Sherlock Holmes Collection

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

Arthur Conan Doyle

Anthony Peckham

Michael Robert Johnson

Simon Kinberg

Sarah Greenwood

James Herbert

Lionel Wigram

Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Joel Silver

Steve Clark-Hall

Bruce Berman

Susan Downey

Michael Tadross

Peter Eskelsen

Philippe Rousselot

Guy Ritchie

Dan Lin

Dana Goldberg

Alex Bailey

Ed Colyer

Peter Burgis

Nathaniel De'Lineadeus

Nick Foley

Nadia Stacey

Siân Miller

Glen Gathard

Matt Gruber

Chris Munro

Chris Lyons

Matthew Smith

Sian Milne

Katie Spencer

Kevin Kaska

Hans Zimmer

Nick Gottschalk

Lesa Warrener

Christine Blundell

Matthew Gray

Charmaine Fuller

James Foster

Julia Wilson

Niall Moroney

Carol 'Ci Ci' Campbell

Paul Mooney

Chloe Meddings

Patricia Regan

Tommy Finch

Charlotte Law

Polly Hope

Claudia Dehmel

Steve Little

Bradley Schmidt

George Patsos

Nick Ray

Valentina Aulisi

Chas Jarrett

Becki Ponting

Chuck Finch

Greg Quinlan

Alexandra Daunt Watney

David Vickery

Jeff Brink

Vince McGahon

Jack English

Nick Jeffries

Rick Leary

Jonathan Fawkner

John Flemming

James Mather

Des Whelan

Louis Sabat

Gabi Brown

Robert Griffon Jr.

Pawl Fulker

Doug Hemphill

Olly Tellett

Gus Magalios

Elizabeth West

Sarah Tulloch

Luke Neuman

Alan Stewart

Neal Norton

Bobby Mancuso

Melissa Meister

Andy Kennedy

Michael Auszura

Chloe Harrison

Dominic Gibbs

Matthew Bristowe

Philip Hedgecock

Martin Mandeville

Peter White

Laura Jennings

Daniel Barrow

Action

Adventure

Crime

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

Warner Bros. Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures

Silver Pictures

Wigram Productions

United States of America

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