Saturday, 24 August 2013

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

The sequel to the first Sherlock Holmes movie, I watched this through my LoveFilm subscription. Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law) face Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) in a race to prevent a European War.


Someone's seen Jared Harris as David Robert Jones in Fringe as he's an excellent Moriarty, and more than a match for Downey. The latter's portrayal of Holmes is a little less forgivable this time around and he's clearly struggling to maintain the accent, not to mention the unbelievably bad disguises. Jude Law does a fine turn as Watson and the plot is serviceable enough, with scenes evoking the World War to come. It's a decent pizza movie, fun and certainly action-packed, but a bit of a diminishing return.

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