Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Name: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Genre: Action/Mystery

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Guy Ritchie (Director)

Synopsis: Irene Adler delivers a package to Dr. Hoffmanstahl in an auction and receives a payment in return. Hoffmanstahl wants to check the content of the package when in turns triggered a bomb that was hidden in that. Sudden Sherlock Holmes arrived there and disposed the bomb. Hoffmanstahl and Irene escapes from there but when home went out he saw Hoffmanstahl dead body lying near the wall. Irene meets Moriarty asked him to explain these events which in turn Moriarty poisoned her and she died. Dr. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street where Holmes tells Watson that he is investigating some murders, terrorist attacks and Business takeovers and the one person that was related all of this was Professor James Moriarty. At the Bachelor Party arranged by Holmes, Holmes meets the French gypsy teller Simza, to whom the letter was addressed, which was taken from Irene in the auction sent by her brother Rene. A fight broke out between Holmes and an assassin. He defeats the assassin but Simza escapes. After the wedding of mary and Watson, Holmes meet Moriarty. Moriarty informs Holmes that he had killed Irene and will also kill him if he comes in his way but Holmes said that he will take him down now. A group of people hired by Moriarty starts firing Watson and Mary but as Holmes followed them as warning received by Moriarty came there, thrown Mary out of the carriage of the train in the river to be picked by his brother and laid and escape plan to get out of there unharmed. He asked Watson to be with him for one last time. After accepting Holmes request both of them went to Paris and meet Simza telling him that his brother was working for Moriarty, she might knows something about Rene’s plans. She takes them to some anarchists which in turn has told them that they have plant bombs for Moriarty.

All three of them gone to Paris Opera that bomb might have been plant there but soon Holmes realized that he was plant in a nearby hotel where a meeting of some business was to be held. Bomb was denoted where they reached there and discovered that bomb was merely a cover to kill a person called Meinhard by Mariarty henchmen. Which means killing Meinhard will lead Moriarty to be the owner of Meinhard’s arms factory in Heilbronn, Germany. When all of them reach their Holmes tells Watson to send a telegram to his brother Mycroft. On investigation of factory he was captured by Moriarty men. Moriarty captured Holmes tortured and asked him to whom telegram was send from here. There Holmes also came to know that Moriarty was acquiring shares in companies who were making ammunitions and also medicines too where he could earn profits and make fortune as nations were on the verge of world war within themselves. Watson uses a canon on a watch tower leading to its collapse. Holmes and Watson escape from Moriarty men over there but they were badly injured. All of them including Holmes, Watson and Simza gone to Switzerland and deducted that this peace summit will be Moriarty target and the best way to start a world war to assassinate and ambassador and that too were being done by Rene as he will be disguised to take the place of ambassador himself by the reconstructive surgery done by the pioneer surgeon Dr. Hoffmanstahl. Holems invited Moriarity to come outside of the Summit palace and Watson and Rene was figuring it out which one Rene will be. While playing Blitz chess the came to know that the assassination failed by to Watson and Simza but Rene was killed by Moriarty henchmen. Moriarty tells Holmes that world will bound to happen within few years and he will make the profits then.

But Holmes reveals to Moriarty that he was changed the red diary in which he has all made all plans and financing when he was torturing him. He has sent it to Mary in London which decrypt the diary and Inspector of London will seize everything asset of him. Moriarty vows to kill the Watson and Mary and will torture him very much. Holmes and Moriarty anticipated each other physical moves which lead to Moriarty victory. Seeing this Holmes get a grab of Moriarty and throws himself and Moriarty both in the river which Watson sees it. Both of them were presumed to be dead. After Holmes Funeral, Watson and Mary planned the Honeymoon when Watson receives a package in which Mycroft his brother’s breathing device was there. Seeing this Watson believes that he might still be alive and moves outside the room. Holmes was sitting on Sofa concealing itself from him came to the typewriter, read it a little and adds a question mark in the end.

