Cox plays a true psychopath - one devoid of feelings, and yet a consummate actor. Cox never seems to be acting, he really plays the part with mystery and ambiguity not like the distinctly maniacal Lecter that Hopkins portrays. It is true, as one other reviewer says, Hopkins acts Lecter, Cox *IS* Lecter. Cox plays Lecter convincingly, and you can read from other reviewers who praised his work shows that with a little objectivity we can see an alternative representation of Lecter. How about being a little objective? On its own as the original Hannibal Lecter movie, Manhunter is a good movie.
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Every single bad review that criticizes Cox or Noonan invariably mentions the movie "Red Dragon" in the same breath. I have a problem with a lot of people's review of "Manhunter".
Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer for whom Will is looking, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman (Joan Allen) who is not aware of his double life. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the "Tooth Fairy" will strike again.
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Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox), a charismatic, but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the "Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan), who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. Will is called out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina) to help the F.B.I. Graham was a "profiler", one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly (Kim Greist) and their young son, Kevin (David Seaman). Will Graham (William Petersen) is a former F.B.I.