Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is an amalgamation of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and just a slight tinge of the Arthur Conan Doyle detective novels.
It has been utterly revamped with new life injected into one of the most popular characters ever portrayed. Having myself seen many an adaptation with a pudgy, bumbling Watson always trying to catch up with a highly stoic, pipe smoking-plaid wearing Holmes. All in all, it was utterly refreshing to have something just a little bit more relatable with elegance and an edge of neuroses.
Ritchie’s new aesthetic includes more of a mad scientists version of Holmes, while Watson is the only character who can handle or is willing to handle such an eccentric character. Ensconced at Baker Street, Watson has decided to leave his super sleuthing behind in order to start his life anew with his fiancé. Holmes has other ideas though as he tries to solve their latest case. Some traditionalists might scoff at their new fighting prowess and their lack of refinement, but Holmes’ and Watson’s more masculine edge works brilliantly, especially with Jude Law’s and Robert Downey Jr.’s fantastic chemistry.
Holmes and Watson has to solve a crime involving Lord Blackwood, played by Mar Strong, who wants everything Pinky and the Brain aspires to do: Taking over the World. First stop, Great Britain. On the case with Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) from Scotland Yard, it deals with illusions, the supernatural and a sort-of romantic entanglement with Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams).
With nary a speed bump it rollicks forward on Hans Zimmer’s musical score, Holmes’ famous deductive skills and an ensemble cast that takes you on a gritty journey through Victorian London.
Yep: Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law, bromance is always love.
Oh: Hard to find anything terrible about it.
Verbatim: Sherlock Holmes: You’ve never complained about my methods before.
Dr. John Watson: I’ve never complained! When have I ever complained about you practicing the violin at three in the morning, or your mess, your general lack of hygiene, your experiments on my dog, or the fact that you steal my clothes?
Thumbs: 4 out of 5 Thumbs
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