Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to
outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris
Storyline
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his longtime trusted
associate, Doctor Watson (Jude Law), take on their arch-nemesis, Professor
Moriarty (Jared Harris), with the help of Holmes' older brother Mycroft Holmes
(Stephen Fry) and a gypsy named Simza (Noomi Rapace).
Details
Official Sites: Official Facebook | Official site [Spain]
Country: USA
Language: English | French | Italian | German | Romany
Release Date: 16 December 2011 (USA)
Also Known As: Sherlock Holmes 2
Filming Locations: Richmond
Park, Richmond,
Surrey, England,
UK
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Box Office
Budget: $125,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $39,637,079 (USA) (16 December 2011)
Gross: $186,830,669 (USA) (30 March 2012)
User Reviews
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law)
again battle wits with arch enemy Professor James Moriarty.
There is wrong-doing afoot. Our entertainment history is
being rewritten to such a point we will no longer know or remember what came
first. What we have now is a Sherlock Holmes as an Action Hero, something Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle never contemplated. Now the Green Lantern is gay. Spiderman
once had a dark suit. Snow White will now be remembered for her troubles with
an evil Queen and not for those happy-go-lucky dwarfs (except for Grumpy, of
course).
Where will it all end? Will Anne of Green Gables become the
new Laura Croft? Will Nancy Drew become a hit-man…um… woman? Will the Hardy
Boys become the new Batman and Robin? And, those poor three little pigs, what
will they become? And, will we ever hear that we are glad those superheroes are
on our side or hear the last line in the fairytale that "they lived
happily ever after?" Point made? Maybe.
I feel many of us would have liked Robert Downey Jr to
become another Action Hero (yes, other than Iron Man) with another name and not
Sherlock Holmes. And, he still could have a sidekick as, perhaps, a Watson with
another name too. Put Sherlock Holmes back where he belongs. Downey is not even close to being a Sherlock
Holmes. But, it is what it is and we have what we have and there doesn't seem
to be much any of us can do about it. Well, that is, unless I become king. Then
it will change back to what it all was. Pity that it cannot happen. I would be
a good king.
As for this event, you will see a lot of very good CGI, a
very fast talking Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr ) because -- remember: he
doesn't have a British accent and his talking at light speed will cover that
up. So what we have here are fiction, and fantasy where only the names remain
the same as written by Sir Arthur, who at this point must be spinning in his
grave at warp speed.
The first half of this movie is a complete mess. Nothing
flowed where one could understand what was going on; hence nothing was going
on. When characters talk in darkened scenes with clipped English, it is
difficult to follow anything. What we heard was something about Watson's
marriage, mind games with Moriarty that came to nothing, and protecting a gypsy
fortune teller (Noomi Rapace as Madam Heron) whose brother is missing. The
second half was more in tune with what the movie should have been all along,
but still there was no caring about anything except to have this over with.
And, it was much too long.
Downey's
Holmes overacts all the way thru and this is most annoying. He is too causal
and too flippant. The comedic banter between Holmes and Watson was lame, not
funny and most of the time unintelligible. Jude Law's Watson tries to be
serious but is often taken in by Sherlock's prankish behavior. Wasted in here
was Rachael McAdams as Irene Adler. The only serious persons in here are
Moriarty (Jared Harris) and Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) who together
wished there was not so much action and a better script with the old Sherlock
back.