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Title: Torturous
Review: While this film looks really nice and the camerawork is relatively impressive, it is finally a failure in filmmaking. By no fault of either the Hughes Brothers or Johnny Depp - the only mystery here is how such a talented group of people made a film like this. It isn't enough that the Jack the Ripper story has already been done in so many ways that it has ceased to be interesting, but here the identity of the ripper is telegraphed to the audience at such an early point in the film that it is laughable - like a Scooby Doo cartoon almost. Additionally, it's difficult to suspend disbelief at times - espescially when confronted with Heather Graham's rosy cheeked and milky complected prostitute - who shows her connection to the grotty and filthy streets she inhabits by her perfect straight white teeth and a smudge of dirt on her face. Ultimately a failure, but perhaps worth a rental.
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