Mmm, I think the acting is better in this one, but I do love the music score for "From Hell" (in the context of the movie, that is ... I'm not about to put it on my iPod !).
But I agree with you, ajsc74, about Heather Graham. She's not a bad actress, but she didn't really get a feel for being either from East London or from the time in history. I guess they just felt they needed a recognisable face among the women for the blokes in American audiences to perve at. Bit of a pity, because I really thought the other women did much better jobs of fleshing out their parts and bringing them to life.
Why I like "Murder by Decree" so much is for the atmosphere Bob Clarke managed to create -- period movies that capture a real sense of the period as effortlessly as this one does aren't all that common -- and for the way he turned the plotlines of both the real-life Ripper murders and the fictional royal marriage and Masonic plot into what feels like a real Sherlock Holmes story.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
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chris-murray3
16 years ago
If you enjoy atmospheric, chilling movies evolving around an investigator; Angel Heart (1987) is an absolute must! That's my favourite movie, and this film is in my top ten also. I'd really advise you people to watch Angel Heart, it's Mickey Rourke's finest moment as a private investigator. Watch the film and be shocked by the many surprises and twists in the plotline! It's the most intricate film I've ever seen, so listen very carefully what each character says, so you can reconstruct what happened, whilst Rourke is investigating. It's set in the 50's, just so you know.
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