Silence of the Lambs is my second favorite movie of all-time. So I've seen all the films many times, Red Dragon, Manhunter, Hannibal, and now Hannibal Rising. I must tell you that I was surprised at this film. The reviews have been bad, the trailer sucked but I was involved in the film and I was impressed with the performance of the young actor playing Hannibal: Gaspard Ulliel.
The film is fairly restrained and filled with lots of interesting references to Silence of the Lambs and not just with plot points but there are shots that mirror Silence that I found interesting. And the actor does subtle things to reference Hopkins without mimicking him.
This film does not suck. So there. It's not great but it did intrigue me.
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