SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)

SHERLOCK HOLMES. Guy Ritchie, dir. Michael Robert Johnson et al., screen story and script, based on characters and other work by Arthur Conan Doyle. UK/USA/Australia: Village Roadshow Pictures et al. (prod.) / Warner Bros. et al. (dist.), 2009 (see IMDb for details of prod. and dist.). Sarah Greenwood, prod. design. Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, featured players.

See for "Steampunk" gadgets in a grungy, pomo-Industrial mise-en-scene, including a classic movie threat scene set in what can function as an automated hog-butchering facility. SPOILER potential here: The "magic" in HOLMES is of the stage variety; its source is in the devices of a stage magician (well and militaries using cutting-edge Victorian technology, extrapolated a bit beyond).

5. DRAMA, RDE, 27/XII/09