Make no mistake, this is a Robert Downey Jr. movie, with all his flippancy and wit.

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2012)

As the critic Ebert states, this Sherlock Holmes bears little resemblance to the Holmes of the books or earlier movies. I suppose today's movies, to be well-received by audiences, must have almost non-stop action, gunfights, and explosions, and this one does.
I found the story to be a bit obscure, but narrows down to Holmes needing to solve the mystery where an old adversary is intent on getting war started in Europe because he would stand to get wealthy on it. I suppose the old adage "follow the money" is alive and well.
Robert Downey Jr. of course plays Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law is back as his sidekick Dr. John Watson. A wrinkle is that Watson is getting married and his new wife plays a prominent role in the eventual code-breaking that is required to solve the mystery.
Jared Harris is the adversary, Professor James Moriarty. It was nice to see Noomi Rapace in a different role as Madam Simza Heron. I can't easily explain what her character's function was. She of course became instantly famous as Lisbeth Solander in the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy.
I enjoyed this movie, good entertainment.