SummaryBased on a popular graphic novel, From Hell puts an intense psychological spin on the horrific legend of Jack the Ripper and unravels a chilling alleged conspiracy involving the highest powers in England. (Twentieth Century Fox)
SummaryBased on a popular graphic novel, From Hell puts an intense psychological spin on the horrific legend of Jack the Ripper and unravels a chilling alleged conspiracy involving the highest powers in England. (Twentieth Century Fox)
What People Want???? A Horror Movie????
The movie is about an investigation, and super convincing by the way. Read in synopsis before wanted an horror movie!!!!, the haters can laugh, but the movie is convincing ever in the murder scenes the horror scenes, Great acting, great script! An great underrated movie!!!
Depp gives yet another introspective, slightly mopey performance -- Graham never begins to act (and never has begun, as far as I know). But they're surrounded by an authentic, first-rate English cast.
The Hughes boys blow it by burying a fine cast -- Robbie Coltrane as a cop and Ian Holm as a royal sawbones are standouts -- in stock scares, sappy romance and cliches that really are from hell.
................................................................................................................................................................Masterpiece Movie Everything Is Masterpiece the script, the acting, the end.... Who give negative reviews for this movie don't know what is a Great Script
From Hell would almost be interesting if it wasn't for the bungled love story, awful accents and empty conclusion. There are a few nice things about this Jack the Ripper flick but overall it's a mess.
The problem I had with From Hell was that it felt like I was watching a movie about Jack the Ripper, set in London. I never got that immersive cinematic experience. While the production values were fine, the way things came off reminded me too much of History Channel dramatizations. I'd put that down to overacting on the part of the supporting cast; Heather Graham and Johnny Depp were fine, as was the directing. I must admit that I ended up returning the disc early to get to the next one in my queue. I read spoilers for the rest of the film and the story sounds much more interesting than what I had seen up to that point.
The scrutiny is left all the way to our imagination and when the time comes to answer, it never matches the description we had in our head.
From Hell
The Hughes Brothers, the directors, aren't actually living up to the reputation of the Brothers' show. Not to say that every of such duos have given us the best that there is out there. But if you look closely, you will find one quality embedded in them, in their work. And it is that they are entertaining. They'll hook you in and convince you, no matter how outrightly wrong and questioning their methods would be. And this is really annoying for the makers, since they could never arrest you with their thrills. And to top it off, the film claims to be of horror genre and not for a single moment are you ever enchanted.
So shocking, disenchanting the viewers is a secondary element. From script to execution, this gossip-y gullible town thinks similar of its audience who is told to feed off from those same elements. Now one going through those same events than the one's observing would definitely be more into it. And even that is not the case here. Addition to that, these "ones" that are told to go through and are in it, also doesn't seem to enjoy.
Even the actors, the performance feels too effortful to ever be taken seriously. Johnny Depp, the sung, off-the-boundaries, police detective, is way too reserved to ever put itself into danger. The stakes never communicates with us. And it is primarily because these performers won't care for any of the ongoing fiascos in this spooky town. How are we then supposed to buy into the gossip that they are numb towards. Why would we invest on something so formal and subjectively pretentious. From Hell is from hell. The methods, the laws and the routine is something that would never appeal to us. Why bother, then? is the final reaction we have as we bid goodbye to this doomed town.
This is a perfect example of both the writers and directors having absolutely no idea wtf they're doing. From Hell is an awkward blend of three genres (detective, horror and thriller) and none of it works well together. It's poorly paced, written and directed. And considering how acclaimed the source material was, This movie does nothing to even come close to living up to it. It's just a total failure across the board.