Sherlock
Holmes is the smartest man in the world. (according to the authors
Mulroney), a combination of Hercule Poirot, Bruce Lee, and James
Bond...seemingly mad, but secretly brilliant. Holmes' nemesis,
Moriarty was written as a genius with greed on his mind, devoid of
personality, and inclined to survive by powerful means.
Audio
is scratchy and sometimes buried under heaps of raucus roar, just
like in SH-1. English verbiage and accent made me think someone had
set off a cluster bomb of brogue grenades. I listened intently, but I
missed some of the slantier quips to the noisy backgrounds. And fast!
Dialogue was 90 miles an hour...like the fight scenes. Now, these
fights were not bam-bam-fall on the floor, they were 60 second
exchanges, each with hundreds of thrusts and ducks. Ninjas in top
hats. Monkey jumps and waterfall plunges. Swords and chains, castles,
boiler room chases. Guns and artillery.
One
theater-goer near me whispered, “Jude Law is the hero of this
episode”, and he was half right. But, no one disagreed that Downey,
Jr. put out a nuclear performance. Like him or not, he perfected the
role of mental gymnast on speed perfectly. It was obvious that
S.H.was multitasking, solving numerous quandarys and planning their
resolutions flickety-flick...and with all 9 lives intact.
Rating?
6/10. Imaginative, but I'm less enamoured by films hyped up on speed.
Scarpacci.
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