Blutmond (1986)

Blutmond: Directed by Michael Mann. With William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox. Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed “the Tooth Fairy” by the media.

“I have a problem with a lot of peopleu0026#39;s review of u0026quot;Manhunteru0026quot;. Every single bad review that criticizes Cox or Noonan invariably mentions the movie u0026quot;Red Dragonu0026quot; in the same breath. How about being a little objective?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn its own as the original Hannibal Lecter movie, Manhunter is a good movie. Cox plays Lecter convincingly, and you can read from other reviewers who praised his work shows that with a little objectivity we can see an alternative representation of Lecter. It is true, as one other reviewer says, Hopkins acts Lecter, Cox *IS* Lecter. Cox never seems to be acting, he really plays the part with mystery and ambiguity not like the distinctly maniacal Lecter that Hopkins portrays.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCox plays a true psychopath – one devoid of feelings, and yet a consummate actor. Some of the worldu0026#39;s best actors are in fact psychopaths. A psychopath is not necessarily a killer – a psychopath is simply someone who does not feel for other human beings, which is often why the psychopath killers of this world were in fact convincing actors – for example Geoffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo when we analyze the profiles of true psychopathic serial killers, we can quite clearly see that Cox plays the better Lecter than Hopkins. We can see Cox is devoid of compassion, and yet acts like a normal person. Hopkins on the other hand, never passes the creepy stage – he is too creepy and doesnu0026#39;t have the u0026quot;actingu0026quot; ability of a true psychopath to mask that image from the public eye. Cox shows that he could blend into normality without being caught.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd therein lies the problem with the negative reviews. We read countless negative reviews of this movie bemoaning the fact that Cox is not as creepy as Hopkins – but my dears, that is exactly why Cox plays the better Lecter!”