2001 - Rated R - 2 hr 2 min
Directors: Albert & Allen Hughes
Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng
More Johnny Depp! (And more deleted posts that I have to rewrite and try to make sound good again. argh!)
Based on the Alan Moore graphic novel of the same name, this one's set with the Jack the Ripper story as its backdrop. Really, it centers on a broken investigator who needs the case to really prove to himself he's worth something. Enter Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, the prostitute most famously known for being the Ripper's final -- and goriest -- murder. Hooray. Of course, she's cooperating with Depp and they fall for each other. Of course.
Leave it to Moore to turn a grim, gruesome bit of history into a love story.
Still, it's very, very good... just not necessarily accurate. They blame the Freemasons --- or rather, a Freemason -- and I'm sure that doesn't help their reputation much. Don't believe it though, because Freemasons didn't kill prostitutes, guys. That's just nuts.
This really only bares a passig resemblance to the comic book. I still enjoy it but the love story bugs me.
ReplyDeleteHaven't read the comic. Is it more historically accurate than the movie?
ReplyDeleteIt's not really anymore accurate but it's just a completely different way to tell the story. The comic isn't a mystery, you know who the ripper is right off and it's a character study. Aberline doesn't even turn up until halfway through the comic. I still like the movie besides Graham, but it's crazy different.
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