Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Super sleuth...Jude Law..Robert Downey Jr....Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Since we last picked off from our old pal, Sherlock, he's been busy. As Watson says, "his web of conspiracy has expanded," as he's been tracing a series of bombings across Europe, and he's seeming traced it back to Professor James Moriarty (Mad Men's Jared Harris). As he enlists his newly-married pal, Dr Watson (again, played by Jude Law), he saves another one of Moriarty's intended victims, a gypsy called Sim (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo's Noomi Rapace.) The film crosses different continents as, Holmes tries to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. Stephen Fry gets a small part as Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, a very different character from BBC One's Sherlock's Mark Gatiss. I think that Sim got much less speech than she should of and didn't really add much to the plot. Incredibly contrived, I think this second outing into the franchise manages to get away with it. 




3.5/5