As
the movie opens, we meet Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade racing in a
horse-driven carriage to an unknown destination. A medium-sized man (Robert Downey Jr)
is also in a hurry as he quickly dispatches some unnamed hoodlums and
prevents the villain Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) from making a sacrifice of a
young woman. Thus begins our introduction to Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s renowned
fictional detective.
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| Jude Law and Kelly Reilly as Dr Watson and Mary Morstan |
Soon,
Lord Blackwood is hanged for his dastardly deeds and is pronounced dead. Dr Watson is about to be engaged to Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly). Even as
Holmes tries his best to thwart the impending engagement, Blackwood returns
from the dead to menace England once again. Also thrown in the mix is Irene
Adler (Rachel McAdams), who has been employed by Professor Moriarty to
manipulate Holmes into retrieving a device (the MacGuffin of this movie).
In a considerable departure from the canon, Holmes
has a very personal and non-platonic relationship with Irene
Adler.
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| Yes, definitely not the Canonical Holmes.... |
As Sherlockians know, Holmes is quite
distrusting of the opposite sex and his only interaction with Irene Adler is
in A Scandal in Bohemia. I will not go into too many details, but
suffice to say that this interaction was quite brief and decidedly impersonal.
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Moving on to the supporting cast, Jude Law gives a fine performance as Watson. He is every bit the canonical Watson, a strong-minded and decent individual, who also happens to the ally of Sherlock Holmes. Law presents a competent version of Watson along the likes of David Burke, Edward Hardwicke and Vitaly Solomin.
Eddie Marsan makes a remarkable Lestrade. Mark Strong does his best with the given material. Interestingly, Strong has the requisite physical attributes to be Sherlock Holmes.
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Moving on to the supporting cast, Jude Law gives a fine performance as Watson. He is every bit the canonical Watson, a strong-minded and decent individual, who also happens to the ally of Sherlock Holmes. Law presents a competent version of Watson along the likes of David Burke, Edward Hardwicke and Vitaly Solomin.
Eddie Marsan makes a remarkable Lestrade. Mark Strong does his best with the given material. Interestingly, Strong has the requisite physical attributes to be Sherlock Holmes.
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| Mark Strong and Robert Downey Jr as Lord Blackwood and Sherlock Holmes |
The
movie is mainly focused on the bromance between the residents of 221 B and the
ladies unfortunately have nothing much to do. Kelly Reilly and Rachel McAdams
do perform the requisite duties of providing the necessary eye candy. Geraldine
James makes a fleeing appearance in a couple of scenes as Mrs Hudson.
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