I hate doing spoilers so I'm not going to talk about the plot except to say that the principle goal of the movie is to explain why hannibal is a stark raving loony, and it does a great job of that. If you don't feel at least a twinge of compassion for him after seeing this movie, then you need to get your feelometer tweaked. Maybe get e-metered or something. I thought this was going to be a totally lame cash grab that was trying to milk the franchise to death. After watching for a while, I started to feel as if this movie stood up very well on it's own merit. My wife and I were drawn in, and really got into it without being totally grossed out unlike the other movie where he was feeding the other guy his own brains. The subject matter was very dark, but it wasn't quite as creepy as the first one with 'it puts the lotion on the skin'. I liked it. My wife liked it. Not the best movie ever made, but it greatly exceeded our expectations. It had a much different tempo than the first one, and in some ways I thought it was better in that they did a great job of re-creating the time period that this movie takes place in.
Review of Hannibal Rising
Hannibal Rising
(2007)
Thought it was a money grab..I was mistaken. It was Well done
17 January 2008