Sherlock (2002)

Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.

Director:

Graham Theakston

Writers:

Piers Ashworth, Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)

Stars:

James D'Arcy, Roger Morlidge, Gabrielle Anwar

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James D'Arcy	...	Sherlock Holmes
Roger Morlidge	...	Dr. Watson
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Rebecca Doyle
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Moriarty
Nicholas Gecks	...	Insp. Lestrade
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Henry Coot
Richard E. Grant	...	Mycroft
Struan Rodger	...	Ben Harrington
Mihai Bisericanu	...	Sgt. Cox
Sandu Mihai Gruia	...	Dr. Cruickshank (as Mihai Gruia Sandu)
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Captor #1 (as Costi Barbulescu)
Doru Dumitrescu	...	Captor #2
Constantin Vasilescu	...	Goldie Duggan
Corneliu Tigancu	...	Chinese Proprietor
Fritha Goodey	...	Anna

Storyline

The game is afoot. This made for cable movie focuses on the young 20-something Sherlock Holmes. As the movie opens, Sherlock is in pursuit of the evil Moriarty and apparently shoots him to death, but his body cannot be found as he falls in a sewer. Ah, but anyone who knows the Holmes mythos knows that Moriarty is not so easily killed. Nonetheless, Holmes gains notoriety with the press and the police for his apparent killing of the evil Moriarty. This accomplishment brings him into the company of Dr. Watson, an early practitioner of autopsies, for the first time. Together, they start an investigation into the murder of several crimelords and become convinced that Moriarty is alive and behind a plot to organize drug dealing. Given that Moriarty is supposedly dead, Holmes finds it hard to convince Inspector Lestrade. Holmes investigation leads him to a beautiful prostitute, who posed as a rich woman to lure Holmes into the plot.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | serial murder | sherlock holmes character | professor moriarty character | dr. john watson character | 

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Taglines:

Everyone has a past. Even Sherlock Holmes.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, drug content and some sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

As Sherlock and Mycroft describe a man on the street during their 'old game', the dialogue is taken practically word for word from Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'The Greek Interpreter', which introduced Mycroft.

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Goofs

We are shown two newspaper front pages. The date of the first newspaper is Tuesday October 2, 1886. The actual day was Saturday 2nd. The second newspaper was dated Wednesday October 17, 1886. The actual day was Sunday 17th.

User Reviews

Oh my God...

I first saw James D'Arcy in Master and Commander and, even though he only had a small part, I knew, call it a gut feeling, that he had talent. So I looked him up here and found Sherlock, so I went online and I ordered it. I waited three days and by the time I got it I was bursting at the seams, and I was NOT disappointed!

James presents an amazing performance, my spelling isn't great, and I was impressed at the way he'd made Sherlock arrogant, yet humble, not very humble but you could see it, and he was handsome and sexy all at once!

Vincent D'Onfrio is an excellent actor and portrayed Proffessor Moriarty excellently! He was mad and brilliant all to one! It was brilliant!

The movie was well cast and Dr.Watson was amazing, you could see his disdain at Holmes at the beginning develop into the camraderie that they share at the end, amazing!!

I would recommend this movie to every Holmes fan, it is an amazing piece of work!!

Details

Country:

USA Romania UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sherlock: Case of Evil

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Cinema, Box TV, Castel Film Romania

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1