Robert Downey Jr. plays this role as good as he did Iron Man, Sherlock is rather astounding.

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2010)

I really wanted to see this one in theaters, but I unfortunately never got around to it. Instead I got the DVD as an Easter gift and have to say it was a really entertaining flick that I thoroughly enjoyed. Of course when you get right down to it I suppose I liked this one mainly thanks to Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of the famous detective from England. He is quickly becoming my favorite actor which is kind of funny and sad that really no one in the younger generation can really carry a movie like this man who was once in very really danger of ending up like so many young actors who achieve success at a young age. Instead, he has rebuilt himself as a person who can take on action roles and is able to deliver humorous quips while in said movie. Let's face it who else in the younger generation is even close, certainly not say Shia LeBleaf a guy they say is the next big thing, but all he has done is star opposite Harrison Ford and giant robots both of which were the primary draw for people seeing those movies. Here Sherlock is shown at the beginning of the film foiling the plans of a man named Blackdale. He is apparently some sort of black magic practitioner. Well it is not to long after that this man is hung, but after a bit it seems that this man has risen from the grave and once again Sherlock must find out what is going on. This Sherlock seems equipped with an extremely sharp mind capable of processing information at an astounding rate. At times it seems he processes to much info which is probably why he is in need of a smoke from his pipe which contains something other than tobacco I believe. The setting is nice, I like the way the movie looked and the cast apart from Robert is good too as Jude Law made an excellent Dr. Watson. I enjoyed their byplay. Good action, good mystery and good humor in this movie had it all pretty much covered. There does seem to be a huge opening for a sequel, I usually prefer a movie to be standalone unless you already have the other movies pretty much made as was the case with the Lord of the Ring trilogy, but I will forgive it here as this movie was successful enough I believe to have a sequel green lighted. I do wish though that he had one more of his narrations where he says to himself how he is going to take someone out and then they show it. All in all though a rather complete film that was entertaining, hopefully Iron Man 2 will be as fun to watch as this one was.