Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Dianafan79 It is very rarely that I rate something 10/10. However, after watching the DVD for the zillionith time today I can't describe how much I enjoy this production. Putting aside who you think Jack the Ripper was, 'Jack The Ripper' is lavish, colourful and lively, and easily beats some of the cinema's Jack The Ripper Films.Michael Caine is great as lead Detective, Abberline. Being from London himself he slipped easily into the role of the main Detetctive. I also like that it's hinted that he is a alcoholic. It's good to see in some scenes that he beats the temptation to dive into the bottle, even when the case gets really rough. Lewis Collins, as his sidekick, Godley was marvellous also and I don't know if the men got on in real life, but they certainly gelled together extremely well on the screen and their characters were close too. Lysette Anthony was a gem as Mary Kelly, and Susan George played Kathy Eddows with consideration and sensitivity.The Whitechapel set is brilliant and I love how they don't go OTT on the famous misty appearance as on none of the nights of the real murders was London covered in fog. It's very convincing and in fact, is superior to the set used for 'From Hell'. The costumes were accurate a joy to watch.I liked how the murders were treated with sensitivity, and the murder scenes were not over the top in gore.One aspect of the film that did not work well and which slowed the production down was the affair between Abberline and Emma Prentice (Jane Seymour) the official artists for the newspaper that was in the film, 'The Star'. I found the scenes not always unnecessary but it slowed the film down to a plod and it's hard to believe that a woman from the upper class such as Emma would even mix with someone like Abberline, let alone bed him which she did in the film, although thankfully it was only shown briefly.The whole drama was full of suspense and the ending, where a fake murder was set up was high in tension and on first viewing was excellent. You get a choice of four or five men who, just before this fake murder is due to happen, all leave their places of work dressed in dark clothes carrying parcels which could be the famous Gladstone bag that the Ripper supposedly kept his knives in. Each man is a potential Ripper, but when you see who the Ripper is, it's cleverly filmed so that you realise it was none of the men put forward as suspects.I would highly recommend this drama. It's four hours long or thereabouts but is very enjoyable. You can get two versions in the UK on DVD. A normal straight forward version, and one with extra's on. I'd go for the latter as it has a great lot of footage showing the production before Micheal Caine was hired when Barry Foster was Abberline.Over all a good, historical piece of drama. In my mind it far outweighs 'From Hell' which follows the same story line. If I had the choice of the two, (dispite Johnny Depp being in 'From Hell'), I'd choose Jack the Ripper every time.

haniball5 Just great!This is the best TV-production I have ever seen.First time I saw it at the age of 8, it was awesome. But I could hardly remind.I have just known that it was a well done movie with a great Atmospher and thrilling suspense.I bought the film and my expectations were exceeded.A movie which can take it on with Jack the ripper is "The count of monte christo" with gerade depardieu. It's a trilogy which is also god work.

Caz1964 This is my favourite of the Ripper movies,although i don't believe all the facts are right.This film gives us its own solution,as we all know Jack the Ripper was never caught,so to give us a theory at the end made this mini series more worth watching,just to see what they would come up with.All the theories presented in this drama are all legendary old ones,that have long been eliminated,for instance the Duke of Clarence theory,well really his name just went well with the legend but thats about all,its been proved that he was never in the country on any of the murder dates.The same goes for all the other supposed suspects in this film.The best theory for me is the one of the Montague John Druit,whose body was found floating in the Thames shortly after the last murder,he was a failed medical student,its the only one of the original theories that still carries any weight,and yet it isn't mentioned in the film.Recently Ripperologists done a search on all the mental hospitals in the country,to see if any patients were admitted in late 1889.There were two, one was a very old infirm man who it couldn't have been,the other was a young pole who we now believe was either Aarron Kosminski or Nathan Kasminski,both of these men had gone missing during the late 1880s,which ever man it was the hospital decided to register him as David Cohen he apparently was very violent and had to be restrained .The polices chief witness,who has never been identified,pointed him out as the man he had seen running away at the scene of one of the murders.So what is now known is that David Cohen was definitely Liz Strides killer,the other murders are still a mystery.The chief witness would not give evidence in court against a fellow Jew,which could have brought about bad Anti semitic feelings from the public.So it ended that the police were satisfied that they believed their killer was incarcerated in a mental hospital and out of harms way.David Cohen is now believed to have been a paranoid schizophrenic,and wouldn't have been able to stand trial any way. This is one of the most up to date stories on Jack the Ripper and to me makes a lot of sense,its often been quoted that the police didn't appear to be searching for any one in late 1889-1890,they had become a lot more relaxed and more confident on their beat. It was always obvious that there was a big cover up from the authorities,but not the cover up people thought it was.They decided to hush this all up,for the right reasons, i think they made the right decision.We will never be really sure who killed all the other women,and if their deaths were in any way connected with David Cohen,it will remain a mystery.Back to the film i thought it was really well acted,especially from Micheal Cain,Lewis Collins and Ray Mackanally,who i believe was his last film before his sudden death.If you don't know much about the theories on Jack the Ripper this isn't a bad film to start off on as it has all the usual suspects that for years crop up with the now infamous legend.

Jamie Moffat When I first saw this telemovie back in the late 1980s, I found myself wondering if the film makers actually believed the theory they were peddling. The DVD commentary makes it clear that they take it very seriously indeed, which somehow reduces the impact of the piece.Taken as a blood and thunder melodrama, this is good fun. But as a recreation of London's East End in the 1880s, it leaves a great deal deal to be desired. The depiction of prostitution is particularly inaccurate. The Ripper's victims were not, on the whole, the good hearted floozies depicted here. They were alcoholic, washed out drabs, homeless and aimless. And the depiction of George Lusk as a left wing agitator is way off base.No matter, its diverting entertainment. But its only real historical value lies in its depiction of the hysteria that the Ripper murders engendered in the population. If you believe the denouement, and the explanation of the Ripper's identity, drop me a line. I'd like to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.