Red Dragon

Story

A lot could've gone wrong in Red Dragon, but the movie exceeds expectations. Replacing the acclaimed Manhunter as an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil of The Silence of the Lambs, serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of Lecter as portrayed, with mischievous menace, by the great Anthony Hopkins. Familiar faces and locations reappear (along with Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally) as Lecter coaches FBI profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton) in tracking the horrific "Tooth Fairy" killer (Ralph Fiennes), whose transformative killing spree is inspired by a William Blake painting. By dutifully serving Harris's potent material, Tally and director Brett Ratner craft a suspenseful film worthy of its predecessors, bringing Hopkins full circle as one of the cinema's all-time greatest villains. With overtones of Psycho and a superb supporting cast, Red Dragon succeeds against considerable odds. --Jeff Shannon

DVD Features

• For The First Time Ever! Go Beyond the Film and Take a Journey into the Mind of Hannibal Lector! The Criminal Profile of Hannibal Lector:
  
• Renowned Profiler John Douglas' Theories on How Hannibal Lector and Real Serial Killers are Profiled.
  
• The Life History of Hannibal Lector:
  
• A Timeline From Childhood to Present Day
  
• Hannibal Lector's FBI Case File
  
• Anthony Hopkins As Hannibal Lector
  
• Commentary By Director Brett Ratner and Writer Ted Tally
  
• Deleted Scenes
  
• DVD-ROM Features

Cast

Ralph Fiennes
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins
Harvey Keitel
Edward Norton
Mary-Louise Parker
Emily Watson
Ken Leung
Frankie Faison