Hannibal

Unrated

11/16/20142h 11m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ His genius undeniable. His evil unspeakable. His name...Hannibal. ~

Overview:

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$87,000,000.00

Revenue:

$351,692,268.00

Key words:

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins

~ as ~

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Julianne Moore

~ as ~

Clarice M. Starling

Gary Oldman

~ as ~

Mason Verger

Ray Liotta

~ as ~

Paul Krendler

Giancarlo Giannini

~ as ~

Insp. Renaldo Pazzi

Zeljko Ivanek

~ as ~

Dr. Cordell Doemling

Frankie Faison

~ as ~

Barney Matthews

Francesca Neri

~ as ~

Allegra Pazzi

Hazelle Goodman

~ as ~

Evelda Drumgo

David Andrews

~ as ~

FBI Agent Pearsall

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Certainly the weakest of the Anthony Hopkins Hannibal movies. Having read the books before I watched the movies, that actually does sort of track, as the first two books were better than the third. Even so, I actually think Hannibal does the worst job of adapting the source material too. Looks pretty good and there's quite the cast list (although I don't think many of them are exactly giving career-defining performances here), Julianne Moore is fine as Clarice Starling (although not as good as Jodie Foster), and the story isn't bad, but if I'm being honest, I typically give this one a skip whenever I'm revisiting the Lecter mythos.

Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
As sequals go, this isn't a bad one - but somehow we are a bit more sanitised to the evil of Sir Anthony Hopkins' "Hannibal Lecter" in this; and Julianne Moore doesn't quite have the intensity of Jodie Foster as FBI agent "Clarice". The story is also a bit too contrived: Millionaire Gary Oldman ("Verger") tries to use "Clarice" to lure, for motives of revenge, "Lecter" out from his secret existence as a museum curator in Florence. Once she discovers where he is, she alerts the carabinieri to keep an eye on him; one of whom quite fancies the reward so tries to take matters into his own hands... Hopkins returns to the US with only one aim in mind, and a cunning game of cerebral chess ensues. It comes across as more of a compendium of short stories rather than as a flowing narrative; there is still plenty of gruesomeness, but without the subtlety - the script isn't at all sophisticated; and though there is plenty of classical music trying to replicate some of the class of "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) it just doesn't quite work. It's a good enough effort, but just lacks that je ne sais quoi.