Neo""s plugged-in body, back in Machine City, glowed a golden color as it surged in energy that turned to a bright white light - destructively blasting all the Smiths into nothingness, as Smith complained: "It""s not fair.As soon as the man departed with his windfall treasure-find, he Boy dove into the heap of trash to look for more, but came up empty-handed and unlucky."" Open up."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The film was adapted from the 1999 Thomas Harris novel of the same name.It was the third of a continuing series of films adapted from the best-selling books.The film was set 10 years after he events of the previous filmThe Silence of the Lambs (1991), although the novel""s time frame was seven years later." Caesar vowed: "I must do something to stop him." Blue Eyes offered o aid his weakened father.At the site of the fortified bus, Blue Eyes drew he four-pointed star image (the shape of the Rodman""s attic window), o alert those inside that they would soon be rescued.