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Sherlock Holmes
| Release Date | 17 May 2010 |
|---|---|
| Director | Guy Ritchie |
| Creator |
Robert Downey Jr Jude Law |
| Actors |
Robert Downey Jr Jude Law Rachel McAdams Kelly Reilly Mark Strong |
| Discs | 1 |
| Region | 2 |
Review
If you’ve got too many pre-conceptions of just how a Sherlock Holmes movie should pan out, then it’s probably best that you check them in before popping this latest version in your player. Starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and accompanied by Jude Law as Watson, this film dispenses with some of the conventions of Holmes, and instead starts turning him into something of a period action hero.
Downey Jr. is more than up to the challenge too. Early scenes in Sherlock Holmes are more Fight Club than sleuth-influenced, with the hand of director Guy Ritchie behind the camera being very clear. But the film soon settles down and starts to have some fun, with the able assistance of Mark Strong and Rachel McAdams, among the supporting cast.
Yet this is Downey Jr.’s show, and he doesn’t waste the opportunity. He’s an engaging leading man at the worst of times, and he’s clearly having a ball here. What’s more, it’s immensely satisfying when his Sherlock Holmes gets down to the business of solving crimes, even though there are some really quite impressive action sequences to work through first.
There are problems, of course. There’s not enough flesh on the bones of some of the characters, and the early part of the film feels very different from the latter stages. But there’s solid groundwork here for the inevitable franchise, and watching Downey Jr. reprise the role of Sherlock Holmes over the next few years should be really quite good fun too. --Jon Foster
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Smart, funny and devishly dark.
Sherlock Holmes, the detective franchise that never dies. And just when all hope of a successfull reboot seemed lost, this film was announced.Action first. The fight scenes are awesome and unusualy clever, and sherlock has a new figure that makes it look probable. Next, the detective bits. They are everything you'd expect and a little bit more. Sherlock Holmes stands out as one of the best films of 2009. The plot focuses on Sherlock and Watsons "last" case together (but no, it isn't). An aclaimed magician named Lord Blackwood gets hanged but shortly after, claims that Blackwood is back surface and logic is thrown out the window.
Overall, Sherlock Holmes is brilliant. a spellbindingly good peice of cinema. BUY IT!!!
Film fan
I have 50% didn't like, 50% did like it. I liked it - a refreshing change. From what I believe it stayed true to how Conan Doyle wrote Sherlock originally. If you like to Sherlock being a stuffy sort then you probably won't like the film.
Sherlock Holmes is a hard character to play
Sherlock Holmes is a hard character to play, having been acted, performed and filmed so many times, by many different people, so that stereotypes have arisen around Holmes and Dr. Watson.The film was really good, great acting, and good story line, some good CGI and different twists and turns for Morrearty (as always) behind the entire plot. The locations were good as was the scenery and the interplay between Holmes and Dr. Watons worked really well.
Many funny bits in the film, alongside some well choreographed fight scenes which would not have looked out of place in a Rocky movie. But can the intrepid duo (and its not Batman and Robin) save the day as they race around London, trying to save the world, from anew day, as they get mixed up in murder, intrigue, logic, presumption and a secret society of Victorian England.
A bit boring!
If I ever find myself getting up to make a cup of tea and not hit pause while watching a movie...well that just tells you how interesting the movie really is! I was so let down by this movie..boring at times and the only reason I kept watching was because of Robert Downey. A Guy Ritchie movie....so this might explain why it wasn't as good as it could have been.