this movie include at least two exceptional actor in ben kingsley and campbell scott but together they can not pull this period horror story beyond the doldrums of an unsurprising 18th century slash or horror flick . it lame and slow and unsurprising and bland . it take place in unjolly olde london of course and with kingsley play the nefarious sweeney todd and campbell scott and ( son of george c. scott ) hot on his trail . mr todd be the famous barber that chop up people into hamburger after slit their throat and selling say hamburg to a local meat pie shoppe . some of the set and street scene seem solid and true to the period but the whole mess be overall ( forgive me ) ham hand .