A Ripper Theorist's Dream

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2012)

'From Hell' is one of the strangest films I have ever seen in this present age. Some blood and gore is absent during the film's violent murder scenes as seen through the visions of Johnny Depp as Inspector Abberline. Johnny's performance is quite interesting with him playing an opium- addicted London detective on the case of the infamous Jack the Ripper. Heather Graham as Mary Kelly (a real-life Ripper victim)is a fine foil to Depp's addled Abberline, but the chemistry that develops could take a hike; it's a tacky angle to turn the two character's motives on their heads. The film lacks some real mystery to the Ripper's identity by the finale of the picture since the directors eventually give away who is involved in the case. Nonetheless, this film is a decent horror film with some interesting portrayals of the victims of the Ripper's infamous rampage.