Don’t watch ‘Hannibal Rising” It is another example of film makers taking a massive giant dump on a popular franchise. Although Red Dragon was just a remake of Manhunter. So not really a big franchise but still. Hannibal Rising was terrible. Bad acting. Ridiculous “origin” mythology that made no sense. Knowing the lack of creativity of Hollywood I predict a reboot where Hannibal Lector has to team up with a goofy black cop to foil a comic book supervillain sort of like ‘48 hours.’
I found Manhunter the best of the bunch. Silence was second. Didn’t watch any of the others. I only wish the alternate ending of Manhunter was the one used in the theatrical release. I’ve got the HD version of Manhunter but when you want to see the Alternate version ending, the picture goes to crap. Not HD.