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Sunday, May 26, 2019


Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, in-character. The background is a window display, featuring shelves containing miscellaneous objects relating to the story. The poster reads "Sherlock Holmes" across the top, with the tagline "Holmes for the holiday" centered at the bottom. The poster is predominately turquoise coloured.









     Sherlock Holmes  2009  PG-13  ACTION  2h 10min
CAST— Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan
MUSIC— Hans Zimmer  DIRECTOR— Guy Ritchie  BASED ON— Characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

     Robert Downey, Jr. stars as the eccentric consulting detective in an equally eccentric film from director Guy Ritchie. The game is afoot when Holmes and Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) stumble upon a sinister plot involving faux black magic and world domination, masterminded by the cunning Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). When Blackwood seemingly arises from the dead Holmes and Watson lead a merry chase through Victorian-era London, seeking answers to an increasingly bizarre case. Featuring classic Sherlockian characters including (“The Woman”) Irene Adler and the inept inspector Lestrade, this film should strike a violin string with devotees of Doyle’s detective, even if this version does contain more action than one would expect. And no deerstalker cap either.
OUR RATING— ***
FOLLOWED BY— Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

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