Review – Manhunter

Despite the heavy Miami Vice look and feel (and what else would you expect from Michael Mann), this is a fairly faithful adaptation of the first of Thomas Harris’ Lecter novels (which faithful readers will remember as The Red Dragon). Sure, the visuals and the soundtrack scream mid-eighties, and the production values aren’t quite as slick as the second Lecter movie. But somehow that gives it a charm all its own. Side note: I see that the psychotic psychiatrist’s name is spelled “Lecktor” in the credits; it’s “Lecter” in the credits for Silence of the Lambs, and since I don’t remember how it was spelled in the books I’ve decided to just go with the spelling I prefer. Mildly amusing