Can Holmes and Watson stop Blackwood’s evil plan in time? And, what is Irene Adler’s mysterious client, who happens to be a professor, really after? They also learn Blackwood is intent on some dastardly scheme against the British government and involving a secret international, mystical society similar to the Masons. The body in the coffin, however, turns out to be a dead underground scientist that Irene Adler, the only person who ever beat Sherlock Holmes, asked him to find for her mysterious client.Įventually, Holmes and Watson learn that the scientist was working for Blackwood. Holmes and Watson rush to the gravesite, and, sure enough, the underground mausoleum has been torn open like Jesus Christ’s empty tomb in the Four Gospels. Soon, however, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard bursts into Holmes and Watson’s digs at 221B Baker Street to announce a report that Blackwood has risen from the grave. Blackwood is sentenced to be executed by hanging, but he warns Holmes from his jail cell that he is planning something that will challenge all of Sherlock’s beliefs in a rational world.īlackwood is hanged, and Dr. John Watson (played by Jude Law), stopping the villainous Lord Blackwood from murdering his fifth female victim on a pagan altar. The movie opens with Sherlock Holmes and his faithful, brave companion, Dr. Thus, the movie has a very strong moral, biblical worldview, with some strong Christian values and references. Best of all, this time Holmes is battling a truly evil villain who is using black magic to control the world. And, although he doesn’t look the part, Downey does a great job of creating a likeable and still brainy, albeit more action oriented, Holmes. The new Sherlock Holmes, starring the talented Robert Downey, Jr., in the title role, may not become one of the most favorite Sherlock Holmes productions, but it is certainly very entertaining. Be that as it may, other popular incarnations in cinema include A Study in Terror with John Neville, Murder by Decree with Christopher Plummer and James Mason, The 7% Solution with Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, and Alan Arkin as Sigmund Freud, and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes with Robert Stephens. Some say the best portrayals of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective hero were done by Basil Rathbone in a series of movies made during the Golden Age of Hollywood and Jeremy Brett of the famous BBC and PBS TV adaptations of Doyle’s stories and novels. And, that doesn’t even include programs such as the TV medical mysteries show House, which is loosely based on the Holmes character. According to one calculation, there are about 25,000 productions and products featuring Sherlock Holmes, including about 200 movies. Along with Mickey Mouse, Superman, and Santa Clause, Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognized fictional characters in the world.
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