Dark, bloody, and awful

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2012)

I can't even explain how much I disliked this movie.
First, it is a musical, and it makes for a lousy production if no one can sing. Nobody could keep their pitch, and after the fifth time of hearing the same exact words, it became really slow and dull.
Then the entire film had a depressing feel to it. It was technically black and white, and London had the appearance of a total wasteland. It didn't help the fact that this movie is just dark in itself. The plot is twisted and evil, the characters are either completely insane or cruel...The actual good guys in the story stick out so much that every time they showed up on screen, I thought, "Wow. Finally, some relief." Despite this, they were going through emotional and physical turmoil the entire time, and you never get on solid ground about how they turn out post-movie.
And the blood is just...horrific! You would think that they would at least relieve you and not show so much, but it never stops! Literally every scene is filled with so much gore that even a strong-stomach like myself had to look away. When it comes to things like these, I think about the many films when you know someone is about to be seriously injured or murdered, it doesn't show it, but rather just gives you the sounds. Hearing something like that gives you enough mental image as it is, but this movie crossed a serious line. If you are not a person who can handle blood, gore, and violence, go ahead and find another movie.
This film does not satisfy. It doesn't leave you happy, or pleased, or feeling like, Wow. That was a great movie! Let's watch it again. No, definitely not. It is depressing, violent, and never gives any hope of getting better. I regret watching it, and hoped I would have picked a animated, family-film than this disaster. Believe me when I say you shouldn't waste your time. Spend money on something more worthy, and save yourself the disturbing effects afterward.
2/10 simply because it was free on my part.