A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
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Battled to keep my eyes open. One of the most boring movies ive ever seen. The costumes were great, camera and lighting was very good as well, but i could not handle long scenes of nothingness that just keeps going in circles
The Limehouse Golem is a startling and successful film adaptation of the 1994 Peter Ackroyd novel, 'Dan Leno & The Limehouse Golem'; a murder mystery framed within a story featuring real historical characters - Dan Leno of course, but Marx, played brilliantly if briefly, by Henry Goodman. George Gissing is depicted, and it is set in an authentic seeming recreation of Victorian London. It has Olivia Cooke, a startlingly good actress who is new to me, Nicholas Wooderson, Bill Nighy - a superb performance as John Kildare, an investigating 'detective' before there were such people - and Eddie Marsans; all reliably good; Douglas Booth plays Dan Leno with conviction, another actor new to me. Clive Russell playing a small role as a jailor, does so with his usual distinction. But it is Olivia Cooke who shines in her central role with Nighy; she can be fierce and powerful while seeming to appear utterly still, and her scenes with the great Nigh are not eclipsed by him. The script is superb, written by Jane Goldman, and I wonder if there was any collaboration with the book's writer? It is certainly an exciting adaptation of a great novel. It was outstandingly directed by Juan Carlos Medina, who is another 'unknown' to me.
The stilted acting, over the top accents, the silly cheap technique of imagining every suspect as the murderer with a digital audio effect to make their voice sound monstrous. Bill Nighy brings absolutely nothing to the role, and is robotic and characterless, his side kick policeman is slightly more interesting but has some weird unnecessary dialog. Its as though someone writing the stilted pointless dialog of a marvel super hero - has decided to have a go at writing a BBC style period who-dun-it. But has completely failed to work out what that requires apart from throwing some murders and some suspects at the screen.
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called Golem - must be responsible. Despite it's talented cast and good perfomances 'The Limehouse Golem' is a detective thriller that is more slow paced than it should be to the point where i got bored from the whole film and the narrative at times was a bit messy. The overall cinematography tho and the settings were really good but the film's story takes alot of time to be unfold and the ending was also disappointing. (5/10)
