![]() ![]() Downey’s Holmes is mad as a hatter, a speed freak always chasing a high except in Holmes’ case that high is a perplexing case to solve. Like Ritchie’s other films, character wins in Sherlock Holmes. Another complication is Watson’s pending marriage to Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly) and his moving out of 221B Baker Street. ![]() Complicating the case is the reappearance of Holmes’ longstanding nemesis/love interest Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), a con woman acting on behalf of a certain shadowy professor. John Watson (Jude Law) to figure out how Blackwood was able to manufacture his resurrection and stop him from realizing his fiendish plot, whatever it is. When the infamous mystic and Satanist Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) seemingly returns from the dead, Scotland Yard employs Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and his long standing associate Dr. And while we’re at it, let’s also give a bravo to Ritchie for putting something to film where the story makes actual sense, because if there’s one thing that this filmmaker’s past works have in common it’s that you can never explain what they’re about in 500 words or less.Ĭomparatively, the plot of Sherlock Holmes is that much more simplistic, which is sort of odd given the character’s renown for solving crimes by picking up on the smallest details. Ritchie because your Holmes is like nothing done before with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most well known creation. ![]() Sure, Ritchie’s about as subtle as a brick through a plate glass window, but I’d much rather see a classic character like Sherlock Holmes remade by someone with a bold, new innovation than someone preoccupied with paying homage to what’s come before. In deference to Holmesian purists, there is something really engaging about Guy Ritchie’s spin on the famous Victorian detective. ![]()
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