A Riveting Supernaturally Tinged Mystery Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2019)

27 December 2009. Downey and Jude Law bring an uneasy but fascinating chemistry to this crime-solving duo along with some finely crafted musical background and some powerful and compelling action scenes. The haunting and mysterious supernatural events hang ominously through out this movie bringing even more suspense and tension. The only apparent weaknesses are some of the fighting scenes which unlike BOURNE IDENTITY seem to be distractive and confusing rather than compellingly inviting and some difficulty in understanding some of the dialogue, SHERLOCK HOLMES is nicely editing with good pacing and some attractive and densely layered set designs. Overall, this movie is nicely balanced with a solid script with good explanations where necessary, little or no lose ends (except for the sequel) and is weighted with good emotional weight making this movie much more intellectually and qualitatively satisfying.