Review for Hannibal Rising:
I went to see this movie with a few of my friends last week.
WHAT A WASTE.
All right, Gaspard Ulliel is VERY cute and I could just eat him up, but he simply does not compare either with Anthony Hopkins' portrayal, or the (best ever) adaptation of a Thomas Harris novel, Michael Mann's Manhunter with Brian Cox in the Dr. Lecter role.
He was hampered by the weak, undercooked scenario; it ended up more like a rejected idea for a Charles Bronson vigilante flick, with more gore and some cannibalism thrown in.
The dialogue was weak and hammy, and sometimes the story didn't seem to be fully aware of what direction to take.
The nail in the coffin of a once promising yet steadily declining franchise, and a SHAMEFUL waste of a good actor (Gaspard Ulliel was VERY good in A Very Long Engagement, with Audrey Tautou). If any new Dr. Lecter movies ever come out, I will NOT be wasting my money on them.
Overall rating: 1/5 (for Ulliel
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