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While his British accent may be wonky at times, DowneyвЂ™s eccentric-verging-on-nutcase portrayal of Holmes is a joy to watch and heвЂ™s perfectly paired with a Law, whose self-depreciating portrayal of Watson is filled with all manner of humiliations between action sequences.

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who is in no small part responsible for the success of the series in general. At least this time it doesnвЂ™t all revolved around a faux supernatural conspiracy with a Scooby Doo ending.

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That would be enough to derail the entire movie if it were truly about the mystery, but this edition of Sherlock Holmes is more about action, so the filmmakers just barely get away with their convoluted storytelling. ItвЂ™s all pretty ridiculous hokum and difficult to predict given that the plot hinges on an endless stream of last second reveals that feel as though they were all tacked on at the last minute rather than carefully plotted in advance. MoriartyвЂ™s plot become increasingly convoluted as the film goes on, initially appearing connected to French anarchist groups, but eventually transitioning into an unlikely conspiracy to kick off World War 1 a little early. A drunken bachelor party works a mysterious gypsy into the mix (played by Noomi Rapace, the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and soon LawвЂ™s wife is dispatched for an international adventure to track down HolmesвЂ™ new nemesis. The film picks up shortly after the ending of the original with HolmesвЂ™ stock villain Moriarty now part of the equation and Jude LawвЂ™s Watson about to be married. Whatever it is, the series is fun, pulpy entertainment that might not be as intellectually nourishing as the source material, but makes up for it by adding way more guns nвЂ™ one-liners. as a fast-talking, wise-cracking Sherlock and Jude Law as his endlessly befuddled Watson. Revving up the action in a Sherlock Holmes story should be counter-intuitive to the quiet mystery series, but something about this reboot seems to work.Maybe itвЂ™s the combination of whodunit plotting with slo-mo fistfights or maybe itвЂ™s the delightful casting of Robert Downey Jr.

ThatвЂ™s right, itвЂ™s time for round two of the high speed explosive reboot of the great detective and once again the franchise proves to work surprisingly well.

Sherlock Holmes returns with director Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels) in charge, which means the man is not only the worldвЂ™s most gifted detective, but also the finest bare knuckle boxer as well.

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