A new Sherlock Holmes

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2011)

This is not your old Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. This takes place in a parallel universe where Sherlock has become a master of martial arts and no-holds-barred street fighting. Any resemblance to the Sherlock we know from the books is purely coincidental.
If you see the movie with that understanding, you'll see a great action movie, with Sherlock fighting innumerable Bad Guys. Doyle's Bad Guys also inhabit this parallel universe: Professor Moriarty is a higher math professor, as well as a maniacal "take over the world" type. More sinister is the parallel Sebastian Moran.
The parallel Mycroft is excellently played by Stephen Fry. I kept asking, "Why is Oscar Wilde in this movie?", until I saw the credits.
Jude Law makes an excellent Watson. The script has him as having served in Afghanistan (yes, there was a war going on over there then).
Irene Adler makes a smallish appearance at the beginning, and Inspector Lestrade an even smaller appearance at the end.
There is gratuitous nudity in the movie, but unfortunately, it's Mycroft.
If you've read the Conan Doyle books, you know about Reichenbach Falls. So you really need to pay close attention to the last 5 minutes of the movie.