TV-14, 89 min.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writers: Mark Gatiss (also
creator), Steven Moffat (creator), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (works)
Starring: Benedict
Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Zoe Telford, Louise
Brealey, Andrew Scott, Vinette Robinson, Mark Gatiss
Moriarty. The name whispers
underneath almost ever Sherlock adventure in much the same way Voldemort does
for Harry Potter. “Do people actually have arch nemeses?” Dr. Watson feels
compelled to ask.
True, it might seem like a
tough sell in a modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes to convince people that
men of these intellects would even care about having a nemesis. Yet, the makers
of this series do a pretty damn good job of pulling it off in their third movie
“The Great Game”. They set up a series of bombings that will happen if Sherlock
doesn’t solve a series of mysteries to go along with them. Moriarty enters
Sherlock’s world with a bang. Although, as I said, his name has whispered on
the edges of the two previous adventures.
It’s important that this
adventure begins with boredom. Throughout it Dr. Watson struggles with the
apparent cold-hearted nature of Sherlock’s whimsy. Does Sherlock care about any
of the victims of these crimes at all, or is it all just a game to him? What is
more important? That he care and cloud his judgment? Or that he see everything
as a piece of a puzzle, victim included, in order to most efficiently prevent
further injury? There is a line where sympathy and empathy meet. Should it be
avoided?
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