Decent Ripper

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2001)

Jack the Ripper is a perfect story for a film, and the result is quite creepy. Actually a little too creepy. There is some gore and a few really disturbing scenes in this film and it gets a little speculative. I have no idea what the Elephant Man had a cameo for. It seems as The Hughes Brothers are more interested in shocking the audience than to stick to the story.
This is only a theory of who The Ripper was, as no one really knows. The film is very stylish, painting 19th Century London blood red. Johnny Depp is solid with his usual melancholy. From Hell is a very good thriller but it could have been stripped down a little, actually adding to the chilliness. Rating: 7/10