Unfortunately this version of Sherlock Holmes not only lacked the firepower that Guy Ritchie's film had, it also lacked the sense of timing as it came out only a couple months after the star-studded, action-packed, high budget film did. This version was made by a company called Asylum films and I went into the film knowing that it was not going to be a "bigger than life" film. It started out great by making itself more of the original Sherlock Holmes with the "elementary my dear watson" and "the game is afoot" lines and I really was getting excited to see an old school Holmes. Enter the boat eating squid and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Slowly slipping into the Sci-Fi genre I found myself fighting to keep my eyes open. What it lacked in special effects (due to funding I am sure) it could not make up for it in the storyline. If I wanted to go see a horrible movie with cheesy characters being chased by dinosaurs I would have rented Land of the Lost..... Thats what this was. Land of the Lost in 19th century London. Don't let the beginning of the film fool you. Its all a ruse.
My Elementary Grading Scale: Needs Improvement
1-10: 3.5/4
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