much better than i expected, me old china plate

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2009)

Very good.
I thought this - from the ad - was going to be a steam punk atrocity + ghosts and monsters running around, sort of capper.
The look and feel is great - dirty and grimy across the board, with some great touches with regard to Holmes' analysis of situations coupled with a darker observation on his 'appetites'.
The best bit of this film is that it stays true to the original stories - I can say no more than that without ruining it.
A major leap for Ritchie - he seems to have being trying to continue a franchise (Lock Stock..., Snatch, etc.) for so long, and failing, and has suceeded in creating a new one against numerous odds.
...psychological recovery, six months.