With “Hannibal Rising,” all pretexts are dispensed with, all distractions tossed aside. Hannibal Lecter is ready for his close-up. Advertisement.

“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti,” is one of Hannibal Lecter’s most chilling lines in 1991’s “Silence of the Lambs,” but in “Hannibal Rising,” the latest ...

A killer career is launched in "Hannibal Rising," which explains how the character became the cunning cannibal of later repute. This upmarket slasher is a well-produced but slow-moving thriller ...

As repeatedly demonstrated in “The Silence of the Lambs” and its sequels, Hannibal Lecter will kill and eat just about anybody. Still, the good doctor saves his most fiendish, dastardly ...

In Hannibal Rising, Webber tells the grisly tale of how Hannibal's (Gaspard Ulliel) family was killed and of how his sister was tragically murdered and eaten by the S.S. during World War II.

Similar problems tarnish “Hannibal Rising,” which traces Hannibal’s origins from age 8, when his family is swept up in Hitler’s advance through Lithuania.

"Hannibal Rising" is a gourmet dish of revenge, served cold. The movie boasts great spectacle: Stuka vs. tank, Gong Li vs. her too-tight satin robe, Hannibal Lecter vs. the five freebooters who ...

With five movies under his belt, Dr. Hannibal Lecter is one of cinema's most successful and recognizable bad guys. His last three movies -- "The Silence of the Lambs," "Red Dragon" and "Hannibal ...

Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Li Gong, Helena Lia Tachovska Running Time: 117 minutes Rating: ** Dennis Harvey A killer career is launched in Hannibal Rising, which explains how the ...