I cannot claim to be giving an honest review of the movie based on any plot, acting, directing or any of the usual criteria that go towards making a good movie. I am reviewing it purely on the basis of having sat down expecting to see a movie about Jack the Ripper. This movie has nothing to do with Jack the Ripper and it really makes me wonder why it was titled so. It does make some pretense at situating the events in Victorian London, and it is about a serial killer but there the similarities end. Despite the initial shot of Big Ben it is obviously shot in a small European town and not in the UK. The killer's victims seem to be prostitutes but the places, deaths and modus operandi of the killer don't even bear a hair of a resemblance to the historical murders. Also peculiarly there is a fair amount of nudity in the movie which is a little strange as titillating sex scenes don't really belong in a movie about a violent murderer. A confusing movie or just a run of the mill movie with a badly chosen title? Who knows. But if you are expecting to see anything to do with Jack the Riper you'd best look elsewhere.
Review of Jack the Ripper
