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I wouldn't recommend this movie. Very gruesome, blood, lots of blood, violence, and that's about it. The storyline doesn't even really tie in with the other Hannibal series. And if it did, it was a little forced. It wasn't a "ah, so that's what happened." It was more of a, "so how does that match up to this?"

The young Hannibal acted very well. He conveyed anger, vengeance, and at the same time, a sense of insanity. Other roles, however, were too stereotypical. There weren't real development of characters. They were either good or evil.

I was really impressed with the child actress that played Mischa (spelling?). It made me think, 'is she acting or what?'

Ok, overall, the movie dragged despite all the gory details. It was not as intelligent as Hannibal or Silence of the Lambs. I give it thumbs down.

Hmmm...what did I realize from this? That life definitely needs to be valued. Once you lose touch of how valuable each individual is, people can lose touch of morality and resort to murder and cannibalism. They kill for their selfish gain, to cover their tracks, for thrill, or out of revenge. We need to value life more than our own pride and ambitions.

I also got to thinking that physical injury is visible but mental injury is not visible to the physical eye but so damaging. One slander, one false accusation, one attack, can do so much damage. It reminded me of this guy in the news who was falsely accused of selling spoiled packaged food product. Of course the media just gobbled this up and publicized it mercilessly. His business went bankrupt. All his dedication, efforts, and earnings crumbled to nothing. So he commits suicide. Later the investigation proves that the accusation indeed was false. If we could see every mental damage as shown in this movie, life would be pretty gory.