A bit boring, to be honest

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2003)

I watched a superb documentary on BBC (or maybe Channel4) about the true identity of "Jack the Ripper", where it made it clear (he wrote letters to a friend revealing his inclinations etc) that he was a frustrated homosexual doctor from America, who collected body parts from prostitutes to revenge his frustration. After he went back to America, then the police in England were so embarrassed that they had basically let him get away that they didn't pursue him.
After watching that, I was biased against this film from the word go.
The accusations about the Royal Family/Freemasons being involved seemed farfetched when I first read them, and even more ridiculous when you look at the evidence.
Having said that, and if you ignore the fact that the plot is spurious at best, then this is a moderately effective shocker. Nothing to write home about though....
Cheers, Will