Review of From Hell (2001) by Antony G — 09 Nov 2014

Jack the Ripper is possibly the most famous & successful serial killer in the UK & to this day his identity has remained a mystery. This film looks through the conspiracy theories & goes as far as pointing the finger at Sir William Gull who acted as a surgeon to Queen Victoria & the Royal Family. It even brings up a theory I haven't heard of that the Ripper acted under orders from the Royal family & Freemasons to protect the British Crown from controversy. Prince Albert, another suspect in the murders, was attracted to unfortunate women (the name given to prostitutes in Victorian Britain) & had secretly married one such woman, bearing his child, in a Catholic Church. Both reasons a terrible threat to the British hierarchy. Thus all women who bore witness to the wedding had to be murdered to protect the Royal Family.

It's not the greatest film I've seen. Granted Johnny Depp is excellent as usual & his English accent is uncanny as usual! Not so of Heather Graham's accent but her role was fine despite some criticism elsewhere. For me there was too many dull moments which made this already too long film all the more tedious!