The action leads to a Paris opera house to a German munitions factory to a peace summit atop Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls, and rarely lets up along the way. This leads to a memorable gunfight aboard a train, and Watson’s grudging acceptance of assisting Holmes “one last time”. With Holmes – complete with personal vendetta – gaining ground on Moriarty, Moriarty in turn takes an interest in Holmes, and dispatches a group of assassins to interrupt the honeymoon of Watson and his new bride, Mary (Kelly Reilly). While maintaining the guise of treating Watson to a bachelor party on the eve of his wedding, Sherlock actually follows his only lead: a letter obtained during the last attempted bombing that brings him to gypsy Simza Heron ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace). The package Adler was delivering, we learn, contained a bomb: one in a series of terrorist attacks masterminded by Moriarty and deduced – and only deduced – by Holmes. She’s in the employ of a certain Professor James Moriarty, who demonstrates the extent of his influence when meeting Adler in a public restaurant: he taps his glass, and a hundred or so patrons immediately exit the room, leaving him to his own devices. As Game of Shadows opens, a package is being delivered by Holmes’ love interest, Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams). returns as the great detective, with Jude Law reprising his role as the soon-to-be-married Dr. This version gains extra points for more explicitly referencing an Arthur Conan Doyle story, The Final Problem, and for inspired casting in two key roles: Stephen Fry as Sherlock’s brother Mycroft, and (especially) Jared Harris as arch-nemesis Moriarty. Bombastic, comical, and action-oriented, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows isn’t likely to win any converts, but it’s an especially fun ride that just about equals its predecessor, 2009’s Sherlock Holmes.
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