RageLite review - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The game evolves for Sherlock Holmes as he plays the Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes proved a decent success for Warner Brothers, so naturally a sequel was inevitable, it was fast-tracked by the studio and was released in 2011. It was about as successful as the first one commercially but there was a slight drop in critical response, with a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the 70 the first one got? Where did this one go wrong? Did it go wrong? Here’s my take:

Mini Review - Sherlock Holmes

I have a confession to make. This was initially supposed to be the last sequel baiting with this film going up against Game of Shadows. Unfortunately, Secret Empire ended up being a much bigger project than I was envisioning, combined with some personal sh*t meant I’ve fallen behind and now I’m reducing it to a mini-review to compensate.

Yes, yes, I know, but here we are, so let’s get to it

After a few bad years for Robert Downey Jr where he was imprisoned in a rehab facility for drug users, Robert Downey Jr came back, and came back hard, winning over the audience with Iron Man in 2008 and in 2009, he was the lead star in Sherlock Holmes. It was a decision that won him a golden globe. The film was successful commercially earning $524m on a $90m budget and also critically, a 70% rating on Rotten tomatoes, and 2 academy award nominations. So, 2009 was almost 10 years ago, does it still hold up? Here’s my take on it.