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Rated: R; Genres: Action/Adventure, Suspense; With: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris
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By Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

Michael Mann returned to scenes of crime with his third film, Manhunter. This adaptation of the Thomas Harris best-seller Red Dragon has gained a cult rep as the better of the two films that feature the character of Hannibal Lecter. It shouldn't be oversold, though: It's creepier but less flashy than Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs. William L. Petersen plays another terse Mann's man, an ex-detective with a knack for thinking like a serial killer, but it's Tom Noonan who burns up the frame as Petersen's primary prey, one of the freakiest madmen Hollywood has ever given us. Still, Mann's aural/visual aesthetic rules the movie; you'll never listen to ''In-a-Gadda-da-Vida'' without locking the doors again. B+


Posted Jun 21, 1996
 

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