Sherlock Holmes 2

" Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows," the second installment in the series, churns like a lump of moldy dough sitting in the pit of your stomach, trying ever so hard to be digested.Deduction: Sherlock Holmes' return is a highly stylized, amplified cacophony of dreck.Guy Ritchie 's first "Sherlock Holmes" was a feast for the eyes and mind, with intelligent plot lines, semi-layered characters and fine acting. There was a sense of pride in taking on the world's greatest detective. But all that was successful before is absent from this overblown, nonsensical sequel. The film is so dull it kills the desire to ever go back and rewatch the original. The crime committed here? A dumb screenplay. Robert Downey, Jr . and Jude Law , both terrific actors, are not to blame. They're just victims to the lack of substance they have to work with. The pair deliver empty dialogue, tell stale jokes and run amok trying to save Europe from inevitable war. But unlike the original, who cares? Holmes here is ...

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