Sherlock Holmes battles the nefarious professor Moriarty a criminal mastermind in this sequel to the hit 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2011)

First of all I'll start off by saying that despite how good the movie was I still enjoyed the first movie more than this one. I thought that the movie was very funny it had another great performance from Robert Downey JR. I thought Rachel McAdams did a good job with what time she had in the movie oh by the way her character Irene Adler dies ten minutes into the movie Moriarty kills her by giving her tuberculosis. I really thought that Noomi Rapace did a good job this being her first American movie and all but her character Simza's only significance to the story is that Moriaty is trying and eventually succeeds in killing her brother. I thought Stephen Frye as Sherlock's brother was hilarious particularly the scene where he's naked while talking to Watson's bride. Jared Harris did a pretty Good job as professor James Moraity although I would have liked to see more of him in the movie I thought his take was good he played a very smart and keen version of Moriarty who has other people do his dirty work for him and who is ultimately outwitted by Sherlock at the end of the film. Jude law's take this time around was a bit different in that he grows more and more tiresome of Holmes during the duration of the film but still helps him non the less John Watson is dragged into the battle whiskey Moriarty when he goes after him and tries to have Watson and his wife Mary killed on a train on their way to their honeymoon he also grows more remorseful for Holmes during the movie although he does save him at the end of the movie. Robert Downey JR. like I said just really nailed the role of Sherlock Holmes the funniest parts of the entire movie are at the begging and end of the movie when he's dressed up in camouflage but to me the greatest improvement is his mind he is a lot smarter than he was in the first movie I still love that he projects how he is going to beat someone up before he does it and then does it flawlessly and exactly how he rehearsed it in his head I also loved the way that he outsmarted Moriarty because it was more of a challenge for him than in the first movie the fact that he had to let Moriarty torture him by hanging him on a fishhook and then stealing a little red book that had all of Moriarty's plans and investments in it and making him bankrupt in the process a I am not going to say much about the ending but trust me you are going to get your money's worth it's a great ending I just ca't give it away. in closing I think Sherlock Holmes a game of shadows is a very fun ride a very intense and thrilling edge of your seat adventure movie.