Almost boring...

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 2007)

Let's see. Foggy 19th century London slums with Jack the Ripper on the loose. Hazy, supernatural psychic visions, hints of secret societies, and elaborate Satanic rituals, a Alan Moore graphic novel as a template. Great actors, Depp, Holm, Coltrane at your disposal.
How in the world can this not be spooky, scary, suspenseful and creepy? Yet somehow the filmmakers have managed it. The pacing is a mess - it's feels like a bad docudrama at times. The plot is all lost in the jumbo of scenes and characters. I never really was able connect to any of it - much as I wanted to.
Perhaps, I should have had Depp pass me the pipe...