Rating of
0.5/4
All Gore, No Story.
mitchellyoung - wrote on 08/02/11
It's difficult to believe Ridley Scott directed this. Hannibal Lecter was scariest as an intimidating prisoner - manipulating from the inside. Turn him loose and you are left with just another slasher villain. The film obsesses over its gore to disgusting degree (the Ray Liotta scene made my stomach turn), but it doesn't have the scariness and the plot to back it up. Combine that with the fact that it is a sequel to one of the greatest thrillers of all time, and it was an epic disappointment for me.
