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Red Dragon

- To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

Release Date : 2002-10-02

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesMetro-Goldwyn-MayerThe De Laurentiis CompanyMikona ProductionsDDL Cinematografica

Production Country : GermanyItalyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Will Graham

Original Name : Edward Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannibal Lecter

Original Name : Anthony Hopkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Francis Dolarhyde

Original Name : Ralph Fiennes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reba McClane

Original Name : Emily Watson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Crawford

Original Name : Harvey Keitel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freddy Lounds

Original Name : Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Chilton

Original Name : Anthony Heald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Molly Graham

Original Name : Mary-Louise Parker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Josh Graham

Original Name : Tyler Patrick Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lloyd Bowman

Original Name : Ken Leung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barney

Original Name : Frankie Faison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conductor

Original Name : Lalo Schifrin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flautist

Original Name : Tim Wheater

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : John Rubinstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : David Doty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Brenda Strong

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Robert Curtis Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Mary Anne McGarry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Marc Abraham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Veronica De Laurentiis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Forensic Dentist

Original Name : Michael Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner

Original Name : Madison Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Chief

Original Name : Bill Duke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Cliff Dorfman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Phillip B. Fahey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Leeds

Original Name : Tom Verica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valerie Leeds

Original Name : Marguerite MacIntyre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Billy Leeds

Original Name : Thomas Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bookseller

Original Name : Azura Skye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Hassler

Original Name : Jeanine Jackson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Byron Metcalf

Original Name : William Lucking

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Detective

Original Name : Katie Rich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Alex Berliner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ellen Burstyn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Museum Curator (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Beth Hurt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Male Zoo Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : James Pickens Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ralph Mandy (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Whaley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chromalux Secretary

Original Name : Tanya Newbould

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beverly

Original Name : Elizabeth Dennehy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janitor

Original Name : Joseph Simmons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father in Video

Original Name : Mark Moses

Gender : Male

Character Name : Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Norman Fessler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Dolarhyde (voice)

Original Name : Alex D. Linz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sean Leeds

Original Name : Jordan Gruber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susie Leeds

Original Name : Morgan Gruber

Gender : Female

Character Name : Locksmith

Original Name : Richard Pelzman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Bloom's Secretary

Original Name : Andreana Weiner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : Stanley Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Superintendent

Original Name : Terence Rowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsie

Original Name : Gianni Russo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tattler Guard

Original Name : Al Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : Edward Nickerson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Child in Video

Original Name : Kyra Helfrich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chef

Original Name : Frank Bruynbroek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Jacobi

Original Name : Dwier Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacobi Child

Original Name : Grace Stephens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacobi Child

Original Name : Lucy Stephens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacobi Child

Original Name : Kevin Bashor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Museum Secretary

Original Name : Hillary Straney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Fisk

Original Name : Christopher Curry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy in Car

Original Name : Conrad E. Palmisano

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I am not a man. I began as one, but now I am becoming more than a man, as you will witness. Red Dragon is based on the novel of the same name written by Thomas Harris and is directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. It stars Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Mary-Louise Parker & Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Dante Spinotti is on cinematography and Danny Elfman scores the music. Red Dragon is a prequel to the hugely successful Silence of the Lambs. The story had already been filmed as Manhunter in 1986 directed by Michael Mann. The signs weren't particularly good for Red Dragon. The previous year had seen Ridley Scott tackle Silence Of The Lambs follow up, Hannibal, with tepid results. While at the helm here was the director of such fodder as Rush Hour 1&2, and of course Mann's take on the story is viewed as a grainy and skin itching cult classic. Nice to report then that even tho it's hardly in the same class as "Lambs," it's a willing entertainer that genuinely manages to unease. Firstly one has to get past the Hannibal Lecter factor to fully enjoy (and dampen expectations) the movie on its own terms. Lecter (Hopkins enjoying himself but going through the motions) is a secondary character. Important? Yes! But still secondary to Norton's troubled but gifted FBI agent Will Graham and Fiennes bonkers serial killer Francis Dolarhyde (AKA:The Tooth Fairy). Red Dragon is first and foremost a ripping good old detective story, with Ratner and Tally wisely using the bits that made Harris' novel such a page turning success. They have added their own bits of course {the pre-credit sequence involving Lecter & Graham sets things up perfectly}, but ultimately it's a loyal enough telling of a gripping and goose flesh inducing story. The makers have wisely filled the film out with quality performers. Norton underplays Graham nicely, a character unable to stay away from the job that threatens his family, he becomes an easy guy to root for as things start to get troubling. Fiennes too doesn't go over the top, in great physical shape and with piercing blue eyes, he exudes menace without resorting to being a cackling caricature. Hoffman was a shoe in for a weasel reporter since he does it so well, while Keitel, tho not having to stretch himself, offers up a stoic turn as Jack Crawford. But the main performance, and sadly unheralded, comes from Emily Watson as the blind Reba. With Reba acting as both a romantic and redemptive foil to Dolarhyde's split-personality, Watson gets the tough gig, and comes up trumps with an affecting turn featuring the right amounts of spunk, sadness and needy tenderness. It's a bit too polished to be a nerve shredder, with Ratner unable to give the film an atmospheric feel befitting the darkness at its core. But it does deliver on the promise of not only that opening segment, but also on Harris' fine procedural narrative. 7/10

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

This might seriously be the only good thing Brett Ratner has ever done. I don't even mean movies he's made, just like, thing he's done. Ever. In his life. Doesn't live up to the book, or to _Silence of the Lambs_ (though that second part took me a while to figure out), but I watch this thing semi-regularly and I haven't gotten sick of it yet. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-09-03

Retired FBI man "Will Graham" (Ed Norton) finds himself back working with "Hannibal Lecter" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) at whose hands, years earlier, he only narrowly escaped death - this time on the hunt for the elusive "Tooth Fairy" (Ralph Fiennes) who is running amok in downtown Baltimore using each full moon as an excuse to slaughter two - seemingly unconnected - families. Norton is great in the role; he treads the line between emotionally embattled agent and dedicated, almost obsessed, detective with considerable skill. Hopkins features less frequently, but still exudes menace as only he can and Fiennes, too, has a look of madness and evil about him that, alongside Ted Tally's adept adaptation of Robert Harris' novel, creates a wonderfully tense, suspenseful couple of hours of drama. It hasn't the style, or pace of it's 1991 sequel - but perhaps that's because we have had ten years to absorb just how potent these original characterisations actually were; but this is still is good watch combining horror and wickedness in an, at times, edge of the seat story.