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Title: A Different Breed of Holmes
Review: If you're a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective you'll only find traces of him here. This Holmes is a new creation loosely based on the famous detective, not carefully patterned on him. On the other hand this movie's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are a reasonably exciting duo with their own set of more contemporary characteristics. Holmes exhibits his famous ability to make important deductions from small clues which causes him to get doused with wine in one scene.There is enough action including fighting, mystery, intrigue, explosions, and general mayhem to satisfy most fans of the genre so the movie fulfills its obligations in that regard. The villain is suitably dangerous and clever and we even have overtones of Holmes' arch enemy, Professor Moriarty, the consummate villain in the Holmes saga.In summary it is watchable and should succeed in holding the aficionado of action movies attention all the way through.
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