Guy Ritchie’s updated and snappier adaptation of “Sherlock Holmes” has had its fair share of press, both good and bad. There were early reports about reshoots, which sometimes means the film is getting tinkered with too much. Then, as we got closer to the release, the early trailers looked pretty nifty.
Now, with Christmas upon us and having this movie as one of the big releases (going up against computer generated chipmunks and old people doing it), there’s a lot of buzz whether it’s going to click with audiences.
The story follows the well known detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) trying to solve the case of serial killer Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) who seems to have come back from the dead. Aided by his long-time partner Dr. Watson (Jude Law), Holmes uses his unique style of detection and inference to piece together the mystery behind Lord Blackwood’s crimes.
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