CineBad!!!

They probably called this film “The Ripper” because the title “Jack” was already taken by Robin Williams. It’s the tale of, you guessed it, Jack the Ripper, one of the world’s first highly publicized serial killers. I don’t know how historically accurate this film is, but despite its cheese, it’s interesting. If it is true, then it claims that Jack the Ripper was a member of the Royal Family who’s out to get revenge on prostitutes for giving him syphilis. His motive is to cleanse the disease from the lower classes and stop it from spreading. Too bad psycho killers in today’s era of penicillin don’t have such a noble cause! Patrick Bergin stars as a detective who’s on the case. Unfortunately, he’s from the wrong side of the tracks, so he’s not given the respect he deserves. It becomes a voyage of discovery when he decides to stop playacting, and embrace his lower class heritage. Here the film gets a bit preachy about the class system, but in a obvious non-threatening way. All in all, Even though Patrick Bergin is one of my favorite actors, I must say this movie was extremely average. The cheese factor isn’t that great either. But, it was a made-for-tv movie, so what do you expect?