Red Dragon

Red dragon

Red dragon is a thrilling movie staring the greatest actor of all time Edward Norton. Red dragon plays off of the popular and successful Hannibal Lector story. Hannibal, played by Anthony Hopkins, is an ingenuous doctor who murders people and devours parts of his victims. This movie answered the popular question as to how this brilliant murderer was caught and put in jail. Unfortunately I feel the director did a poor job showing this partly because it went by so quickly in order to get the actual plot. It seemed almost impractical the way  Hannibal was caught because he is supposed to be this magnificent genius.

Red dragon tells the story of a retired detective Will Graham, who had originally solved the murders of Hannibal Lector, who is attempting to solve a mystery of the Toothfairy. Graham, being a great detective, helps the police in their investigation. The murderer, “the Toothfairy”, magnificently played by Ralph Fiennes, was a man who had gone insane from years of abuse from his mother. He believed he was the “red dragon”, with unforgettable tattoo of a dragon that covered his entire back. Ralph Fiennes is well known for his compassionate and good characters from movies such as the great Schindler's List. Fiennes take a drastic change in this movie cast as an insane murderer. Fiennes nails this role giving a great performance that convinces his audience that he truly is insane.

- Maxwell Brown