Now, a modern-day maniac is honoring the event by mutilating L.A.'s ladies of the evening. Has Jack the Ripper been reborn? The police are stumped and the prostitutes of L.A. are scared. The only person with a chance of solving the murders has a problem of his own – he's the LAPD's number one suspect.
James Spader (The Blacklist, Avengers: Age Of Ultron) and Cynthia Gibb (Death Warrant, Youngblood) star in this taut mystery-thriller written and directed by Rowdy Herrington (Road House).
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Without ruining the twists and turns of the movie, I can barely talk about the story. I can tell you that the plot summary above kind of summarizes the flick, but the movie has less to do with the Ripper and more to do with James Spader being on the run from the law and trying to solve his brother's murder. If you're expecting to go into a movie that's all about a modern retelling of Jack the Ripper, you're probably going to be …show more content…
James Spader does a fantastic job in the role and Cynthia Gibb is very easy on the eyes. The movie also does an excellent job at keeping the identity of the Ripper a secret. I did figure out who the killer was before the end credits, but that wasn't before the movie had me second guessing my theory. I also want to mention that there was a part near the end where I thought the movie was going to end and not reveal who the killer really was and I thought to myself, damn that's brave of them, but alas, the movie kept going. I would have loved to see the movie end there, but the more I think about it, the more I probably would have been frustrated not knowing. Having said that, the movie doesn't explain why the killer goes after another victim when his cycle of mimicking the Ripper was complete. I assume it was just thrown in to give the movie a longer runtime and an actual