All hail;Sherlock Holmes,the comic book sleuth!!

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2012)

"Elementary my dear Ritchie",as Sherlock Holmes would say!!!The best thing about the 2nd installment of the Sherlock Holmes flicks from the Guy Ritchie stable is that director sticks and remains true to Holmes as we know him from the novels(read the awe inspiring deduction prowess of Holmes); besides invigorating the film with awe inspiring CGI effects and power packed action sequences to take to it dizzying heights of awesomeness.Set in the mystical environs of the Victorian era(I'm a bit partial towards flicks set in that era)the characters,their actions as concocted by Ritchie are far cry from the ones originally depicted in Sir Arthur's novels.Our new age Holmes & Watson,punch,they kick,dodge bullets in uber cool,jaw dropping slo-mo action scenes,but its hard not to fall in love with this adrenaline joyride of a movie.What else can you expect wen Ironman himself is playing the protagonist.Surely Conan Doyle will be jumping out from his seat in heaven,cant say the same about the Sherly purists though.In the most intriguing of scenes, Holmes and Moriarty lock horns over a game of chess ;we also have Watson dancing with gypsies, his wife thrown off a train, Holmes in various disguises (as a chair,as a woman,lol) and yes we have a naked Stephen Fry hitting on Watson's wife.Very Richtiesque and stamp of the director of Snatch,RocknRolla written all over it.Only the director of Guy's caliber nd finesse cud have pulled this off.The dual b/w Holmes nd his arch enemy,Prof Moriarty and the mesmerizing chemistry between Law and Downey Jr. who hit off like a house on fire,are well and truly the high points of the movie.Just the right mix of a shrewd script,subtlety,mind boggling action sequences,Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows goes one step above its celebrated predecessor and transcends into an exhilarating joyride that packs quite a punch and how..End your year on a high,Go for it!!!!