The story of Jack the Ripper, as imagined by Alan Moore. In this version, we find out who Jack the Ripper is...and we find out that it may have been a little more than just one man acting alone.
This is, of course, a big budget movie. The headliners in the movie are Johnny Depp and Heather Graham (both of whom are fantastic). There are also a couple other recognizable actors in this movie: Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) were the two that really jumped out at me.
I enjoyed it. It was a unique take on an old story, and it looked great. It really drew me in to the world they had created.
Rating: 4/5
Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2
I watched the first movie in this series (Laid to Rest) a year or so ago. I enjoyed it for what it was...a pretty standard slasher movie. This guy was high tech, mounting a video camera on his shoulder to tape his kills, locking his victims in coffins and communicating with them by text message, etc. He never talked, and you never saw his face...he always wore a chrome mask, which I assumed was because he had a messed up face.
The killing was violent, graphic and quick (well, quick provided it wasn't one of his preordained victims...in which case it was slow).
This one was kind of along the same lines...but not as good. The "not as good" part mainly comes because the acting was terrible, the script wasn't great, and Brian Austin Green was prominently involved (seriously. That guy is terrible).
In this movie, Chromeskull isn't a one-man killing machine. He has an entire organization behind him. Brian Austin Green was one of his cronies, but he wasn't happy just helping out. He wanted to join in on the killing. So he does. Which doesn't make Chromeskull happy. It all goes downhill from there.
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