
Mischa and Hannibal, baby brother and sister, are inseparable; it is their love for each other that ties their bond. Their companionship is forever binding, until, with their family, while hiding from the Nazi war machine a twisted set of circumstance sets the pace for a most vicious attack on the future of one Hannibal Lecter for the sworn vengeance for the brutal killing of his baby sister. Years later, we find Hannibal, the teenager, setting up in Paris, and living with hi... (Full plot summary below)
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Mischa and Hannibal, baby brother and sister, are inseparable; it is their love for each other that ties their bond. Their companionship is forever binding, until, with their family, while hiding from the Nazi war machine a twisted set of circumstance sets the pace for a most vicious attack on the future of one Hannibal Lecter for the sworn vengeance for the brutal killing of his baby sister. Years later, we find Hannibal, the teenager, setting up in Paris, and living with his aunt Lady Murasaki Shikibu and studying at medical school here he finds his forte. Still searching for his sister's murderers, still bitter and still ever hopeful of satisfying his desire for retribution. This chance arrives, and soon we are to learn that for a pound of flesh lost a pound of flesh must be repaid. This is the horrific tale of justice and honor, a young man's growing pains that will have the guilty paying with more than just flesh and bone. This is the up and rising tale of the young Hannibal, pray you do not meet him, for meat you shall be to him. Taste his wrath.
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| UGOBrian TallericoThe most accurate title might have been "Hannibal Falling" because that's what this film does to the legacy of Hannibal Lecter. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh Larsen...works as a thriller, but the movie is far more interesting as a clever exercise in audience implication. It forces us to consider the cannibal within. |
| Houston ChronicleBruce WestbrookHarris, who adapted the screenplay, and director Peter Webber are faithful to his book. Strong production values, a lush score and scenic locations work seal the deal. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneDavid ElliottThe film's ugliness is less in its 'artful' death rituals, by now deeply generic, than in asking us to feel for Lecter because of his horrid, warping youth. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubHannibal Rising isn't a classic, but it's entertaining and a surprisingly fitting addition to the franchise. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoA ponderous, uninspired portrait of a serial-killer-in-the-making with Webber missing every opportunity to build suspense and deliver chills. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderTraumatic early-life experiences can only go so far, can only prove so much. Lots of people have horrible childhoods and still manage not to become flesh-eating serial killers. |
| E! OnlineLuke Y. ThompsonYou know those artsy European coming-of-age movies set during World War II, like Europa, Europa? This is kind of like that, except with a few more beheadings, and everyone in Europe speaking English. |
| Reel.comPam GradyHannibal Lecter does not need a creation story; he just needs to go away. The meal is over. |
| Globe and MailLiam LaceyNot quite repellent enough to avoid tedium, Hannibal Rising is both too familiar in portraying Hannibal as a Dracula-like aristocrat monster, and crud in its exploitation of wartime atrocities. |