FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
The killer does, but entirely offscreen and before the start of the movie. The tiger that another commenter mentions is sedated for a dental procedure.
main character is a cop, cops do several mean things including ass*ult, to people, show no remorse and they're still painted as the good guy in these situations.
when profiling the killer they ask what the psychologists said was "wrong with him" and they called him a "psychopath" im assuming they're trying to make him seem "mentally ill"
Yes! **SPOILER** The killer's entire thing is that he is himself, but he is also becoming a dragon in a watercolour painting. That dragon motivates him to do the terrible things he does.