johnjamesglass I thought that I was going to be OK with this film because I wasn't going to be surprised at what AJ Cook might do, but boy was I wrong. AJ is the worst person in the entire cast as she was a complete bitch from the very start all the way to the end. She assaults the same bloke three times, once when she was confronted to being a killer and twice when she thwack him with an ax without letting him even explain. Her sexism in Criminal Minds was bad enough but now it got worse. It was a Jack the Ripper movie yes, but sadly, thanks to AJ Cock, its a jack the ripper film I will have to get rid off. Certainly I must of read the plot wrong on wikipedia. I'll make sure I read it all before choosing to watch it or not

The Grand Master Ripper was released at the height of popular slasher movies such as Scream, Halloween, and Friday the 13th. It's no surprise that Ripper made a quiet entry via direct to video because I had not heard of this movie until I saw this on the New Release shelf. I didn't think much of it until I rented this on video. To sum it all up: this was a terrible movie that I saw mostly on fast forward.The derivative, uninspiring, yawn-inducing plot is summed up in a few sentences. A sole survivor of a massacre (A.J. Cook, Final Destination 2) studies serial killers under a famous Forensic Science expert (Bruce Payne, Passenger 57), but her classmates soon start dying at the hands of a serial killer who is replicating the infamous killer Jack the Ripper. A police detective (Jürgen Prochnow, Das Boot) is tasked to investigate the murders. How original, right? The movie was uninteresting, unoriginal, and worst of all extremely lame. Despite watching most of this movie on fast forward it was a total waste of time and I had wasted whatever rental fee (it may have been $6.00 back in 2002) it was that I paid to rent this movie from the local video shop.Ripper was a rip off and a complete waste of time. Avoid this atrocity of a movie.1/10.

Zombified_660 When the straight to video horror market is good, it's awesome. It gives us things like Ginger Snaps, The Locals, and in this case Ripper. Granted when it's bad it spits out garbage like Alienator, Curse of the Puppet Master and The Last Broadcast, but the more movies like Ripper I see the happier I am I cast my net further afield than Hollywood.Ripper has a small budget, a relatively unknown cast (aside from Bruce Payne, but I'll come back to that soon) and an unknown director. However, it has what many films of it's ilk lack, an exciting premise and a potential that the movie follows through on.Let me explain that. Ripper falls halfway between Urban Legend and Crimson Rivers. It has a teen slasher side that flashes through in it's cast of cute 20-somethings and script peppered with 'dude' and people saying 'f**k' a lot for no obvious reason (this doesn't really detract from the story though), but also has elements of a sophisticated art-house thriller. Though it doesn't commit to either, it comes out as an exciting hybrid. This is fantastic, as traditionally attempts to make teen slashers intelligent often just come off pretentious (see Scream for details) and attempts to make arty thrillers appeal to wider audiences normally dilute the idea way too much (remember Hannibal?).It has it's down points. I had to turn every damn light in my house off to see what was going on at times, as the night scenes are at times so dark that you'll get eye strain just watching them. Also some of the actors are awful. Many of you will join me in cheering the killer on as certain among their number get what's coming to them.On the good side though, the actors who don't suck are very very good. A.J Cook as Molly is both a great anti-heroine and a wonderful surprise as an actress, and STV veteran Bruce Payne hands in a brilliant turn as the teens' ex-FBI teacher, with a British accent that puts Angelina Jolie et al to shame. Good on you my man, great to hear a convincing accent again! Add to this a twisty turny plot that had me in shock by the time it was finished (seriously, I've seen all the big horror-thrillers and I still didn't see the end coming) and Ripper is exactly what STV is for, showing up the big boys.So, if you think you can hack a movie with some rough edges, and you like a good slasher whodunnit, check this out.

canadianmovieman this may have been a standered slasher flick, but what can i say i'm a sucker for horror flicks. i say if a horror movie is bloody, gory, and fun, its a good movie(especally the fun part), if the movie is scary its an added bonus, this movie isn't scary but its bloody, gory, and fun, plus i thought the acting was good with likable characters(except that french girl, i was waiting for her to die), and i like the plot they put in there, and this movie made me a fan of a.j. cook.(who is canadian, thank you) something that could have been fixed is the ending, i've seen it 3 times and i still don't get it. otherwise im recomending this movie so, go see itgood=7/10