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Hannibal Rising (2007)
Directed by Peter Webber
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Overview
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Rated R | Length 121 minutes
Actors
Gaspard Ulliel | Aaran Thomas | Gong Li | Dominic West | Rhys Ifans | Richard Brake | Kevin McKidd | Stephen Walters | Ivan Marevich | Helena-Lia Tachovská | Richard Leaf | Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė | Martin Hub | Joerg Stadler | Hugh Ross | Robbie Kay | Zdeněk Dvořáček | Timothy Walker | Pavel Krátký | Michelle Wade | Goran Kostić | Charles Maquignon | Denis Ménochet | Nancy Bishop | Jaroslav Vízner | Elsa Mollien | Linda Svobodová | Robert Russell | Beata Ben Ammar | Vanesa Novakova | Marek Vašut | Veronika Bellová | Lana Likic | Petra Lustigová | Petr Hnetkovský
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/04/2014 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Still unsure of my exact feelings on this prequel. Generally speaking, I liked it, but I don’t know that it really feels like a solid enough back story for Lechter; and I’m not even sure we really needed a back story. Of course I haven’t read the books so I may be entirely wrong.
Gong Li is great and it was nice to see Dominic West as a French war crimes investigator. He slips in and out of accents pretty easily and was completely believable as a Frenchman, at least to my untrained ears.
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