A pretty good effort

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2002)

This is a very good effort by all of the cast and crew.
Although the Jack the Ripper story is well known and well trodden, with numerous books and films so far, this one is a little different, it actually names someone as the ripper, many don't.
Not only that, but it names the person who is a lot of experts favourite for the crimes.
The title is a bit of a hook, but some thing like "Another Jack the ripper Film" wouldn't really have worked!
The film does lend a bit of a human touch to the main players, it is easy to be trapped into focussing on what even today would be horrific crimes, From Hell avoids this well.
Johnny Depp gives his usual excellent performance, he has gotten away from the odd ball roles he used to play, and his last few films have been of the highest quality. He really does get better with every film, and is beginning to fall into the class of actor, who, if he is in the film, it will be worth watching, a la Eastwood, Hanks, Ed Harris, Sam Jackson.

Robbie Coltrane is.......Robbie Coltrane, not a classical actor by any means, but well worth watching and the film benefits from his presence.
The one thing that really stood out was Johnny Depps' Accent. In general, North Americans have a bit of difficulty with British accents, mixing up Scottish and Irish, or Producing a "snobby" upper class English one. Something like the nasal East End of London is a challenge.

Depps, in this case was totally first rate, He sounded like a real East Ender to me, a very good effort.
In all, a good film, well worth the admittance or rental fee, in fact I might just nip out and buy it for my collection.