Decent film, good acting but maybe lack of research

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2002)

As a younger person only 15 i read the reviews yestarday from all the older viewers, and recieving my copy on VCD on friday night i thought it would be good to view the film and put a younger persons view towards it.
The film i thought is NOT really a horror, but maybe more of a thriller, non the less it is very well made and also very well acted by Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. Also the co stars Robbie Coltrane and Ian Holm.
Many people said that in the film they all guessed Jack from the start and i also guessed from early on, BUT they would be lying if they did not admit they were thrown off the killer on numerous occasions.
I have read to ripper books in the last 6 months 'The Diary of Jack the Ripper' and The Diary of Jack the Ripper the concluding chapter'. I have also read Jack the Ripper in the very popular Murder in Mind series. From reading these books i am very convinced who the Ripper is and even though the person who i suspect is the ripper does not appear at all in the film, it is still very entertaining to watch.
A very big downfall this film might have is that if you have little or no knowledge of Jack the Ripper you will fall for this story hook, line and sinker, you must not be fooled. I thought the film was good and had a decent twist at the end. Unfortunately there was a few hollywood-esque parts that are pretty hard to imagine actually happening in the 1890's.
This film can work on 2 levels. You can go to it wanting to see a dramatic thriller with no intention of taking it seriously, or you can go and see it to find out if it builds on evidence and to find a conclusion. I think the film is designed more for entertainment than fact. I feel that you need a certain degree of intelligence to understand the film and it is only to be watched when you are prepared to concentrate and follow the story.
I stayed glued to my widescreen television and only got a little confused at the end but once i thought about it it wasn't to hard. I would not recommend this film to a hardcore horror fan but more to a thriller fan. This film can make your imagination run wild if your not careful but i found it entertaining.
Overall i give 'From Hell' 7.5/10
How to improve would be to keep it more factual and maybe stick to nobody discovering the ripper in the film.