What drives a person to become a sadistic murdering cannibal? For me it was when I was six and my cousins stole my favourite Thundercat toy (Panthro) and made me watch as they microwaved him into a bubbling grey puddle. This latest instalment in the Hannibal Lecter series tells the story of how a similarly traumatic episode led to the development of the brain eating madman we've come to love.

During the Second World War, Hannibal is captured by a gang of starving Nazi collaborators who stay alive by eating his younger sister. So, every so often I like to wind my friend Charlie up by telling him I think his sister is 'quite fit.' (It’s amazing - he goes fucking mental!) But even I would have to admit that it would be crossing a line if I actually went as far as killing and eating her in front of him. Evidently young Hannibal feels the same way and after the war he goes in search of revenge. Like the previous efforts, it’s not as good as Silence of the Lambs. But what it lacks in drama and character development, it more than makes up with, you know, people getting their faces eaten, so is probably worth a look. If that’s your kind of thing. MATT HARVEY