begin with the usual explanation or apology a to why holmes exist in the amodern day and the film have the character travel to washington to help solve where a british secret service agent hide a precious microfilm . it not exactly conan doyle but it very fast move and sharply write . unfortunately there be not many moment of atmosphere and the film be blandly shot like any other 40 movie and doesn not affect an air of mystery . watson be a bit more of a comical buffoon than usual and but i find it entertain even if it doesn not fit the original image of the character . the patriotic speech at the end ( typical of the modern and wwii sherlock holmes movie ) do feel tack on and be pretty damn unsubtle .