Red Dragon Review - Off The Shelf Reviews 

A person from Paramount tried to copyright strike me once. I ate his liver with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti 👊🏻

I prefer Manhunter, but this is still a good movie, Fiennes is great but overall I think Red Dragon is too polished for me. Great review chaps.

I quite enjoyed Red Dragon… but it was no Silence of the Lambs. I think I prefer Manhunter. So glad you guys reviewed it though. You’re my go-to for rational reviews!!!

My mom read Red Dragon, and it scared her so bad because the killer targeted families similar to ours. She wouldn’t read it if my dad was doing the night shift.

I would describe Red Dragon a as a re-adaptation of the novel. I think it took one or two things from Manhunter, such as the fakeout scare with Graham’s family in the middle of the movie after they decipher Lecter’s note to Dolarhyde. But it feels to me like they went back to the book for the bulk of the writing. I actually really like this one. I might like it better than Manhunter because of Ralph (pronounced “rafe”) Fiennes’ performance, but that is in no way meant to be a slight against Manhunter. Manhunter is a very stylized take on a very good story, and is hard to say much anything bad about it

I am a BIG fan of the first movie,MANHUNTER.

on the subject of the tattoo, [ im a tattooist ] I can say it's done well and looks very realistic, the whip shading on the tribal elements sitting on his shoulders is spot on in terms of that patchy look you get from average skill artists. it looks like black work with no greys applied to smoothen it out. 10/10

I chuckled everytime you guys pronounced Ralph's name

Strange occurrence, considering how brilliant the cast of actors is that I find this movie a case of the whole being less than the sum of its parts. I particularly enjoyed Emily Watson's performance, though.

Watchable movies with solid acting & writing however I prefer "Manhunter" which has more substance over at times the more stylish "Red Dragon".

I read red dragon years before manhunt loved it and I realy prefer the film manhunt and also the series for their depiction of will graham and the relationship with his fbi boss z

Saw this in the cinema, for some reason. Wasn’t a fan of Silence of the Lambs but felt compelled to go watch Red Dragon for some reason. It’s . . . fine

Sitting here in my shop, on my mountain. About to apply my trade of carpentry. And i get the alert that the boys across the pond dropped this magnificent review on this movie! Thank you boys. You just made my night much better!

Really appreciate you guys! Cheers for the reviews! Keep up the great work!

Thanks again gents. Best channel on the tube, OTSR forever ♥️✊

You guys have become my fav film review show, even above rlm. Keep it up. Not many channels introduce me to stuff i havent seen but you huys gave a few times. I would like to suggest the weird genre twisting Kolobos.

Damn, what a week, folks. OTSR is much needed! Have a good one, Shelfers! 👊

The Boy with the Red Dragon tattoo. 🐲

Hannibal the tv show was AMAZING! I Wish they'd never cancelled it

Woh, hold on - What's with the hate on Rush Hour? The third one was certainly nothing special but the first two are classics!

Back in the day this was a great idea, Hanibal Lecter is one the iconic characters of cinema and the concept of prequels was not as prominent or common as it is nowadays, so a history leading to the silence of the lambs and the return of Anthony Hopkins was fascinating, the movie itself has cool things going on and is well made, however, indeed other adaptations of the source material turn out better

I hate to use this very overused term, but Red Dragon is absolutely "mid." It has a lot of the right ingredients, a great scriptwriter, a terrific cast, a bombastic Danny Elfman score and was being billed as a return to form after the divisive reception to Hannibal. But....its kind of dull, unmemorable and workmanlike overall. A serviceable sequel that gets worse with age as you realise just how unremarkable it was.

Red Dragon is not terrible, it's just not as memorable or impactful as it should have been. Norton's performance is very disappointing; I'm not sure what emotion or attitude he thought he was portraying, but he just looks tired all the time! Honestly, this could have been a better movie with a better actor as the hero. I do agree that the film spends a bit too much time with the Tooth Fairy when it could have given Will Graham more development.

The Hannibal series is AMAZING.

Havnt even watched the review yet and already im excited! Thankyou bros ive been in need of an OTSR fix 👊.

What a channel! Love you guys! Great review as per usual

I agree with Gary, Hannibal is an amazing tv show

I know it isn't a movie, but I wonder if you guys would be open to reviewing the Hannibal TV series. Gary already said that it was good, but it'd be fun to hear you guys talk about it in more detail 😊

The books are miles better than their respective films. Also it doesn't matter what someone has done. They cannot listen to conversations between a person and their lawyer.

The name "Mads Mikkelsen" is Danish and is pronounced "Mass Miekelsen".

My grandmother LOVES the books! And she LOVES Anthony Hopkins! He was the only reason she watched those films. Both Silence and Red Dragon are good films to her, but Anthony Hopkins was the real reason she kept going back. As for myself, I'm not too crazy about these films honestly. But I can understand why my grandmother and many fans find them entertaining! And Anthony Hopkins is an awesome actor! He deserves every praise givin! Great review guys!

Take a shot everytime they say Manhunter.

I really like this movie, but even i understand it's got nothing on Manhunter, Silence, and Hannibal.

Love the book and a big fan of Manhunter, but this version just fell flat for me.

for me Manhunter is the much better version

I'm surprised they didn't mention that Red Dragon and Manhunter share the same director of photography, Dante Spinotti. Why go through the trouble of getting him and just, yes, copy the look of Silence of the Lambs.

