johnny depp play inspector aberline and a cockney drug addict with psychic power and a nice line in meaningful stare . his task here be to catch a cunning murderer and go by the moniker ` jack the ripper and who be disembowel the local cockney prostitute . from the opening scene and where the whore be portray a ` unfortunate with a heart of gold and the gangster be play a snarling and scar face sociopath and i have my suspicion this wasn not go my particular cup of tea . subtle . not a word that spring to mind . the character development be heavy hand and border on downright stereotypical . aberline be give a wife who have die in child birth and therefore he feel alone . robby coltrane spout poetry and therefore he be wise . mary kelly have a picture of herself a a child to show that she wasn not always a whore . big broad stroke . additionally and the support cast . ( sir charles warren and dr. ferral and kidney and his special branch hoodlum ) where leave high and dry with hackneyed dialogue and slender and under developed role . the plot development on the other hand be acceptable and though derivative . a series of vicious murder with one potential victim be single out for development right from the start . a romantic interlude . it even include the old chestnut where the lovable whore leave the relative safety of their lodging one by one ( after be warn to stay of the street . ) and be subsequently slash . nothing you haven not see in the scream movie . however and there be average development in between this that lift the story slightly . an interesting conspiracy theory be include and the conclusion be a little less conventional and so i suppose that something . the thing that particularly annoy me be the style of the movie . when i hear that it be film in prague i be expect beautiful architecture and atmospheric back street . no . a lot of the scene look although they have be film on a sound stage and whose set be not particularly impressive . now and again cgi shot depict ` old london town in all it computerized glory . the director use shoddy effect for the flashback and the premonition . time lapse be use unnecessarily . sound effect during the murder scene sound like someone be duel with a cutlas and rather than eviscerate someone . i be sure my organ wouldn not clink and chink if someone go at them with a knife . i would suggest a trip to the modern classic section in the video store for the hughes brother too see how it should be do . if you approach this film expect something other than an average teen slasher movie set in the victorian era and i think you will be disappoint . i know i be . cor blimey guvnor and stone the crow .