Didn't live up to expectations

Rating: 7/10 (31 December 2005)

I usually like anything to do with Jack the Ripper - in reality Jack committed his crimes in a part of London I'm very familiar with, I have family there going back a few generations, and it's always a good topic for debate
Technically (sound / camera / scenery) a great film The Plot - From Hell contains a lot of snippets of the Jack legend - but with very little to string them together
Being familiar with the Jack legend I recognized many things - and I think that was the thinking of the writers, (that the audience would be familiar enough with the legend that they didn't need to bother explaining themselves).
Add into the mix Johnny Depp as a tortured detective experimenting with drugs and getting 'visions' - all in all a weak and disappointing rendition of the story