Red Dragon

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Red Dragon

R

2002

1h 59m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Ex-FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). After a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham soon realizes that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Lecter.

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Critics Consensus

Competently made, but everything is a bit too familiar.

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Jan 15, 2018

There's still enough life in the Lecter mythology to create a must-see audience for what is, basically, a dja-vu experience.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 28, 2010

3/5

Great, but too scary and violent for most teens.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Feb 7, 2007

Frank Whaley and Philip Seymour Hoffman play minor characters so annoying they might as well wear T-shirts reading 'Eat My Brain.'

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 24, 2023

3/4

Manhunter, Michael Mann’s 1986 adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon, is superior to Brett Ratner’s 2002 Red Dragon, but the contest is closer than one might imagine.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 17, 2022

B

But if Lecter’s shadow world must be visited again, let it be this way, and with a superlative cast.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jul 30, 2022

3.5/4

...a progressively engrossing thriller...

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Huntin P

@PaxVobiscum80 Sep 24, 2026

Shameless, egregious, despicable, utterly unwanted remake of the wonderful movie MANHUNTER. Sir Anthony Hopkins should be ashamed of himself, taking on a prequel to his first movie as Hannibal, but filmed when he is twelve years older: he needs to look that much younger if anything! Ed Norton likewise: what were you thinking? Manhunter was directed by the legendary Michael Mann. This tosh was directed by not-Michael-Mann. Four actors have played Hannibal now. Some fans consider Brian Cox's performance, in Manhunter, as the best. Find out if they're right.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 15, 2026

This movie is worthy of 3.5 stars!

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Cinema S

@cinema_sensei Sep 1, 2026

I genuinely enjoyed this one. Edward Norton gives Will Graham a lot of emotional weight, and Ralph Fiennes is seriously unsettling in places. Hopkins is still entertaining, but the film sometimes feels too familiar and less psychologically intense than The Silence of the Lambs. Still a solid thriller, just not a great one.

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Meri S

@mschroeder Jul 18, 2026

This is just not my genre of likable movies. Great cast. But the melodramatic music was over the top; it’s of it’s time I guess. Some of it just seemed pretty hokey.

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Matthew K.

@matthewkrochmal Feb 5, 2026

Great movie although I thought Hannibal was just about as good and the ratings are much lower. Overall loved the casting in this one, great movie.

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Michel V

@RT44160539 Jan 6, 2026

I've been watching the Hannibal series over the weekend, and this was the 4th one chronologically, but it was a remake of the first Hannibal movie 'Manhunter' directed by Michael Mann’s (1986) which I had seen first and liked a lot. I didn't knew that, so I was quickly disappointed that this was nothing new and as the surprise effect was gone, I stoped watching it. The 1st one had a lot of unknown actors so it felt more authentic ... this one didn't.

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Synopsis

Ex-FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). After a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham soon realizes that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Lecter.

Director: Brett Ratner
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: Ted Tally, Thomas Harris
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis Productions
Rating: R (Language|Grisly Images|Sexuality|Some Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $92.9M
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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