Bitter toffee apple confection with a rotten core

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2009)

Yes it looks good ....or rather, that it ought to be good, but, it isn't. The acting is superb, the settings are superb, the props are superb, the script is fine, but the whole is very much less than the whole. It falls apart on so many levels one wonders what sort of skill it takes to ruin such a promising venture. Make no mistake this is one big failure of a film. The action fails to engage, the tension fails to appear, the love interest is flatter than a week old pancake, and Holmes's sleuthing is about as believable as the man in the moon. There's some pugilism that might interest boxers but that's about all. Two hours of mild diversion. I yawned several times. You will too.