Not what it could be

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2004)

I figured I would be seeing a watered down version of Alan Moore's graphic novel, but instead I was disappointed to see that they completely changed characters,
relationships, and tacked on a happy ending. Even worse, it was essential in the novel to know who Jack the Ripper was from the beginning in order for the action to work as an examination of the criminal - here it is turned into a cheap whodunnit. Furthermore, psychic phenomenon is dispensed of in the graphic novel - here, it is a cheap plot device. It seems obvious to me that the screenwriters did not understand what they were adapting.