Session: Saucy Jack, Week 2
Movie: Jack the Ripper (1959)
Directed by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker
As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.
Plot:
In London in 1888, a man is asking prostitutes about Mary Clarke. And then killing them. The police and doctors are trying to figure out who's killing them. Horror ensues.
Reaction and Other Folderol:
This version of JtR features a story that's told reasonably well. The trouble is that none of the performances stand out and there was nothing to make me care about the characters, so it was hard to feel engaged. The soundtrack featured appropriate music, but it was played at too high a level, thus becoming obtrusive.
The film was, apparently, intended to be a mystery, forcing the viewer to guess at the culprit's identity. But I didn't realize that. It was so obvious to me that I didn't even realize that it was meant to be obscured.
What saves the film is the ending. The last several minutes are thrilling, and the very end is both ghastly and brilliant. There were several of us in the class (myself included) who had kind of settled on a rating only to raise it when the ending unfolded.
Ratings
Me: 7
Bob-O: 8.2
Christina: 9.65
Dave: 9.7
Ethan: 7.5
Joe: 10
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