From Hell

Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this foray into creative Ripperology has the lush look of a late-period Hammer film and the feel of a tale that's been streamlined within an inch of its life, even with a running time of just over two hours. It treads basically the same path as 1988's underappreciated MURDER BY DECREE, which, with the exception of introducing fictional detective Sherlock Holmes into the story, sticks very close to the Prince Albert Victor/threat to the monarchy/fiendish Freemasons theory first put forth in Stephen Knight's book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1978). Dispensing with Holmes and Robert Lees, the Vi...