From Hell
2001
***
Director: The Hughes brothers
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Holm, Paul Rhys
Jack the Ripper is slaughtering prostitutes in 19th century London, but an inspector with eery visions about the killings is on his trail. This visually impressive thriller tries to revamp the old formula with a romance (with a prostitute who we never actually see working) and some conspiracy elements, but it cannot avoid predictability and genre clichés. Based on a graphic novel.
