Review of Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) by Sean C — 16 Sep 2006
The young John Watson meets the young Sherlock Holmes at a London boarding school in the late 1800s. The decide to form their own two-man Scooby-Doo style mystery-solving group as Holmes notices similarities between two recent deaths.
More deaths occur, but Scotland Yard will not listen to Holmes' explanations for them. Soon the pair are battling a conspiracy involving a sleeper-cell of Egyptians who have infiltrated the school and practice an odd, hidden religion.
Despite all of the good, this could have been much better. Based on the movie's post-credits ending, they were very much expecting a sequel to happen. Maybe this could have become a reality if not for several scenes being far too drawn out and many missed opportunities for more witty dialogue.
Despite this, the cgi and the soundtrack were great. In fact, I'd rate the film's score up there in quality with Conan the Barbarian, Das Boot, RoboCop, The Good the Bad, and the Ugly, Terminator 2, etc.
I'm a bit surprised I'd not seen this until now, though I cannot say I was really missing all that much.
This review of Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) was written by Sean C on 16 Sep 2006.
Young Sherlock Holmes has generally received positive reviews.
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