Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

This follow up to Guy Ritchie’s effective 2009 motion picture re invention of Conan Doyle’s ‘consulting detective’ finds Holmes (Robert Downey Junior) and Watson (Jude Law) joining forces with Gypsy fortune-teller Simza (Noomi Rapace) to foil the dubious plans of master criminal Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris).

Regardless of the film’s criminal under-utilization of Ms Rapace, A Game Title of Shadows proves as much fun since it’s predecessor. Large, bold and brash, it’s Holmes re-imagined like a blockbuster celebrity. Skating by on charm and spectacle, it lacks the inteligence from the source material, but we have always got BBC’s Sherlock for your side from the character.

Picture: This large-budget follow up is evenly as aesthetically clever and polished because the 2009 release and makes quite an effect on Blu-ray. Presented being an AVC scribe, the two.40:11080p imagery is centered by cold blues and faded sepia tones, but still handles to wow the viewer because of the impeccable textures displayed and also the overall clearness from the image.

Of course, the slow-motion footage looks a bit much softer compared to surrounding material, but that is an inevitable trade-off in quality that comes from the origin. Otherwise it’s difficult to find almost anything to complain about. Artefacting, banding and edge enhancement are absent, meaning this scribe scores top marks.

Audio: Given its gun-carrying, fist-flying undertake A Virtual Detective, it hardly may come as a surprise to uncover that A Game Title of Shadows’ soundtrack packs a hell of the wallop. Subtlety and restraint were clearly not an order during the day if this found mixing the audio – the seem designers have produced a breathless and energetic DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundscape that provides real weight towards the film’s fancy pictures. No surprise Chapter 9 and lO’s forest chase takes pride of place because this issue’s Demo screen over on pl06.

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