Sensational Sherlock!

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2012)

Sherlock Holmes' intellect and kudos appears to be challenged, from his judgement, to an extraordinary degree. Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) disturbs Watson's (Jude Law) Brighton honeymoon by venturing around the gates of France, Germany and the Alps in Switzerland in an investigation behind the mastermind and equally academic Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). His remarkable sense of empathy and wit prove indispensable in this impressive sequel due to Moriaty's sadistic and charismatic volume. In this ravishing sequel, Holmes undertakes the hero role beyond any extremes of the first movie of the Guy Ritchie franchise.
The complex plot and swift nature of moving through discovery and intelligence is balance astonishingly well due to Guy Ritchie's camera and technological advancements and his visualisation for the scene. The music is delicate and remedies with the situation with such beautiful tone and timing. This replicates Holmes' movement and motive as he attempts to form an understanding of the motivation behind his arch rival's menacing path. There is a wonderful scene that depicts the whole scenario that the film plots out for us, the Chess game. Here, ideology demonstrates themes of death, fate and the suspense of making the correct decision whilst attempting to countermand your opponents every thought of conquering the world.
Despite the element of mystery that the Sherlock Holmes franchise has possessed, so far Guy Ritchie has introduced a vast amount of intense action which works notably in comparison to the rest of the narrative. Not only does it reveal an additional coating to Holmes' manner, but, it modernises a series that critically needed freshness in a fashionable sense if the Sherlock Holmes brand was to continue to exist and platform itself in the modern arena that Hollywood imposes. The third instalment unquestionably has a mass of expectation to topple this second chapter.