Hannibal Rising

Okay, the fourth installment of the Hannibal Lecter.. 'saga'. Still based on Thomas Harris' novel.

This one is set before Red Dragon, the beginning of everything. The story began in Lithuania, when Hannibal was still a little boy. Apparently he had a younger sister named Mischa. That was during World War II and then after all the members of his family died a tragic death in front of his eyes, we followed his growth. He moved to Paris and lived with his widowed aunt, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li). And then we see him growing into the Dr. Lecter that we all know.

Watched it because.. 1)the hotness that is Gaspard Ulliel, 2)because it's Dr.Lecter, people, 3)already seen Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon. Yeah, actually not a really big fan of the whole psycho thing that Dr.Lecter always does. And the story of this film is also kinda so-so and predictable. Nevertheless, Gaspard did a pretty good job in portraying the young Dr.Lecter. Pulled off the psychotic smirk. He hadn't got many lines but still did a quite good job.

Some pictures.. just because he's hot. (credit goes to gaspardulliel.net)


Umh.. probably 6 / 10.

"'The very scent of her takes away the smell of the camp.' Do you compose verse, Inspector, and keep it under your pillow?"