This is Hannibal's beginning, the reason why he became what he is, a brilliant young man traumatised by a personal tragedy at the hands of the Nazis and consumed by revenge. Slick, bloody and pretty daft what really lets Hannibal Rising down is that it's pretty dull, some savage editing and snipping half an hour off the running time would have helped a lot, it still wouldn't have been good, but it might have been considerably more fun.