Guy Ritchie utilized "gritty authenticity" and high-speed action sequences, including the "Holmes-vision" pre-calculated fight scenes.
The film was largely well-received, though it polarized traditionalists.
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented (Featurette detailing the modernization of the character) index of sherlock holmes 2009
: Blackwood seemingly rises from the dead after his tomb is destroyed from the inside, plunging London into a panic over his supposed supernatural powers. The Investigation
The success of the 2009 reboot relies heavily on the electric chemistry between its lead actors. Guy Ritchie chose to highlight the bohemian, eccentric, and physically combative nature of Holmes, balanced by a highly competent and equally dangerous Dr. Watson. The Investigation The success of the 2009 reboot
A professional thief and the only person to ever outsmart Holmes. Lord Henry Blackwood
The "Index of Sherlock Holmes 2009" could be seen as a taxonomy of Sherlockian knowledge, classifying and categorizing the various aspects of the detective's expertise. This taxonomy might include: A professional thief and the only person to
The film opens in media res with Holmes and Watson thwarting a ritualistic human sacrifice orchestrated by the serial killer aristocrat Lord Blackwood. Blackwood is arrested, sentenced to death, and hanged at the hands of the state. Dr. Watson personally pronounces him dead. The Resurrection