Ooh, look. The trailer for Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes movie is out. And the film's star Robert Downey Jr. seems to be no wimpering Basil Rathbone. No, this here is an action picture.

An action yarn complete with ham-slamming fisticuffs and wittily bantered-about gun play, a sexy/funny love interest (Rachel McAdams), and a door hoofening sidekick (Jude Law's Watson). While some (including us) may have been hoping for something darker and more ruminative, something in the vein of From Hell (but better), we should have known better based on Ritchie's lock stocking oeuvre. Ah well.

Looks fun, at least. We'll see it at Christmas.

[via Movieline]

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