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F rom Hell
A drug addicted detective has visions that help him chase Jack the Ripper.

Directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes
Written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias (screenplay); Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (comic book series)
Cinematography by Peter Deming

  Johnny Depp as Fred Abberline
Heather Graham as Mary Kelly
Ian Holm as Sir William Gull
Jason Flemyng as Netley
Robbie Coltrane as Peter Godley
Lesley Sharp as Kate Eddowes
Susan Lynch as Liz Stride
Terence Harvey as Ben Kidney
Katrin Cartlidge as Dark Annie Chapman
Estelle Skornik as Ada
Paul Rhys as Dr. Ferral
Nicholas McGaughey as Officer Bolt
Running Time: 137 min.
Release Date: Oct. '01

Overall Call:
From Hell is a stylish retelling of Jack the Ripper from yet another angel. For the most part the new angel is successful. It does seem to have its own drug induced slow pace but everything is engaging enough to look at that I didn't seem to mind. Johnny Depp and Heather Graham share a nice chemistry on screen that helps fuel the believability. The mood of the time period is captured well by the Hughes Brothers (Dead Presidents, Menace II Society). All in all if the description and or trailers have you thinking this may be of interest to you, take the plunge.

Reasons For Recommendation:
+ Depp and Graham have the right chemistry
+ Period piece feel is captured
+ Interesting take on Jack the Ripper

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