Eric Stevenson
The Aslyum is a movie company known for making cheap knockoffs of various popular films using bad special effects. Probably the only reason I didn't give this a lower rating is because it didn't focus that much on the cheap effects. This is still a pretty stupid film. It was made right after the popular Robert Downey Jr. film. I don't quite remember that movie that well, but it's easy to tell this is a ripoff. They couldn't even make something original with a public domain character?The movie features a sea monster, a dinosaur, and a robot dragon. Yeah, exactly what you'd expect to see in a Sherlock Holmes movie, right? The villain turns out to be Sherlock's brother and Sherlock's real first name is Robert or something. It's as ridiculous as it sounds. We get cheap and hammy performances from everyone. Sherlock probably never had it so bad. *1/2
climbingtiger957
well i have seen some junk and some bad b movies and this does rank with the worst.who the hell chose ben syder as sherlock holmes .as a fan of jeremy brett ,who i still believe was the best ,ben syder made me want to hurl.awful accent ,weak,he spoiled the film.conan doyle portrayed holmes as fearless ,tall ,eccentric,and a genius ,of which syder is none.it looked OK when it started ,quite atmospheric ,and don't quote me because i knew it wasn't going to be a Oscar winner,but overall it was pretty bad.on the other side the settings were not bad and even its graphics were OK ,it was just spoiled by the terrible acting .i can see it being remade with some decent actors ,but no ,syder was crap and spoiled the film ,so sorry don't recommend ,except maybe for kids.
SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain
WOW. I watched this as I hadn't seen a bad film in quite a while, and Asylum never fail to disappoint. But here they did fail. It was genuinely well written and also a lot of damn fun. Watson recalls the story of Sherlock that has never been told. After a number of monster attacks around London, ranging from giant octopus to mini-tyrannosaur, Holmes is drafted in to solve the case. As always, the mystery must come to a logical conclusion of some sorts. So how did Asylum manage to create an impressive piece of entertainment? First of all, they managed to get some genuine talent. Snyder, David-Lloyd and Keating all give memorable performances and are faithful to their characters. They take it seriously, but also have fun, but never forget that this is just a knock-off meant to cash in on the Hollywood release. The script develops the characters very well, and the villain has a reason to be the way he is. It's almost emotional at times. By the end, when a giant mechanical dragon takes to the skies, it completely had me. This has the same quality, in both writing and production, of a very good Doctor Who episode. I hope The Asylum put just as much effort into future releases.
michael_frame
You know when you're bored and it's time to watch a movie, yet there's nothing on the box and you're fed up watching Scarface for the 67th time, what do you do? Pop over to your neighbours and ask him if he's anything to watch. I did just that, and guess what he gave me? Yes, you guessed correctly: Sherlock Holmes. "But that's not Jude Law and RDJ" I said, to which my neighbour replied, "no, it's not" OK, let's give it a try. I popped the kettle on, made a brew, sat back and pressed play on my remote control... to quote Jack Lemmon: "It's magic time" Sadly, it quickly became 'Tragic time' I got past the opening scene, and then onto the scene where Holmes enters the room where Watson is about to cut into the corpse, Holmes mentions that it is ten o clock, you can actually see Holmes eyes looking up and to his right at the clock and you'll notice that the hands on the clock suggest that it's actually 25mins to 2. I got no further than that. Enough said. I thank you.P S - My neighbour told me to throw it in the bin after I'd watched it.
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