Ripper (2001)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

John Eyres

Writers:

John A. Curtis (story) and
Evan Tylor (story) ...

Release Date:

27 December 2001 (Malaysia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

He's back from the past to pick up the pieces.

Plot:

A massacre survivor (A.J. Cook) studies serial killers under a famous expert (Bruce Payne), but her classmates soon start dying at the hands of a Jack the Ripper copycat. |

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Jack The Ripper Copycat | Graffiti | Older Man Younger Woman Relationship | Police Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

A.J. Cook	...	Molly Keller
Bruce Payne	...	Marshall Kane
Ryan Northcott	...	Jason Korda
Claire Keim	...	Chantal Etienne
Derek Hamilton	...	Eddie Sackman
Daniella Evangelista	...	Mary-Anne Nordstrom
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Andrea (Andy) Carter
Kelly Brook	...	Marisa Tavares
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Detective Kelso
Courtenay J. Stevens	...	Aaron Kroeker
Robin Collins	...	Kevin Lusk
Leanne Hindle	...	Cheryl Ellis (as Leanne Buchanan)
Michael Copley	...	Matt Novak
Sean Whale	...	Mark Tannenbaum
Crystal Dalman	...	Ellie Eckhart

Also Known As:

Ripper: Letter from Hell (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

Argentina:112 min | Australia:114 min

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 | Singapore:R(A) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Prophecy Entertainment

Trivia:

The name on the sailing boat Molly is seen on at the beginning of the film is 'Mary Kelly' referencing back to a Ripper victim.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the car chase, the model of the blue car changes back and forth. You can see this by looking at the grill, for most of the chase the badge is in the middle, but at one point near the beginning, and once the car is at the cliff edge the badge is in the top right hand corner of the grill.

Quotes:

Marshall Kane: What if I told you I was going to murder one of you today? What if everything I have accomplished in my field thus far was a vicarious way to experience what I'm really drawn to? And what if the truth is that I've studied serial killers all my life because subconciously I wanted to be one...

Movie Connections:

Followed by Ripper 2: Letter from Within (2004)

Soundtrack:

Alien Smegma

A copycat of Jack the Ripper systematically kills the members of a study group while ironically he is the very object of their study

Girl-running-in-a-thunderstorm-with-killer-close-behind-girl-trips killer-gets-her kind of story. Lots of blood, no originality. One would expect more from a movie which promises serial psycho killers copying Jack the Ripper. No real motivation for the blood bath, least of all a psychological one. Except for the ending which at least creates a little bit of confusion, one could predict every scene at least 10 minutes before it unfolds. Everything in this movie has been done, redone and overdone. It's like watching Scary Movie and taking it seriously. It's been a real disappointment. Where are the calculated blood thirsty psycho killers? What happened to movies like Seven or Silence of the Lambs, with original plots and motifs? Because personally I'm tired of watching helpless blonds being butchered like cattle while instead of defending themselves they scream in agony and then always manage to trip and fall.