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Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Red Dragon |
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Will Graham (Ed Norton) is a retired FBI profiler. Jack Crawford (Harvey Keitel) convinces Will to help him in tracking down a serial killer known as the "Tooth Fairy" (Francis Dolarhyde) who was inspired by a William Blake painting. Will consults with Hannibal Lechter.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Red Dragon |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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