Hannibal Rising

It is a shame that Gaspard Ulliel's life was cut so short. He plays the role of Hannibal Lecter in a way that truely shows where the madness and callousness of the character come from. The movie is more horror than thriller, unlike Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, and Hannibal. Of course it is also not police procedural like Manhunter. The movie is pure evil and I love it. Understanding what made the monster was riveting and Gaspard does a fantastic job in a way that is almost erotic. Rhys Ifans is a fantastic villain and shows off why he plays a villain so well. Overall, this is one of my favorite Lecter movies.

The Thomas Hartis book is almost perfect. Every sentence is crafted with care. Why then does it translate to this unholy mess on screen. OK the lead should never work again but it’s got a quality supporting cast - defies belief.

Literally created an account to say how horrible this film was. Movie was ass

I should seriously consider reading all the books in the Hannibal series. This movie adaptation makes Lecter so disjointed from all the previous film interpretations of the character. And to make it worse, this movie is just a glorified reason to gross the audience out with hyper-intensified sound design and editing. Every audio clip is a squishy mesh, or metallic clang, amped up to an abnormally high volume so that you react to the most disgusting sounds.

There’s something tragic about investing heart and soul into a character as monstrous as Hannibal Lecter.

Once of the biggest pile of crap I've been given to see in a long time! Full of stupid clichés, nothing original, almost a parody of hannibal. The move bored me for more than 2h, I only kept watching because I enjoy the hannibal saga so much. But this one is a disgrace.

Hannibal Rising – Wie alles begann (Hannibal Rising) ist ein britisch-französischer Thriller von Peter Webber, das Drehbuch schrieb Thomas Harris anhand seines eigenen Romans Hannibal Rising, eines Prequels zum Roman Roter Drache. … Als seine Eltern im Zweiten Weltkrieg starben, zieht der junge Hannibal Lecter zu seiner Tante. Er versucht, sich an den Leuten zu rächen, die seine Schwester getötet haben. … Hannibal Rising ist eine unterschätzte Entstehungsgeschichte. Sie zeigt uns, wie Hannibal Lecter zu dem Menschen wurde, der er war. Ein toller Einstieg in die Hannibal-Reihe! Eine düstere, dunkle Geschichte, die einen psychopathischen Charakter auf gewisse Weise sympathisch macht.

I just watched Silence of the Lambs for the first time yesterday and wanted to see the prequel to that great movie. This movie is exceptional!

I just watched the series of movies over the past few days. This is just absolutely terrible. The acting: bad. The casting: bad. The storyline: a good idea, but executed very poorly. All of these factors stand out even more when you’ve just watched the Anthony Hopkins movies. Someone rushed this movie to production or it was a college project.

Some of these reviews are just stupid. It’s an entertaining and delightfully brutal film, clearly depicting why Hannibal went completely mad, becoming the serial killer we all know and love. Never have I seen a film wherein I rooted for the “villain” more so than this one.