Creators:
Bryan FullerComposer:
Brian ReitzellCast:
Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Thompson, Aaron Abrams, Gillian Anderson, Hettienne Park, Kacey Rohl (more)VOD (1)
Seasons(3) / Episodes(39)
Plots(1)
US TV drama that examines the early relationship between up-and-coming FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and eminent psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). Happily spending his days lecturing at the FBI academy, Will finds himself called in by Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne), the head of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, to help capture a serial killer who is on the rampage. Suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, Will struggles to control the thought processes that inform his uncanny ability to empathise with serial killers. In an effort to ease some of the pressure on the young investigator his superiors decide to enlist the help of the renowned forensic psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter, a move which has grisly implications for all concerned. (StudioCanal UK)
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Hannibal (2013)
An immersive, bleak atmosphere, impressive disturbing images, delightfully uncompromising and obscure main storyline, elaborate ambiguous characters who get under your skin (Hannibal, Abigail, Will, Du Maurier, Crawford) and... And also the completely incomprehensible concept of “making each episode a standalone case". Which is an approach that fits here about as well as the current Slavia soccer team in the Champions League - not even in your wildest dreams. This strikes the eyes (ears, nose, head, and feet) all the more so because each one of these episodic cases is like an advertisement for a boring, routine, thriller-like, mediocrity illustrated. Some of them have potential, but because the creators devote at least half their time to the main story in each episode, they do not have the necessary space to develop. The only thing this approach succeeds in doing is to cut the main storyline into pieces, robbing it of any drive it ever had. If one of the big cable companies had taken over from the outset, it could have done without the annoying episodic "CSI elements" (as shown by the pilot and the finale), and Hannibal could have been a purebred dog that barks and bites properly. Unfortunately, under NBC's administration, a half-baked cat-dog has crawled out, that doesn't bark, bite, meow, or even purr.
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