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Red Dragon (2002)
Uninspired.
Director Brett Ratner doesn't put any effort into building up the drama, the suspense, or any other emotion in this mundane, direct-by-the-numbers bore. Most of the dialogue is lifted straight from Michael Mann's Manhunter; the acting is uninspired, especially Harvey Keitel's and Philip Hoffman's flat and uninteresting characters; Edward Norton's character remains distant and unlikeable for the entire movie. The script has just enough holes and is inconsistent enough to be compared to cheese, and the beginning that everyone raves "...has a set-up during the opening credits that will stun you with its ferocious power..." (John TD Keyes) is so predictable that it will fail to impress anyone other than the average couch potato.
Having said that, there are some interesting points to the movie; Ralph Finnes' acting effectively leans towards the creepy, Anthony Hopkins still manages to play very well the psychopathic genius character he first developed ten years ago, and the movie, although uninspired, moved at a fair pace. Altogether, however, this movie can't be recommended, and pails in comparison to Silence of the Lambs, and the original Manhunter.
Un zoo la nuit (1987)
Great movie
It has its shocking elements, but Un Zoo La Nuit is, in the end, a touching film about a son trying to re-establish his relationship with his dying father. The zoo surreal zoo scene is particularily touching, in which the father and son, in an attempt to relive their past by going hunting, shoot an elephant with a sleeping dart gun and put him to sleep. Overall, a well-executed and thoughtful movie.