Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
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- Cast：
- Robert Downey Jr. , Jude Law , Noomi Rapace , Jared Harris , Rachel McAdams , Eddie Marsan , Kelly Reilly
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Reviews
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
This film continues with the same cinematic techniques as the last one incorporating the slow motion wind back that makes this series enjoyable. Holmes is once again locked into combat with the evil Professor James Moriarty. The basic plot is relatively straight forward and unimportant to the film. The enjoyment comes from the character and dialouge of Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. The individual scenes outweigh the plot. Based on the book "The Final Problem."Holmes on the auto carriage: "One day every town in Europe will have one of these."The movie assumes you are familiar with the characters and relationships from the first one. I would recommend you see the first one before this one.Great teen entertainment.No f-bombs, no sex, male rear nudity.
Movie night with Gertie.This is good fun, but not quite on a par with the first outing. Even my 9-year old daughter although entertained, said she preferred the original.
I was a huge fan of Robert Downey Jr.'s performance in the first Sherlock Holmes, and while I was excited to see him again as Sherlock on screen, I was afraid I would be let down by yet another sequel. However, that was not the case at all! Sherlock in a Game of Shadows by far blew away my expectations and surpassed the first movie in my eyes. Sherlock is wittier than ever, while at the same time more stealthy, serious, and plays an amazing protagonist to the Antagonist Professor James Moriarty. Whether it be an action packed scene, funny dialogue, or just plain enjoyment, I was thoroughly enjoyed and hooked in from start to finish.
"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" is not as good as the first film in the series, but it does benefit from an interesting villain. Don't underestimate how important that is to this kind of movie; when you have a hero that's as smart as ol' Holmes, you better have someone that he can match wits with or the whole thing will be a snooze-fest as you wait for this lamo to get trounced by the world's greatest detective. If anything, I was disappointed that these adversaries didn't get to share more screen time. The second half is interesting and well crafted enough to keep the audience entertained though, so it more than redeems itself for me. It's unfortunate that the detective work and mystery play second fiddle to some of the action scenes and humor sequences, and I felt that some of the revelations and plot twists were way over the top, but overall it's enjoyable. I actually feel like I'm being way too harsh on it, I just happened to have really high hopes considering how fresh and intelligent the first installment was. (Theatrical version on the big screen, January 2012)
