Sherlock Holmes (2009, from Asylum Prod.)

I should have waited a few months and it would be full year since I updated.

Let's take a look. I still haven't seen the Sherlock Holmes from 2009 starring Robert Downey Jr. BUT, I have seen the other Sherlock Holmes movie that was released in 2009. It was a straight-to-video release from Asylum Productions, creators of such fine fare as Transmorphers and The Terminators. They go a little crazy by having Holmes fight some dinosaurs (which is weird since England is about 4o degrees colder than dinosaurs would be able to survive... I think they would probably get cold, sleepy and then fall over dead. Anyway...)

Sadly, even though they upped the ante by adding various thunder lizards they also thought it would be prudent to use the Guy Ritchie model* and made Holmes a young, dashing, cad more than the brilliant gentleman of canon. It's frustrating. Just like the big-budget version, this does little more than lip-service to the Great Detective and just trades on the name. The trailer is fun however.