(Second movie in the BBC series with the twenty-first century Sherlock Holmes.) Someone broke into a bank and vandalized it. No money was missing; nothing was stolen at all. But two spray-painted Chinese symbols were left on the wall: A message for someone. The owner of the bank calls Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help. Sherlock proceeds to investigate the crime with the help of his flatmate, John Watson (Martin Freeman), and they soon discover the dead body of a man who worked at the bank. What do the symbols mean, and how did the person who painted them get into the bank? Only Sherlock Holmes has the brains to find out.
Pros: Hilarious, just like the first one. The story was sufficiently mysterious. Oh, and Watson has a girlfriend! A very nice one, too. There are very, very few gay references in this one; I believe there was only one. That was a bit of a relief after the first movie. See my review of Sherlock: A Study in Pink for my opinions on the series in general.
Cons: *Spoiler Warning* That nice Chinese girl from the museum ends up dead! That was very disappointing.
My Rating: T/MT ((depends on the person's exposure to homosexual people) sexual references, mild homosexual reference)
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