Action Holmes

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2010)

Sherlock Holmes was suppose to be a mystery/thriller. It's shocking to see Sherlock Holmes doing martial arts. Filmmakers might thought that the movie will be better if they put a lot of action scenes in this movie. The action scenes were awesome. Sherlock Holmes is entertaining, nice casting, but it is disappointing that the movie has less mystery and more action. The story was okay, but it is not really mysterious. it has a lot of action and suspense but less mystery. the action didn't ruined the film, it made it more entertaining and fun. First i thought the action scenes are slow-mo like Watchmen, good thing is it's not. the directing was great. The picture London in Sherlock Holmes looks the same thing in Sweeney Todd. The music score was cool, it really fit to a detective movie. I liked the casting. Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes is like Dr. House which is funny. Mark Strong is a cool villain. Sherlock Holmes is an entertaining film but you should expect for the action and breath-taking scenes not the mystery. nice casting, great directing, and cool music score.
4/5 stars