Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson respectively. Holmes is convinced the well respected academic Professor James Moriarty is at the centre of a grand conspiracy. Watson is trying to marry his fiancè and thinks Holmes is mad. Holmes of course is right.
And so ensues a fairly breathless chase around Europe as the mystery is laid bare. Fights, as with the first film, are explained while being predicted by Holmes in slow motion before playing out in real time. Still a trick unique to this series in portraying the mental side of fisticuffs.
Holmes and Watson still bicker as though it were they who were to be married. The sets still feel slightly charicatured, the characters more so. In adding Moriarty to the blend the heroes are left struggling to keep up and balance is added to guessing what will be the final outcome. But where Ocean's 12 tried to do this and lost all the verve and swagger that made the original so enjoyable, here the focus remains the bromance of the central pairing and another enjoyable romp plays out.
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