SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

one-nine-eighty OMG this has to be one of the best bad films I've seen in a while!!As well as Sherlock Holmes expect to see a Velociraptor, a giant squid, a bit of steampunk, a prototype Iron Man suit, spring-heeled Jack (not THE spring heeled jack - random brother of Holmes that nobody has ever heard of) and a lot more bonkers in this Asylum film.Ben Snyder is cast as the central hero in the film, basically everything about the film is set up to be a vehicle for him - unfortunately he won't be winning any pats on the back, he's awful, and its the others in the cast that save him at times. His cockiness becomes down right annoying and my TV was lucky not to have been smashed up as a result of his levels of smug. Bearing in mind that there are dinosaurs and steampunk elements don't expect an accurate portrayal of the time it's set in - heck, don't expect the plot to be any good either. You'll spend my time confuddled that in enjoyment, but it's not the worst Asylum film I've seen this year!!! I can only assume this film was created to cash in on other Holmes based films which have been launched at around the same time. Might be worth a watch if you are drunk or maybe if you enjoy bad films, if you expect a vehicle to suspend your disbelief look elsewhere. 4/10 is generous.

Armand not memorable, not good or bad. only a form of amusement who use parts from Conan Doyle 's work for an easy game. the result is predictable, the story is fragile, the acting not special but decent. a film about Sherlock Holmes who has not revelations, new ideas or ambition to be an event. only entertainment without any complication. and that purpose is the best virtue. because the script or the cast are far to do a special movie about the legendary detective but are magnificent choice for a not complicated exercise to remind Holmes and Watson. and that could be a good point in the war of adaptations. because it is that kind of film who reminds the comfort of an evening after a long and hard work day.

MartinHafer When I rented this Sherlock Holmes film from Netflix, I just naturally assumed it would be like most Holmes films--either a retelling of an original Conan Doyle tale or perhaps a story inspired by the originals. However, when I received the disc and read through the summary, I was shocked to see that it involved dinosaurs, monsters and other fantastic things--stuff I thought I'd NEVER find in a Sherlock Holmes story! Now I am a purist--so much so that I won't even watch the new Robert Downey Jr. Holmes films. To me, Jeremy Brett is THE Sherlock Holmes, as he's very close to the Holmes of the original stories. So, I immediately thought of just sending this bizarre new version back without watching it--but, against my better judgment, I decided to watch it. And, sadly, I now feel a bit stupider from the experience.In "Sherlock Holmes", Holmes and Watson look nothing I had ever imagined them. Both were awfully young and could have used haircuts. But, at least this Holmes didn't smoke the stereotypical style pipe or wear the dearstalker cap--things not found in the Conan Doyle stories--so I'll bump its score to a generous 2. But as for the rest, it didn't impress me. Holmes seemed to have little regard for Watson and he seemed to care little about risking his associate's life--something very atypical for the character. In the stories, Watson was neither a slave, pet or expendable--he was Holmes' friend and never would Holmes have so cavalierly risked his friend's life. And, for some bizarre reason, Sherlock's brother is NOT Mycroft (like he was in the stories) and he calls his famous detective brother 'Robert'. Huh?! Now I am, perhaps, focusing on unimportant details. After all, while the characters are NOT done correctly, it's a minor problem when you think about EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS MOVIE!!! To say it's a bit anachronistic is like saying WWII was a bit of a tiff! It even made the horrible film "The Wild, Wild West" look reasonable in comparison!! It seems that a mad man has come up with all sorts of cool things--like a robot suit, immunosuppressants (and they actually use this very modern medical term in the film), giant flying monsters, discussions of neurons and a whole of other crap that made absolutely no sense in the 19th century. Plus, Watson's revolver can fire at least 7 shots without being reloaded--because the film folks never bothered to count the shots to make sure it made any sense. Probably this is because either they didn't care or they were all using LSD. Either way, NOTHING about the film makes sense, none of it is good and it's all a horrid little mess designed to be enjoyed by incredibly stupid people. Dumb and a waste of time from start to finish. Some people should really feel ashamed for having produced this mess.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain WOW. I watched this as I hadn't seen a bad film in quite a while, and Asylum never fail to disappoint. But here they did fail. It was genuinely well written and also a lot of damn fun. Watson recalls the story of Sherlock that has never been told. After a number of monster attacks around London, ranging from giant octopus to mini-tyrannosaur, Holmes is drafted in to solve the case. As always, the mystery must come to a logical conclusion of some sorts. So how did Asylum manage to create an impressive piece of entertainment? First of all, they managed to get some genuine talent. Snyder, David-Lloyd and Keating all give memorable performances and are faithful to their characters. They take it seriously, but also have fun, but never forget that this is just a knock-off meant to cash in on the Hollywood release. The script develops the characters very well, and the villain has a reason to be the way he is. It's almost emotional at times. By the end, when a giant mechanical dragon takes to the skies, it completely had me. This has the same quality, in both writing and production, of a very good Doctor Who episode. I hope The Asylum put just as much effort into future releases.