A un-involving, mildly predictable who-dunnit.

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 2002)

The movie From Hell seemed high on visuals, but it did not grip me on the edge of my seat through any part of the film. I guess it was a mostly follow the trail type of movie instead of a murder mystery/suspense.
The who dunnit part was mildly interesting, but the intersection of the perpetrator and inspector made the assumption that he was the one somewhat obvious because there were so few other character's personalities or traits revealed that it's as if there was a neon sign pointing to him in the whole scene. We were lead to believe it was constantly somebody else, but when the murderer was revealed, the thought of "I don't know why, but I had a feeling it was him" keeps popping up.
Maybe the hallucinations should have been more intertwined with the investigation as opposed to a after the fact confirmation of what the inspector imagined in his mind.
Hether Grahm should stick to her usual happy spacy roles, since she seems out of place compared to the other hoarse prostitutes, acting and character-wise. The rest of the British casts seems to fit right in.