Whether the new Sherlock Holmes movie is any good is a mystery that may be impossible for even the famous detective himself to solve.  The truth is, director Guy Ritchie’s film is rather schizophrenic; at times fun and exciting and at others dreadfully tedious and boring.  The plot or central mystery is all but incomprehensible, yet watching Robert Downey Jr. as the veteran sleuth solve said mystery is quite pleasurable indeed.

This new Sherlock Holmes is very much the intelligent master of deduction that he has always been but now he is also a straight up action hero, who does as much thinking with his fists as with his brilliant mind.  It’s kind of like Sherlock Holmes mixed with Lethal Weapon with a dash of Indiana Jones thrown in for good measure.  The fact is the film is more concerned with being a buddy movie than creating a satisfying mystery that the audience can participate in. (more…)