Manhunter (1986)
Grade: C+
Synopsis: A burned out federal agent (William Petersen) specializing in serial killers seeks the aid of his previous target, Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox), in capturing a new killer who appears select his targets at random.
Manhunter was made too early in writer/director Michael Mann’s career. It would be almost a decade before he hit his stride with his magnum opus, Heat (1995), though the stylistic seeds of that cops and robbers epic are visible here. The problem is that it’s too uneven. MORE »
