lack maturity and therein lies consistency

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2001)

"From Hell ". Hughes Brothers Direction..
well, the movie has visuals that are influenced by the modern surrealism that movies have created,especially from the west coast like the ones " The Cell" slant angles and some flouroscent colors, Depp is the constable that is required to solve the case of murders in the whitechapel neighbourhood in London during the late 1880 's, the mood is gloomy when the camera captures the red sky and the stinking streets, there is murder and blood of the unfortunate ones whilst prostitutes on the streets and the cobbles gleam well in in the moonlight, The murders do seem to have a calming effect on the characters ,. How can we expect 29 year olds from CA that have done music videos of hiphop to understand the gross subtleties of british accent, to the pot smoking brothers the american accents and the british is subtle. Depp with a deep italian accent seems british when every once in a while like the mole out of the hole jumps the awareness of the period and thereby the british , Heather tries much harder and she would have visited a local american language specialist on accent to straighten it to suit american movies after the schedule From Hell, visuals lack maturity and therein lies consistency, the movies good vibes are present in the consistency of the brothers, the brothers do a good job within their realm of technical choice. Depp is never done better in any movie before, that is if you consider the best to be a tree doing a role of micheal caine in "Jack the Ripper:" the earlier version. The movie is a pleasent watch and for those that want to have boyfriends jump into thier arms this will be a dissapointment. Murder takes place in the night and the camera stays all night and day , with people coming in fast motion around the body, as daylight breaks in with the detective coming in the the motion returns back to normal...good scene Some frames of gargoyles and chapels remind of the great Sergie..E..N.
3 out of 5 stars for the entertainment seeker, 0 out of 5 for the serious watcher