The Limehouse Golem Film Review: A Victorian who-dun-it
Story of catching a serial killer. Set in the late 19thC in a dark smoggy Victorian London, this is in the time before Jack the Ripper. This is a murder, mystery, crime, drama. Cert15 due to graphic gory violence, but probably should have been a C18 in my opinion.
Bill Nighy does a really good job of playing himself (again) – this time his character is Detective Inspector Killdare, he's been especially brought in to investigate the murders, although he's also aware that he's probably being setup to fail.
There are 2 simultaneous intertwined plots ...
1 - piecing together the evidence to catch the killer
2 - following the trial of Lizzie, who is in court for the murder of her husband.
Killdare is determined to prove her innocence.
To keep you on your toes, all the possible suspects are slowly introduced and we see numerous 30 second clips of each performing the murders, everyone is a possible perpetrator!
This is a well-made film with great production design and great costumes, though Alan Rickman would have been a 100% better Inspector Killdare.
7/10.
Bill Nighy does a really good job of playing himself (again) – this time his character is Detective Inspector Killdare, he's been especially brought in to investigate the murders, although he's also aware that he's probably being setup to fail.
There are 2 simultaneous intertwined plots ...
1 - piecing together the evidence to catch the killer
2 - following the trial of Lizzie, who is in court for the murder of her husband.
Killdare is determined to prove her innocence.
To keep you on your toes, all the possible suspects are slowly introduced and we see numerous 30 second clips of each performing the murders, everyone is a possible perpetrator!
This is a well-made film with great production design and great costumes, though Alan Rickman would have been a 100% better Inspector Killdare.
7/10.
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