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(2009)
As with the Star Trek reboot, the first hour of this is five star entertainment.
It only comes up short when trying to go for one grandiose set piece too many, but otherwise this is an enervating reinterpretation of the sleuth that finally melds Guy Ritchie's visual skills with some decent material (ie that he didn't write himself). It also manages a seemingly impossible feat in yielding a likeable performance from Jude Law.
It's Downey Jr's show, though, and he goes the full Depp in essaying a larger than life character replete with ticks, quirks and wit. The other star is Hans Zimmer's tremendous score, for which Ritchie appears to deserve some credit in pressing Zimmer to come up with the desired goods.
It only comes up short when trying to go for one grandiose set piece too many, but otherwise this is an enervating reinterpretation of the sleuth that finally melds Guy Ritchie's visual skills with some decent material (ie that he didn't write himself). It also manages a seemingly impossible feat in yielding a likeable performance from Jude Law.
It's Downey Jr's show, though, and he goes the full Depp in essaying a larger than life character replete with ticks, quirks and wit. The other star is Hans Zimmer's tremendous score, for which Ritchie appears to deserve some credit in pressing Zimmer to come up with the desired goods.
****
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