Plot: Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law) chase and defeat a satanist, Lord Blackwell (Mark Strong), who is bent on taking over the British Empire and then the world. The movie's Sherlock is an action hero in addition to being a super-detective.
Review: Sherlock Holmes is a fast-moving, chaotic movie that lacks strong characters and a strong story. We never learn what makes any of the characters tick especially the lady villian Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams). What did she and Holmes have going on? There is no chemistry between the main characters, especially between Holmes and Watson. There was not enough of Downey's great facial acting.
Holmes trademark is in-depth observations that show how he knew seemingly unexplainable things, and he did that in this movie. I found these explanations arbitrary and dumb -- like a Star Trek character explaining how warp drive works. This made Holmes even less human.
On the bright side the art direction is superb. It was interesting to see a re-imagining of the Holmes story. This was far more fast paced than the BBC TV series.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Crew: directed by Guy Ritchie; based on the classic books by Arthur Conan Doyle
Rating: 2.0 flasks
More: The fact that this Holmes could fight as well as think made him more like Batman, and even less human.
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