Review: Being the next part of Sherlock Holmes (2009) many expectations were there from it and the movie rose to the expectations very well. Acting as usual was very good of both Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as both of them look a very good pair in this movie as well. Jared Harris performance in the movie was also a convincing one as compared to Mark Strong in the previous part of the movie. Its story line of the movie was very clear. Guy Ritchie remained to his strengths.  A must watch movie with high entertainment.

Stars given: 3.5 out of 5.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Name: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Genre: Action/Mystery/Thriller

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Mark Strong, Guy Ritchie (Director)

Synopsis: In 1890, London most famous detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) were in running hard to prevent the murder of women by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), as he had killed other 5 young men too and that also in similar way. Murder was stopped and police at the scene and arrested Blackwood. After some months Watson was looking to marry Mary Morstan and was leaving 221B Baker Street. Blackwood was sentenced to death for the murder of 5 women and the attempt to murder on the 6^th one. He requested to see Sherlock Holmes for the last time and when Holmes meet him, Blackwood warned him 3 more deaths are going to happen and will cause changes in the world. Blackwood was eventually and was pronounced dead by Watson. After 3 days, Irene Adler a professional thief, visited Holmes and asked him to find a man named Luke Reordan. When Irene has gone, Holmes followed her and came to know that Irene is working for some man who was there in the carriage but was in the shadows and said that Reordan was the key to Blackwood’s plan. He also came to know that he was a professor. A police man Clarky came to Holmes and asked him to come with him immediately and when Holmes asked him the reason Clarky said that Blackwood has come back alive. On initial investigation it was found that Blackwood tomb was broken from inside and Reordan was found dead in that Coffin and a man who saw Blackwood creates public to panic. Following the investigation, Holmes and Watson went to Reordan homes and found that he was experimenting something to mix Science with Magic. Later they had a fight with Blackwood’s men. Later Holmes is taken to a Temple Four Orders, a secret Magical Organization. Sir Thomas Rotheram (Lord chief justice), Standish (US Ambassador) and Lord Coward (Home Secretary) asked Holmes to stop Blackwood. Sir Rotheram and Standish were later killed by Lord Blackwood aloowing Blackwood to control the Order. He lured Holmes to a warehouse where Irene was chained in Hooks. Holmes saved her but Watson sustained many injures. Lord Coward issued arrest warrant against Holmes. Holmes hides somewhere and understands the ritual and concludes that his next target his Parliament. When Holmes was taken into custody and was presented in front of Lord Coward, Holems lured him to tell his plan to kills others but later on he escapes from there. Holmes, Irene and Watson came to know that there is a machine below the Palace of Westminster which was designed to release cyanide gas into the chamber to kill the members and those who are Blackwood supporters will not die because he had secretly given them antidote. Blackwood walks into the Hall all will die who don’t support him. Holmes and Watson fight Blackwood’s men and Irene takes of Cyanide containers and escapes but Holmes followed her. Realizing that something has gone wrong, Blackwood went to check the things. He saw fights and run after Holmes. Holmes and Irene confronted each other and immediately fight broke between Homes and Blackwood. Holmes tricks Blackwood into the chains hanging over the Thames River and tells him that there was no magic from the very beginning and how he tricked everyone. After sometime Blackwood himself stuck into the chains and got himself hanged. Irene tells Holmes that she works for Professor James Moriarty, a person as intelligent as he is but he is more dangerous than you. As Watson was moving out of 221B baker street, Policemen named Clarky has informed Holmes that a policeman has been found dead near that Blackwood machine and he has taken out a key component from that machine when Holmes was taking to Irene. Holmes takes this case.

Review: It’s a Mystery movie full of action. Performance of Robert Downey Junior was very Strong and effective. Jude Law performance was also good making the performance of both of them very emphatic. New look of Sherlock Holmes was very attractive. Mark Strong performance was also quite convincing one. Background score of the movie was excellent. It is a very good movie to watch for which is full of action, mystery and thriller.

Stars given: 3.5 out of 5.