--- title: 'Red Dragon (2002)' type: 'film' director: 'Brett Ratner' released: '2002-01-01' runtime_minutes: 124 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' - 'Crime' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-dragon-2002' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289765/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Red Dragon (2002) 2002 · 124 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. The film is a prequel to the films Hannibal (2001) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), it is the third film, although based on the first book in the Hannibal Lecter franchise. It is the last film of the series distributed by Universal Pictures and the last film to star Anthony Hopkins as Lecter, only followed by a prequel, Hannibal Rising (2007) which depicts Lecter's youth. The film sees FBI agent Will Graham enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde. Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman also star. ## Credits - **Director:** [Brett Ratner](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-ratner) - **Screenplay:** [Thomas Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-harris), [Ted Tally](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tally) - **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman) - **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis) - **Director of Photography:** [Dante Spinotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-spinotti) - **Editor:** [Mark Helfrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-helfrich) ## Cast - [Lisa Thornhill](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-thornhill) - [Conrad Palmisano](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-palmisano) - [Tyler Patrick Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-patrick-jones) - [Mark Moses](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-moses) - [William Lucking](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lucking) - [Cliff Dorfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-dorfman) - [Dwier Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwier-brown) - [Lalo Schifrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalo-schifrin) - [Ralph Fiennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-fiennes) as Francis Dolarhyde - [Anthony Heald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-heald) as Frederick Chilton - [Gianni Russo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-russo) - [Azura Skye](https://cinepixo.com/people/azura-skye) - [John Rubinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rubinstein) - [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-seymour-hoffman) as Freddy Lounds - [Bill Duke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-duke) as Police Chief ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-dragon-2002 Film facts: Wikidata (Q9125658); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.