Brutal Sherlock Holmes

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2020)

Excellent movie, filled with action but also enough slow moments for the story to unfold, with a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a good production design destined to evoke the Victorian Age that suits the character so well. Downey at his best, shows off a brutal version of the character, with all the great, good and bad. Maybe for some it would look too much like "action figure", to extremely capable in combat. But I don't feel that way.
Jude Law is very good in the "sidekick role", although not that sure as "Watson" (war veteran doctor). Still, he's good.
Visually great, with some especially great action sequences, maybe the Irene Adler character (played by the always perfect Rachel McAdams) could've been better. The villains, fine.
Maybe the worst thing about this movie is that the action, while always entertaining or better, sometimes can feel a bit like cartoony. Also, some parts in the second act can get slightly boring, but all of them are important in the conclusion, so it's not like they don't matter.