Manhunter

– FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a r..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
1986
Manhunter (1986)

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.

Manhunter (1986) - Trailer

Release Date:

15 Aug 1986

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Mann

Writer:

Thomas Harris (based on the book "Red Dragon" by), Michael Mann (screenplay by)

Main Actors:

William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox

Plot:

Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the 'Tooth Fairy' will strike again. Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer that Will is looking for, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman who is not aware of his double life.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
Metacritic:
75%