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Director Ridley Scott places his imprint
on Hannibal early, with an intense and violent bungled arrest scene
that shows FBI agent Clarice Starling ( Julianne Moore ) to be smart,
competent, and tough. It starts like an action movie, then slows
and never quite becomes the creepy thriller you might expect (and
hope for).
The proceedings get bogged down as we’re introduced (reintroduced,
for those who took in Silence of the Lambs ) to Hannibal ‘The
Cannibal’ Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ), a horrifically creepy
blend of cultured Renaissance man and sadistic mass murderer.
Clarice and Lecter have a history, as she was responsible
for tracking him down previously, and they developed a rapport
at the time and subsequent to his arrest. Lecter is now on
the loose again, and this time he’s as much a potential victim
as he is a threat. Living in Florence, Italy under an assumed
name, Lecter has been spotted by a local police chief ( Giancarlo
Giannini ) who is trying to nab him privately, in order to
collect a large reward that’s being offered by his only surviving
victim, the wealthy, vengeful, and quite literally faceless,
Mason Verger ( Gary Oldman ).
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