Mix Silence Of The Lambs with any given slasher film and you got this gut-wrenching flick of everyone's favorite Human cannibal. Hannibal's back and into a whole round of slashing, ripping people's spleens out, gutting, hanging, and eating someone's brain while they're still alive.

Scary? No. Occasionally nauseating? Yes. The bulk of the film is a rather standard cop-and-bad-guy flick, interspersed with a few fountains of blood and slashings. Nothing that really promotes the plot, though it definitely makes sure we'll not like Hannibal. The last 10 or 20 minutes especially will make you squirm but not in the good scary way but in the I'm Getting Sick Can I Leave Now way. Defintely keep the kids away from this one, they're guarrenteed nightmares.

One little easter egg at the very end of the credits, is a quick voice-over from Anthony Hopkins as taken from earlier in the movie. Assuming you're still there by then.

Not art, not scary, and barely a thriller. As a sequel, Hannibal comes up more as Silence Of The Lame.