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Sherlock Holmes

Warner Bros. Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures

Silver Pictures

Wigram Productions

United States of America

Germany

United Kingdom

English

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Robert Downey Jr.

Jude Law

Rachel McAdams

Mark Strong

Eddie Marsan

Robert Maillet

Geraldine James

Kelly Reilly

William Houston

Hans Matheson

James Fox

William Hope

Clive Russell

Oran Gurel

David Garrick

Ky Discala

Andrew Brooke

Tom Watt

John Kearney

Sebastian Abineri

Jonathan Gabriel Robbins

James A. Stephens

Terence Taplin

Bronagh Gallagher

Ed Tolputt

Joe Egan

Jefferson Hall

Miles Jupp

Marn Davies

Andrew Greenough

Ned Dennehy

Martin Ewens

Amanda Grace Johnson

James Greene

David Emmings

Ben Cartwright

Chris Sunley

Michael Jenn

Timothy O'Hara

Guy Williams

Peter Miles

Rocco Ritchie

Michael Tadross

Joel Silver

Michael Robert Johnson

Arthur Conan Doyle

Dana Goldberg

Susan Downey

Dan Lin

Simon Kinberg

Sarah Greenwood

Lionel Wigram

Guy Ritchie

Steve Clark-Hall

James Herbert

Anthony Peckham

Bruce Berman

Peter Eskelsen

Philippe Rousselot

Alex Bailey

Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Peter Burgis

Chris Munro

Ed Colyer

Glen Gathard

Matthew Smith

Nadia Stacey

Nathaniel De'Lineadeus

Chris Lyons

Siân Miller

Matt Gruber

Nick Foley

Sian Milne

Katie Spencer

Kevin Kaska

Hans Zimmer

Charmaine Fuller

Lesa Warrener

Nick Gottschalk

James Foster

Paul Mooney

Matthew Gray

Christine Blundell

Carol 'Ci Ci' Campbell

Patricia Regan

Niall Moroney

Chloe Meddings

Julia Wilson

Des Whelan

Jack English

David Sinfield

Dadi Einarsson

Louis Sabat

Melissa Meister

Bobby Mancuso

Rick Leary

Chuck Finch

Nick Jeffries

Alexandra Daunt Watney

Alan Stewart

Neal Norton

Julian Bucknall

Laura Jennings

Collin Quinlan

Vince McGahon

David Vickery

Jonathan Fawkner

Jeff Brink

Valentina Aulisi

Arlynn Abseck

Elizabeth West

Tim Keene

Laurent Hugueniot

Sarah Tulloch

Olly Tellett

George Patsos

Peter White

Daniel Barrow

Greg Quinlan

Gus Magalios

Day Yargici

Martin Mandeville

Clare Spragge

Chas Jarrett

Tommy Finch

Charlotte Law

Polly Hope

Claudia Dehmel

John Flemming

Nick Ray

Pawl Fulker

Emma Callinan

Chloe Harrison

Michael Auszura

Andy Kennedy

James Mather

Fun adaptation of the classic character played wonderfully by Robert Downey Jr. who has some nice banter with Jude Law's Holmes as well as the beautiful Rachel McAdams. I like Mark Strong but he doesn't have a whole lot to work with. It's also a bit long however I was entertained. **3.75/5**

_**Sherlock Holmes goes hyperkinetic action with impossible CGI**_

In Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) & Dr. Watson (Jude Law) enter into a clash of wits and brawn with a serial killing Lord involved in black magic who, apparently, has risen from the dead (Mark Strong). Rachel McAdams and Kelly Reilly play the women in the protagonists’ lives. 

Directed by Guy Ritchie, “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) takes Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular Victorian detective and successfully morphs him into an action hero with rapid-fire dialogues and over-the-top thrills. It’s like an old Hammer flick on steroids, but it works as long as you can keep up with the snappy dialogues, which are often mumbled by Downey Jr. (so you’ll have to listen closely or use the subtitles).

The interesting thing about the character of Sherlock Holmes is his talent for making sweeping deductions based on the slightest details and this flick highlights that to amusing effect, like when Holmes easily assesses Watson’s fiancé at the restaurant (which is one of the movie’s best scenes). Speaking of the ladies, both Rachel McAdams and Kelly Reilly really shine here.   

The film runs 2 hours, 8 minutes, and was shot in England. 

GRADE: B

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With the evil “Lord Blackwood” (Mark Strong) now safely strung up and cut down, “Sherlock Holmes” (Robert Downey Jr) and his Boswell “Dr. Watson” (Jude Law) are relaxed as the latter man plans his impending nuptials to “Mary” (Kelly Reilly). Of course, it being Victorian London, the next crime spree is never far away, only this time it concerns some of the highest-placed people in the government. What’s more, their former antagonist appears to have risen from the grave and resumed his previous, nefarious, habits. Pretty swiftly, our sleuth deduces a certain connection with the Grand Lodge, and is almost as quickly embroiled in a complex series of scenarios that could rock the very fabric of the British Empire. Just to add to his woes, erstwhile belle “Irene Adler” (Rachel McAdams) shows up and what’s the betting she has a plan all of her own? Though the CGI elements of this have dated somewhat, this is still a quirkily constructed crime drama that allows RDJ to present a cerebrally entertaining and frequently quite pithy characterisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fastidious detective. His slightly aloof methods irritate his friend, “Watson” but nowhere nearly as effectively as they do that of Scotland Yard’s finest “Lestrade” (Eddie Marsan) who is on solid form here. Law is ok, no better than that, and McAdams doesn’t really feature enough to make so much impact - so it is all really left to the star, some authentic looking locations, some magic from Hans Zimmer and a delicious degree of mysticism and superstition amidst the greasy, gas-lit, squalor of London. It’s a classy production that is consistently paced to drip-feed us precisely nothing right until the end - but will “Sherlock” manage to save the day, the gal and the wedding?

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