You won't get bored

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2002)

I was Ripper enthousiast anyway, but whether you're familiar with the events or not, this film will still grab you. Because it's an 18 (or Restricted Viewing in USA), it can be as graphic as it wants to be, and it is. It's also quite accurate, with small details intact.
The acting is excellent, most of all from Graham and Depp, and while they do develop feelings for each other as you expect, the film doesn't turn into a romance story, which would ruin the atmosphere.
The writing's good, no matter what anyone else tells you, though saying that I'm your average film-goer and look more at the atmosphere and the gory scenes (not to mention how good looking some of the characters are! lol) than studying the script-writing.
As an 18 year old male, From Hell does leave you not speechless as the only movie that did that was Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but thinking about it a lot, and at several points throughout the film, you think of what it'd be like to be in the situation of some of the characters.
London in the late 1800s is recreated beautifully, and the music/sound effects, although suited better to the cinema, are faultless.

One last thing - the ending is a twist, esp. if you're Ripper enthousiasts!