It’s a bit corny and dated with its proto Miami Vice aesthetic and a surface-y performance by the five o’clock shadowed William Petersen, but it’s worth a look. Might have been the first movie to truly show forensic analysis and I think Tom Noonan did a great job even if his Dolarhyde characterization was incomplete. Brian Cox’s Lecter (Lektor in this movie) is a subtle psychopath, and basically laid the groundwork for Hopkins’ take. At the very least, it further showed that Michael Mann knows how to put a movie together.
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It’s a bit corny and dated with its proto Miami Vice aesthetic and a surface-y performance by the five o’clock shadowed William Petersen, but it’s worth a look. Might have been the first movie to truly show forensic analysis and I think Tom Noonan did a great job even if his Dolarhyde characterization was incomplete. Brian Cox’s Lecter (Lektor in this movie) is a subtle psychopath, and basically laid the groundwork for Hopkins’ take. At the very least, it further showed that Michael Mann knows how to put a movie together.