Rent Ripper Untold (2021)

One of the worst films of the year - Ripper Untold review by SA

If I could award this film less than one star then I would. I was worried about this film once I saw the various trailers from the same production company.

It looks like one of those Docu-Dramas on one of the less popular channels on your tv package. It is dialogue heavy (unnecessarily mostly) which covers the lack of locations, props etc. The only good thing is that it was only 84 minutes long.

Sometimes films are so bad they are good. This isn't one of them.

Ripper untold - Ripper Untold review by DS

Don’t bother . Gave up after 15 mins . 

Bad music bad acting no money spend on sets, close up shots when in street to save money . Terrible. 

High flying Ripper. - Ripper Untold review by NP

Writer, director and producer Steve Lawson has built up quite a portfolio of these kinds of films. A limited cast, limited sets and plenty of conversation: three things I also liked about his ‘Bram Stoker's Van Helsing’ from the same year as this, are prevalent here.

If you want to concentrate on the modest budget and lack of spectacle, and a lot of reviewers do, that’s one thing; if you want instead to enjoy the performances and go along with a well-written story – complete with many suspects as to who the Ripper actually is – that’s another.

If you love wildly swooping camera shots, CGI, swift editing and a sense of spectacle, this may not be for you. But lower budgeted films are not lesser production because of lack of millions; in fact, I would take ‘Ripper Untold’ over any number of the high-financed crowd pleasers we are bombarded with constantly. Talky this may be, but it’s a good story cleverly told – with a cracker of a twist too. My score is 8 out of 10.