Monday 2 April 2012

Sherlock Holmes : A Game Of Shadows (2011) 7/10

Starring : Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris
Director : Guy Ritchie
Running Time : 124 mins

Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr) discovers a link between a series of terrorist attacks and murders, including the death of his one-time romantic interest Irene Adler (McAdams), in the form of Professor James Moriarty (Harris), and with the aid of his assistant Dr John Watson (Law) and a gypsy named Simza Heron (Rapace) he tracks down the Professor and realises that he is investing in companies that profit from war and plans to create an international incident.

Although this is action packed and filled with fun fight scenes and interesting cinematography, the story is a little too convoluted and overly confusing. There isn’t enough detail in how Holmes comes to the conclusion that Moriarty is behind the crimes committed, and the ending of the film felt a little silly and over dramatic for my liking. In spite of that, it is an enjoyable action comedy if you don’t think about things too much.

You’ll like this if you liked : Mission : Impossible – Ghost Protocol



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