Dark and bloody fun

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2009)

This is another Tim Burton film, and not surprisingly Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are the two big roles. Believe it or not this is a musical. There's lots of singing in it. Anyway the movie is about a barber named Sweeney Todd who was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He gets away with a guy named Anthony. Sweeney learns that his wife got raped and eventually died, and his daughter is God knows where. Enraged by this, Sweeney goes on a killing spree, opening his barber shop and slitting the throats of guys who come in, in hopes of killing evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) who got him into this mess in the first place. In the end he does succeed in killing him, by stabbing him in the neck repeatedly before finally slashing his throat and sending him down the trap door. A kid kills Sweeney later (sorry I forgot his name) The movie has great special effects, but parents beware. This movie is very bloody. Otherwise you'll enjoy this movie.
8/10 or: B