I think people look back at Manhunter with a lot of nostalgia. I had someone say to me yesterday that it's the best film that features Hannibal Lecktor.
That's so wrong .
It's not even the third best film that features him in my opinion but it definitely has its memorable moments and I can see why it's so well liked .
This is the story of Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham who returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
What surprised me was that there is only six years from the release of Manhunter and Silence of the Lambs. I always though there was a much longer gap between films and watching Manhunter , i looks so dated , you would certainly think it's at least fifteen years older .
What I like about this is that it's all about getting into the mind of the killer . Will Graham had already suffered mental health issues doing the same thing previously but he's willing to go through it again to save another family . The problem I have is that the threat to the family never actually materialises because the Tooth Fairy sets his sights on a blind woman instead , which seems an odd turn of events.
Brian Cox is good as Hannibal Lecktar but doesn't have anywhere near as much menace as the Anthony Hopkins version but you can't blame him for that , seeing as this was made before that brilliant incarnation.
Manhunter is a decent film but I'm not buying that it's better than the films that followed , because it's not , but you have to be extremely grateful that if it wasn't for this , then we'd probably never have seen Silence Of The Lambs , Hannibal & Red Dragon .
This is the story of Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham who returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
What surprised me was that there is only six years from the release of Manhunter and Silence of the Lambs. I always though there was a much longer gap between films and watching Manhunter , i looks so dated , you would certainly think it's at least fifteen years older .
What I like about this is that it's all about getting into the mind of the killer . Will Graham had already suffered mental health issues doing the same thing previously but he's willing to go through it again to save another family . The problem I have is that the threat to the family never actually materialises because the Tooth Fairy sets his sights on a blind woman instead , which seems an odd turn of events.
Brian Cox is good as Hannibal Lecktar but doesn't have anywhere near as much menace as the Anthony Hopkins version but you can't blame him for that , seeing as this was made before that brilliant incarnation.
Manhunter is a decent film but I'm not buying that it's better than the films that followed , because it's not , but you have to be extremely grateful that if it wasn't for this , then we'd probably never have seen Silence Of The Lambs , Hannibal & Red Dragon .