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Certificate 18

Cast William Petersen Brian Cox Dennis Farina.

Directors Michael Mann.

Screenwriters Michael Mann.

Running Time 120 minutes

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Manhunter
Michael Mann's adaptation of the first Lecter novel.

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Plot
An FBI agent with the ability to think like a killer tracks down a serial murderer.

Review
Shot in minimalist hues of blues and blacks, the screen is filled with director Michael Mann's taste for architectural beauty.

Will Graham (William Peterson) focuses his search for loony The Tooth Fairy with doubled-edged advice from Brian Cox's creepy spin on Hannibal Lecter.

Joan Allen, Tom Noonan and Dennis Farina contribute to the class in a truly underrated chiller.

Manhunter Released: 28 June 1999 Adequate notes fill in some background, but nought else.

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Manhunter

Stylish, scary, smart. Mann's take on Red Dragon is very 80s but still translates well and is still scary. The villain is still scary and terrifying nearly 25 years later. ... More

Posted by lynnshep at 04:21, 22 July 2008 | Report This Post

5 STARS

A masterpiece unlike the over rated SOTL. Brian Cox is brilliant unlike the panto performance by Hopkins. But please could some1 talk MANN into editing that appalingly dated song off the end it is so unlike the rest of the film. This could possibly enter my top 10 american films of the 80s. ... More

Posted by bobbyperu at 16:19, 26 June 2008 | Report This Post

5 STARS

A masterpiece unlike the over rated SOTL. Brian Cox is brilliant unlike the panto performance by Hopkins. But please could some1 talk MANN into editing that appalingly dated song off the end it is so unlike the rest of the film. This could possibly enter my top 10 american films of the 80s. ... More

Posted by bobbyperu at 16:19, 26 June 2008 | Report This Post

good but still not as good as silence of the lambs ... More

Posted by casino at 23:37, 30 June 2006 | Report This Post

Fuck Hopkins grandstanding! Brian Cox makes Lecktor far more interesting, creepy, intelligent and plain evil that any of Hopkins panto villain schtick. The whole film pisses on Silence, which looks like a TV movie by comparison. William Petersen is magnetic, Dennis Farina is in fine powerhouse mode and Tom Noonan is just inspired casting. Even the synth soundtrack is perfect, plus it's got In A Gadda Da Vida for the climax! What more can mere mortals ask for? Further proof that Mann is a genius ... More

Posted by nicholsonsmhead at 22:41, 12 June 2006 | Report This Post

but this film is just class and is better than any other cannibal/hannibal film thats ever been made, nearly everything that michael mann has created is perfect and i say nearly because i havnst seen Ali and a few others ... More

Posted by olmeister at 14:09, 13 April 2006 | Report This Post

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L: luvinfilms BRIAN COX PULLS OFF LECTOR WELL BUT HE CAN NEVER TOP HOPKINS. ins is more entertaining(chew that scenery!), but Cox is creepier and gives a better performence overall. ... More

Posted by thelimey at 18:23, 14 March 2006 | Report This Post

BRIAN COX PULLS OFF LECTOR WELL BUT HE CAN NEVER TOP HOPKINS. ... More

Posted by luvinfilms at 15:19, 14 March 2006 | Report This Post

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