Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris.It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally.A prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991), it sees FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes).