Review of Red Dragon (1965) by Nelson M — 06 Jun 2012

A pitiful attempt to cash in on the Hannibal Lecter franchise and a pale comparison to the Michael Mann film "Manhunter". Lacking the stylish minimalism and direction of Mann, Brett Ratner churns out a passably mediocre film whose only shining light is Ralph Fiennes, but he even hams it up at times in an attempt to save this film from generating more snores than it already has. A cash cow used by studio brown nose Brett Ratner which adds or does nothing unique, he just simply makes a movie.

Doing nothing special, at all, for a film series that desperately needed a special touch is almost as insulting as the previous film, "Hannibal" and it's pitiful attempt at horror with nothing but shock. This film does not even attempt that.