Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

darrenyaates Michael Mann is a stylish filmmaker and his take on the Hannibal Lector saga has his stamp of authority. It is a pity that in the deluge of praise for Silence of the Lambs(which is a great film indeed) this film is almost forgotten. Because it contains some great qualities. The acting is uniformly excellent- Brian Cox infuses Lectar with a different approach than what Hopkins brought later and Will Graham is expertly played by William Peterson. The scenes between the two are really good. Pacing is excellent and the soundtrack is one of the finest mixtures of sound and visuals in all cinema. Is this as good or better than Silence of the Lambs? Some think so. You be the judge.

fishguy-20977 I love this movie. I was hesitant about seeing it, as I had seen the 2000s version. Frankly, they don't compare one bit. While Ratner's movie wasn't bad at all, it completely pails in comparison. There's an attention to detail with Mann that goes way beyond Ratner's ability. Could Ratner ever direct the Insider with the precision and audacity that Mann brings? I doubt it. Not to mention that the cinematography by Spinotti is stellar. The whole movie, Manhunter, crackles--where as, Red Dragon smolders. Even the synthpop music in Manhunter, somehow, works masterfully. The whole adventure had me captivated for the entire time. And, I'm not even getting into the acting.Frankly, Brian Cox is superior, in my mind, to Hopkins who I love. But, Hopkins is Campy. There's something off with his portrayal of Lector/Lecktor. It's a tad bit contrived, while Cox seems like he's in his own element. Don't get me wrong, I think both portrayals are very good, and, frankly, I could get hypnotized listening to both. With that said, there's something truly disturbing with Cox in this movie that goes beyond Hopkins. Anyway, watch this movie. I think you'll like it. I only watched because I love The Insider so much, and I'm glad that I popped this on one day last year. Spellbinding might be a good way of saying what I think about this movie; it, utterly, reminds me of Argento and Suspiria--not to mention Inferno.

generationofswine The focus in this film is wonderful.Movies like this often shine the spotlight on the killer. Hannibal Lecter is the star, Ted Bundy is the star, whatever killer the movie is about tends to be the star of the film.It means you are watching roughly the same movie over and over again, and, what's worse is the killer really has the easy job.Manhunter focuses on the real hero, it focuses on the person that has to hunt down the killer. It makes for one heck of an entertaining movie and one you don't often see. January Man is really the only other prominent movie like this that comes to mind.The difference, however, at least what sets Manhunter apart is that it really gives the audience the sense that, yes, the good guys have the daunting task of finding a needle in a haystack and that really ups the tension. You get the sense that they have to find one person out of millions before he kills again.Because of that it's moody and wonderful to watch, it does a better job of creating the tension, the sense of over-whelming difficulty the good guys have to face than the more killer focused Red Dragon could ever do.

ivo-cobra8 Manhunter is a lot of underrated brilliant thriller from Michael Mann who directed also Heat and Collateral. This is very underrated original film from Dr. Hannibal Lecktor. I prefer Red Dragon (2002) over this film. Red Dragon was the first film I saw and watching this film I realized something: the film suffers from it's problems: Brian Cox's character had less screen time on it in this film. I only saw three scenes of his character and by the end of the film he disappeared without any explanation. But that doesn't mean I don't like it, I like this film, I like it a lot and it is my third favorite film from Hannibal Lector films franchise. I don't care about Hannibal Rising. To me it is a useless prequel and I want watch TV series and I really don't care about it. William Petersen as Will Graham is awesome. This is the best performance of him, I have ever saw. William was the main cast in CSI (2000) as Gil Grissom but after he left and Ted Danson took over the show, I quit watching it. Gil Grissom will always be my favorite character.Tom Noonan scared me to death, his character was a real psychopath scary villain as Francis Dolarhyde "The Tooth Fairy". I seriously thought Ralph Fiennes had better acting performance, cause I got to know his character a bit more. In this movie I honestly had no clue why Tom Noonan was terrorizing family's. He was less in the film and he had less screen time, but even with less screening time, he was really scary. I prefer Antony Hopkins over Ronny Cox and I prefer Ralph Fiennes over Tom Noonan, that is just my opinion.Things I do like about this film: Director Michael Mann used a lot of music and theme music from Miami Vice. I read a review on IDMb from a user claiming, this was a Miami Vice style. Michael Mann was producer of Miami Vice so of course he used music from Miami Vice.The songs in this movie are all beautiful. After watching this movie, the song was playing when Tom Noonan woke up, beside Reba McClane (Joan Allen) my dad rushed to me and asked about the music who was the artist of this beautiful song. I answered I really don't know, because I don't know what song was played.I love William Petersen to death as Will Graham in here, his acting skill is glorious in this movie.You have nice shootouts on the end of the film: Serial killer Francis Dollarhyde (Tom Noonan) uses a pistol gripped Remington 870 at the end of the film. He kills 2 cops, wounds Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina) and attempts to kill Graham (William Petersen) before he pumps 6 rounds into him with his Bulldog (though before Dollarhyde was also wounded by another cop's bullet).Will kills Francis on the end of the film, he saves Reba (Joan Allen) from The Tooth Fairy and tells her that he's name is Will Graham.During shootouts you hear the song playing IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA played by Iron Butterfly, I love that song.I love the shootouts on the end of the film and Will saves a hostage Reba after he saw trough window how Francis is attempting to kill Reba, he runs towards him and jumps trough the window on Francis, but Francis is to strong he cuts him and he throws him in the fridge wounding him. This scene is awesome and I love it. How Will figure it out, the motive from Francis was brilliant, I think Jack Crawford shouldn't hold him back. Brian Cox as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor was brilliant and masterful scary, he did a good job, I only wish he would had more screen time with Will Graham.I love the scene after Will visits Hannibal, he runs out of the building for been so scared of Hannibal. I also like Brian Cox in cell talking on the phone with Will that was beautiful scene.I also like the song on the end of the credits HEARTBEAT Performed by Red 7. The title of the movie "Manhunter" was credit because the film producers feared that people will think that it is a kung fu movie.I am giving Manhunter 8 out of 10 to me it is a tie with Red Dragon. I like this film a lot, a lot and it is my third favorite film in the Hannibal series. Silence will always be number one movie, it was the first movie I saw it.Manhunter is a 1986 American crime horror thriller film based on Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham. Also featured are Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor. The film focuses on Graham coming out of retirement to lend his talents to an investigation on Dollarhyde, a killer known as "The Tooth Fairy." In doing so, he must confront the demons of his past and meet with Lecktor, who nearly counted Graham among st his victims.8/10 Grade: B Studio: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Red Dragon Productions Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan, Director: Michael Mann Producers: Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman Screenplay: Michael Mann Based on Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Rated: R Running Time: 2 Hr. 00 Mins. Budget: $15.000.000 Box Office: $8.620.929