Too Hollywoodish

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2010)

Please consider the following facts: Action Martial Arts (Wing tchun instead of Sambo, to be exact), A young Watson vs. middle age Holmes, Presence of a sweetheart, Too many kisses, Into the jail then out soon after, Happy ending, Fight Club and the ring, Stealing stuff from people on the market, Hollywood techniques, Hollywood characters, Hollywood style, ... Come on Guys! This is not the Holmes I knew. May be named some cool movie of a fancy detective and his partners, but definitely not Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Not a chance! It is distorting the real Holmes' image. It is not a good idea to tie an independently-good-enough story to a previously known character for business purposes. Many people come to see Sherlock Holmes to see "Sherlock Holmes", not science fiction or martial art movie, and the story will disappoint them, although giving them a good hour or two.