Blown Away!

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 2015)

This is the 2nd time that I revisited this movie. I have been a big fan of Arthur Conan Doyle's creation, Holmes. This movie is an amazing reprise of this character. I quiet love the choice of actors to play the lead & sidekick – Downey (Holmes) & Jude Law (Dr. Watson). There are quite a few parallels between their lives and the character itself. Casting Downey as Holmes was a masterstroke! I appreciate this more after reading his biography. I must call out the excellent sets, costumes & music. Although these lurk in the background these add to the mood & pace of the movie. The end of the movie clearly gives a hint of a 2nd part, which indeed was released in 2011, equally exciting! Set in 1891, Sherlock Holmes & his colleague, Dr. Watson successfully arrest the aristocratic serial killer & occult practitioner Lord Blackwood to close their latest case. But when Blackwood supposedly walks out of his grave, all hell breaks loose. Holmes is hired by a secret society to investigate into the matter, only to discover that his nemesis has been planning a more sinister plot all along. Downey's role as Tony Stark in 2008 gave him the much awaited blockbuster & Holmes gave him an opportunity to cement his position, the following year, as an actor to reckon with in mainstream cinema.