An Entertaining Cinematic Delight

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2019)

17 December 2011. Guy Richie's risky photographic approach to this movie really shines somehow and even the over the top comedy like with the butler seems to fit nicely into the overall tone of action, intelligent humor, and mental twists and turns that consistently underlie Sherlock Holme's character. Like a Bourne movie plot twist in the movie, this Sherlock script also puts the audience at a sudden emotional tailspin and successfully uses the off balance of life and death to creep into the movie late making for a surprising suspenseful and even at times scary compelling experience. Richie has successfully introduced a new level of slow motion action to good effect along with a color scheme and set design that seems off but captures the period feel of the movie well. Like 3-D and Avatar, Richies introduces a new fresh and exciting look to the period and action movie that would have easily become a stupid and cheap looking feature film.