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Genre	Action Mystery
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Setting
Protagonists	Private Eye
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Occaision
Production	FX Heavy Period Piece Reboot
Period	19th Century
Source	Remake
Location	London

By Trust Created	Summary	Acting	Film	Edge	Reality
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Wick 66 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Image Lord Blackwood: Noble + Evil + Villain More » Created Jan 04, 2010 08:37PM PST Edited Jan 25, 2020 10:01PM PST	Great 4.0 Rock 'em, sock 'em Holmes: Brilliant star Robert Downey Jr. turns the mythical detective into an action hero of the fir… More »	Very Good 3.5 Arrogant. Rakish. Brilliant.¹ Hmm, which moviestar best fits those clues? Ah yes, Robert Downey Jr., muscled up… More »	Great 4.0 The film admirably sweeps aside dandified characterizations, harking back to "Conan Doyle's bare knuckled fighter":http… More »	Risqué 1.8 Visceral hand-to-hand violence comes early and often. While occasionally comic, it's not "comik violence":http://www.v… More »	Surreal 2.1 What does it take to place Conan Doyle's Victorian detective in IndyJonesian hyper-reality? 45 stuntmen, 25 FX players,… More »
BrianSez 17 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created May 14, 2010 10:40PM PST Edited May 14, 2010 10:40PM PST	Great 4.0 Sherlock and Watson kick-ass in a great action thriller that infuses an old English tradition with modern movie stunts … More »	Great 4.0 Downey and Law were perfectly cast for this! Downey with his sarcastic humor believably draws forth annoyance from Law… More »	Great 4.0 Guy Ritchie has a sequel making recipe with Holmes. It took his style of production to really light a new fire under th… More »	Risqué 1.9	Surreal 2.1
John A Massie 13 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Jan 02, 2010 08:21PM PST Edited Jan 02, 2010 08:21PM PST	Really Great 4.5 I enjoy this film for a number of reasons: the use of the Freemason/Jack the Ripper theories in the plot, the way the a… More »	Really Great 4.5 Downey Jnr was awesome as Holmes, but perhaps not the kind of awesome someone who wanted to see another wisecracking To… More »	Great 4.0 CGI was a bit scruffy in places, but otherwise no complaints. Again, most of the overly stylish moments actually inhanc… More »	Risqué 2.2 A few graphic slo-mo punchs, a couple sex jokes, nothing too bad. More »	Glib 1.3 A few moments of scientific liberty were taken, but nothing impossible. More »

May 14, 2010 11:44PM Wick	Regarding BrianSez’s Review Solid review, Holmes.
Jan 15, 2010 7:04AM MJ5K	Haha I said just kidding : )
Jan 14, 2010 11:51PM Wick	Yep, I call ’em as I see ’em, and try not to give nihilism extra credit just because it seems so heavy.

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