ending.
Give it a shot. It’s worth the time.
ugh
They should have left well enough alone. Ray Liotta eating his own brain paralleled my desire for a lobotomy after while seeing this movie. Gross without being scary.
why?
like, what was the point in making this.
cash obviously.
from a classic like silence to this. scheesh.
Very good for a sequal.
Very disappointed
Maybe worth a matinee
Plot: 2
Originality: 3
Visuals: 6
Acting: 6
Overall: 4.25
I was really looking forward to seeing the film interpretation but the most interesting story lines in the book were left out. The characters lacked dimension; there was no chemistry between Lecter and Starling; and the ending . . . where did that come from? If you really want to see this mess, wait a couple months and rent it from the video store.
A total let down after the promise of Silence Of The Lambs
About half as good as Silence of the Lambs
The only saving grace is that it’s disgusting. Cheers.
boorish
a bad sequel to the original movie. i can’t understand why people are freaked out by the "gore", it’s simply boorish, over done, self indulgent junk
Well, I didn’t see the first one but it was good, the acting part mostly..
I cant say much about the quality of the script because this whole eating people thing is not my best interest, more than that - this story is far away from being close to reality - and it certainly isn’t deep so that makes the story - not important or relevant for the review. But believe me, if I enjoyed it although the story plot wasn’t good, than there’s more than that… But you can certainly live without seeing it!
Interesting, gruesome, well-acted - just forget the original
If you liked ‘Ravenous’, this one’s for you. Definitely not for the squeamish.
Finally, after ten years of waiting, the moment we’ve all been anticipating, the movie everyone’s been dying to see is here. ‘Hannibal’, the long-awaited sequel to ‘Silence Of The Lambs’, the film that won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, is now in theaters. In this film, Hopkins returns as the brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic murderer Dr. Hannibal Lector.
It is been seven years since the mad doctor escaped from captivity, and not a peep has been heard from him. FBI agent Clarice Starling, who had spoke with Lector years ago and has been a changed person ever since then, has gone on to become a highly decorated member of the bureau. Now, the well-respected agent is being ripped apart by the press for a drug bust gone awry and is in jeopardy of losing her career as an agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, all of that changes when suddenly Clarice receives a mysterious letter sent to her by the elusive doctor.
Now that she’s been put back on the case, Clarice is determined to find Hannibal Lector and to have him put back where he belongs. But as it turns out, Starling is not the only person who is out to find Lector. Mason Verger, Lector’s fourth victim and the only one that survived, is out to get him too, and to serve to Hannibal his own brand of justice. The disfigured man wishes to feed him to a pack of wild and carnivorous pigs. He plans to use agent Starling as bait for a trap in this game of cat-and-mouse Lector plays with her.
In Florence, Italy, where Hannibal Lector has been hiding throughout the past seven years, there is yet another individual who has tried to track him down. Chief Inspector Pazzi of the Italian police force desires to capture Lector and turn him over to Mason Verger in return for a hefty three million reward fee. Little is he aware of the risk he puts himself in trying to capture the doctor on his own terms.
On a scale of one to ten, I give this one a seven. Not quite as good as ‘Silence Of The Lambs’, but a worthy sequel none the less. Julianne Moore makes for a decent Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins is as evil as before as Dr. Hannibal Lector. Though I might recommend seeing this movie to some, others may want to think it over a little, considering the gruesome nature of the violence featured in the film. It is definitely not for the squeamish. Besides, I think that most would agree with me that Hannibal "the Cannibal" was much scarier while held in captivity than he was after he escaped.
Merely an adequately interesting follow up to a good series.
Maybe you didn’t like Silence of the Lambs or Manhunter. But then maybe you really like jellied octopus.
For those of you who are fans of the series, Hannibal’s worth seeing just for the where-are-they-now value. Don’t get your hopes up, though. This third go at Harris’s novels is neither as psychologically scary as Silence nor as stylish and macabre as Manhunter.
The biggest disappointment is the cannibal himself. When he was behind bars, psycho-analyzing every last detail of his so-called captors and using their own weaknesses against them through the bars of his cell, he was a fascinating portrait of unremorseful evil.
Familiarity breeds contempt, however, and the more you get to know Lector, the less interesting he becomes. And there’s practically none of the cool FBI profiling, the high-tech forensic work, the intense psychological suspense.
