Usually when a movie is a big enough hit to beget a sequel, the second movie ends up little more than a carbon copy of the hit cranked up to 11 in the mistaken belief that if audiences liked it once, they will like it more if it’s bigger, faster, louder, etc. It’s rare for a sequel to actually be less of everything the first film is, and virtually unheard of for the toning down to actually make for a better movie. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a perfect example of how less can be more, even when you are building the second of what the studios undoubtedly hope will be a block-buster franchise. It’s just as entertaining as the 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes. Maybe more so because it isn’t trying so hard to impress the audience by beating them over the head with lots of special effects, witty bon mots and over-the-top action sequences. They’re all there; they’re just done better this time around.
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