Name: Hannibal Rising
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans
Rating: 14A
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Synopsis: The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate end of
World War II. For many it was
no longer a conflict of nations but one of individual survival – at any cost.
A young Hannibal watches
from only steps away as his parents' violently die, leaving his cherished young
sister in his care. This
horrific moment will soon pale in comparison to the atrocities he is forced
to witness and perhaps
survive as a result of. Alone and without any means of support, he is forced
to live in a Soviet
Orphanage that once served as his family's beloved home. He flees to Paris to
find his uncle has
died but his beautiful and mysterious Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li)
welcomes him.
Even her kindness and love cannot soothe the nightmares and sorrows that plague
him. Showing
a cunning aptitude for science he is accepted into medical school, which serves
to hone his
skills and provide the tools to exact justice on the war criminals that haunt
him day and night.
This quest will ignite an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not
born, but made.