By the end of Hannibal, you’re left feeling like you’ve just watched a slasher pic from John Carptenter or Wes Craven. It succeeds in being stylishly revotling, but it doesn’t stay with you when the lights are out.
Some people just don’t get it…
Giving away major plot threads just because you don’t like the movie is downright insulting. Have a little tact.
Guy eats his own brain. What more do you want?
The movie was so-so. I saw it for the shock value. It was disturbing, but that is about it.
One scene does not make a movie worth my 7.50
I was falling asleep for three forths of the movie. The gory brain eating scene woke me, but it wasn’t worth my time or money.
Gory but kept me riveted.
Fun, entertaining, good performances
Maybe it’s not going to win Best Picture, in fact it’s not but it’s a darn fine movie. Hopkins is excellent as he almost always is. My big concern was Moore instead of Jody Foster but it really wasn’t a problem. Moore was different but the character was 10 years older and Foster couldn’t have simply reprised her role. Good movie.
It didn’t suck. Doesn’t compare to the ‘Lambs’.
This was a typical Hollywood movie with some interesting, but not typical, gore scenes. Seems like they focused too much on how to make this movie more shocking then Silence of the Lambs instead of making a really good film.
Boring first half. Splatter second half.
Hannibal finally returns and he’s hungry!
Naturally, not as good as the book, but
anytime Hannibal is on the screen it
is a treat. Clarice spends way too much
time in the basement, how boring.The Biltmore Estate was a welcomed inclusion. The ending was going for shock value and almost became comical.
Ray Liotta reminded me of "Data" in a scene from Star Trek. It would work better if it was left to the imagination. Prepare for the sequels sequel.
Eeewww -
Wow! Usually I am down for gore in movies, but i must admit that this one takes the cake. The reason I rated it so low was because there is this whole half hour of story-line that basically goes to prove that a corrupt cop is a jerk and then we get back to Hannibal and Clarice.
Moore was no Jodie Foster… the accent came and went as did her true portrayal of Clarice. I guess I am just a huge fan of the first movie and this did not live up. BUT, if you are looking for gore…there are a few scenes that made the entire theater cringe and groan!!!
Hannibal Lecter is on the loose — and that removes part of his charm. By setting him free to roam, the movie diminishes his status from a locus of evil to a mere predator. FBI Agent Clarice Starling is back on the case, as is Lecter’s horribly disfigured victim Mason Verger, who wants to feed him to wild boars. In Florence, where Lecter hides in plain view as a wealthy curator, an Italian cop tries to sell him to Verger, but spills his guts instead. Director Ridley Scott uses great craft in fashioning a movie many will find entertaining, but the focus and power of "The Silence of the Lambs" is missing. The movie definitively proves that if a man cutting off his own face and feeding it to his dogs doesn’t get the NC-17 rating for violence, nothing ever will.
Hannibal F@!#ING Rulez!
Having just finished the book, I was eagerly awaiting a chance to see this movie. I have read some of the ‘professional’ reviews, and the general consensus amongst the reviewers indicates that this movie is a 2 or 2.5 star movie on a 4 star scale. While I agree that the movie left out some of the more complex and finer details within the book, I felt that for the most part Ridley Scott’s adaptation of the novel was true to the novel. I’m sure the author, Thomas Harris, had some involvement in the direction of the screenplay, so any criticism one might have for the movie, in partial, is directed at the author.
Some ‘professional’ reviewers have also complained that Hannibal and Clarice only truly interact 1/2 way into the movie. Well, that’s the way the story was written.
My biggest complaint is that Jodie Foster is not in the movie, she was perfect for the role. Julianne Moore did not have that blend of innocence and toughness that Jodie was able to bring across the screen. Julianne’s southern? accent also seemed forced.
Keep in mind that this movie is already setup for failure. Silence of the Lambs was both a critical success, and a success amongst moviegoers. Remember, Silence won Oscar’s for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress AND Best Director; Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator recently picked up the Golden Globe for Best Film (drama). Talk about going in with pre-conceptions.
Just sit back and enjoy the movie, don’t compare this to Silence. It would not be fair. Besides, we all just want to watch Hannibal, and Anthony Hopkins again gives an excellent performance. He really brings the character to life, and you can’t help, as sadistic as he is, cheer for him. There is logical reason behind Hannibal’s madness, and for that, I must respect him.
The final meal is so very delicious - bring your bib to the theatre.
tar, tar…