Wonderfully done!! Some parts a little hazy though.

Rating: 9/10 (21 October 2001)

When going to see this movie I was set up to be disappointed. I usually like Johnny Depp, but then I thought about The 9th Gate, which was a horrible movie. Some of the trailers I had seen made the two look similar. Also, the time and place was given at the start of the movie, which led me to believe that some would take place in the past, but then shift to the present, which is a cheap trick some movies use. Man, was I wrong. I was taken on thrill ride that few movies take me on. The plot is extremely deep and complicated and I was never able to correctly guess the outcome. The movie is very film noire and is shot in a style similar to Se7en and Fight Club, specifically the way the film flashes between images quickly during some scenes. The only thing I found lacking with the film is that it did not give very much background detail as to why Jack the Ripper was killing people. There was some, but not enough to explain why those specific people were being killed. All in all, though, it is at the top of my list of favorite movies and I can't wait for the DVD!