Guy Ritchie's update of classic mystery saga is not so great.

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2011)

Well, they have done it again. Another Sherlock Holmes update and not even a good one for that matter. I praise Robert Downey, Jr. for his charming performance as the eccentric detective, but that is probably the only thing worth seeing. The use of long, sleep-inducing action scenes is unnecessary. Guy Ritchie is marketing to a younger audience and he fails to meet the intelligent story that a Sherlock Holmes film should have. In this Holmes yarn, Sherlock uncovers a vast conspiracy set up by Occult leader (Mark Strong). Ritchie wastes little time throwing brainless action scenes at us, but does take his time to unravel aspects of the characters. Even with Downey's witty and even at times brilliant performance, the movie fails as a whole.