For me neither movie captured Francis Dolerhyde because he is supposed to be of Schwarzenegger proportions but meek and mild in personality. A complete contradiction. That is a huge aspect of the character in the book. I agree with you guys that a lot of this film seems contrived and that the actors either over played or under performed their parts. I’m still hoping for a version worthy of the book. Great review as always.

Always found this movie to be completely ridiculous. Just remember the main characters solving the crime while hanging out in a private jet lol 🤣

I still maintain that Ralph Fiennes has one of the best arses in Hollywood.

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I'm finally early and I been waiting on this review, yes! Seriously though, I was just re-watching this movie three days ago. Do Gary and Ian have mystical powers or something, lol?

I love this movie. I watch it multiple times a year❤

Me and my brother really love movies where Edward Norton plays the badguy..request guys: "Glass Onion" I am curious what's your vision on that one..btw This is a great review..the movie ..I had mixed feelings but it is filled with good intentions and performances in general.

Great film! 👍Ralph Fiennes delivers a great performance.! great review guys! 👍 Silcene of the lambs, love that film! 👍

Please do Silence of the Lambs.

Boys I have a suggestion for you guys down the line :) How about a review of Unforgien :D

I think Manhunter is superior, apart from Lecter of course

The score in silence saturates the framing of the scenes with constant feeling's of fear and insidious dread.

Saw on release, liked, didn't want to see it again.

How to ruin a perfectly good story with a great cast of some of the best actors of their time and turn it into a piece of crap. my love of the original movie (manhunter) is more than even The Silence of the lambs and I know it’s a better quality movie but I saw manhunter first and it will always be my favourite.

30:46 Was A Cameo as the Cleaner It was Rapper Run From DMC.

I like this movie. think id rather just watch it now :D

The tv show is arguably on par with the original silence of the lambs film

You guys should really read the books. You say this movie is biting off of manhunter but they’re both based off the same book

I saw manhunter live, and as a part of my Psych 1 class in highschoo Because my teacher knew that we were interested in crazy people who killed people, not the ones who cut off their dicks, when I was 15. It was not the best movie, but I think it REALLY focused on the story more than the flair of the environment.

Surprised you didn’t mention that they used the same person for the cinematography as Manhunter. it looks terrible as they wanted that gothic look of silence of the lambs and the star studded cast are awful and there is too much Hannibal in it and that ending was obvious that he did the switch when you don’t see him dying. I can’t say enough bad things about this movie if I did I would be here all night and day and turn into someone like the Tooth fairy.

Ralph Fiennes' name is pronounced "Rafe"

What is this "silence the lambs" you keep mentioning? Don`t think I`ve seen that 😋

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Missing out on your "the children" review. Also i watched edward norton in "primal fear". Man. I love norton. Also *Turn Up!*

Awful casting choices destroyed Red Dragon.

I can see how Donald Trump respects Hannibal Lector so much after having watched these documentaries about him. Hannibal for VP in 2024!!!

2:45 I don't think that's fair. They are both based on the same book. It wasn't strictly remaking the movie it was just doing the book again. 12:56 Because thats how it was it the book. Like its not copying its using the same source material. Its like making lord of the rings then say chaning helms deep battle to be in the middle of the day because itd be to simmilar to peter jacksons. Like its just not a fair criticism 17:34 Where'd you get that from? They are speaking nice together sure in the overtext but the subtext is they hate one another, Will is power playing Lecter because he knows him, and Lecter hates that and hates Will. Lecter enjoyed playing with Clarease and toying with her and leading her to the answer Will and Lecter's relationship is the opposite.

the movie is not really bad ;but ; but i prefer manhunter

Why didn't you review Manhunter instead of this one. It's a definitely much superior film.

This movie isn't too bad. Bret Ratner is a fine director. He is no stylist, but he can put together a movie. Its probably the second worst Lector movie. Hannibal is such a bizarre movie that its not better than this movie, but its more interesting for sure.

Edward Norton was a horrible miscast here, ruins the whole movie.

is it me or has Ian got that glassy red eye going on haha, im confused about the shotgun to the stomach later on, the way i remembered it didn't make sense in terms of sequence of events.

Bill Dook? Doon? Stop winding me up guys.

Unpopular Opinion: RED DRAGON Owns MANHUNTER, I never liked Manhunter, I honestly never cared for it.

There was a couple of times I was tripping hard on heavy edibles and watched this movie. I could see every bit of pretense and how it was kind of trying hard to be "hannibal lectarish". Same with the other sequel too, that one even more. It all seemed so blatantly corny to me. I went back and did it again to hate watch it! This one seemed like a huge attempt to recatch EVEN MORE lightning in a bottle. The sequels movies were cheesy.

This film was totally unnecessary and nothing but a cash grab Manhuntetr Is an 80s masterpiece and should be left alone...

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I love how no-one can be extradited from Israel for sex crimes it's pretty annoying to see criminals get away thier crimes just because of their race.

The TV series was beyond awful.

So I've read all the books, seen all the films (including Man Hunter and the Hannibal tv series) and IMO - Red Dragon is the best book, while Silence of the Lambs is the best film. That is purely just my opinion though, I enjoyed the series until it got to The Red Dragon plot...then it kinda went downhill for me 🫤

This is a high-budget bad movie.

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