Storyline
The Wildest Chase Of The Century! London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours - with Wells himself in pursuit?
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Cast
M.C. Gainey, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, Patti D'Arbanville, Corey Feldman, Clement von Franckenstein, Read Morgan, Jim Haynie, Laurie Main, Joseph Maher, James Garrett, Charles Cioffi, Karin de la Penha, Byron Webster, Shelley Hack, Kent Williams, Andonia Katsaros, Keith McConnell, Leo Lewis, Geraldine Baron, Robert Shaw
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Reviews
83
It may eventually champion love as the guiding light amidst so much homicidal darkness, but Meyer’s film—happy ending be damned—resonates most deeply when confronting the ugly, inescapable reality that man’s murderous past is likely also his future.
80
A movie that's as sweet as it is clever, and never so clever that it forgets to be entertaining.
80
A delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history. Nicholas Meyer has deftly juxtaposed Victorian England and contemporary America in a clever story, irresistible due to the competence of its cast.
75
Nicholas Meyer deftly mingles fish-out-of-water comedy and touching romance with discreetly gory danger.
75
Meyer makes a fine directorial debut, pacing the film for optimal suspense despite some obvious holes in the script.
