The gritty style of London is brilliantly created...

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2003)

From Hell (2001) Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng, Katrin Cartlidge, Terence Harvey, Susan Lynch, D: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes. Dark, atmospheric Hughes Brothers version of Jack the Ripper's murders and ritualistic dismemberments of London's prostitutes in 1888. Depp plays the police inspector hot on the killer's trail from seeing visions and Graham is an Irish prostitute who tries staying alive with her pay-by-the-hour colleagues. The gritty style of London is brilliantly created and the grisly forensic investigation is interesting, but the theories at the end are problematical. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Running Time: 137 minutes and rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality, language and drug content. ***