Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2011)

Saw the movie "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows," starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Jared Harris. Honestly, my very first thoughts, when I saw the trailer for the first time, was this doesn't look like its going to top the first one...It looks alright...I needed a little more to go on. But honestly that is what I thought about the first Sherlock Holmes movie and I ended up loving it. I ended up loving this one too. Matter of fact, I can't wait to go see it again. What I believe people want to see, even more than the action, is the battle of wits between Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty. This movie provides that throughly. To me that was the main ingredient the movie needed! You will witness these two battle it out and out smart each other to the very end of the movie! The action in this movie was very fitting for the kind of movie this is. Guy Ritchie(director) does a great job once again of providing the action necessary to complement this movie. He also does the slow motion movements that we all loved in the first movie. I'm glad Robert Downey Jr. is back! He is starting to become one of my favorite actors. He does a great job playing Sherlock Holmes and Jared Harris does an excellent job bring Professor Moriarty to life. The big question is, is the Sherlock Holmes 2 better than the first one? I say its better! Only by a hair though, because the first won was excellent! When this movie comes out on DVD and people have had enough time to take a look at it. I will give you a specific breakdown of both movies and what parts/things of each movie is better than the other. Overall, I think this is a great movie! Great acting, solid battle of wits, action is satisfactory...I'm going to give "Sherlock Holmes 2" a 10 out of 10.