![]() ![]() At their tête-à-tête, Holmes and Moriarty speak in riddles.As Holmes leaves the wedding, a mysterious henchman of Moriarty’s (Colonel Moran) invites Holmes to meet Moriarty that afternoon.Still, with joy and dignity, he marries Mary. Hungover and rumpled, Watson arrives at his wedding.When the cord is cut, the Cossack escapes. Tied together by a cord, Holmes and the Cossack engage in fisticuffs.She dispatches with the Cossack quickly, but he was wearing rudimentary Kevlar, and gives them a spirited chase. A Cossack hiding in the rafters attacks Holmes and Sim.The missive indicates that Sim’s brother has “found his true purpose.” Turning the tables on a fortune-teller named Madame Simza or “Sim,” Holmes reads her fortune, finally giving her the letter he had stolen from Irene.Distracted and clearly looking for someone, Holmes delivers a toast to Watson.Holmes and Watson meet up with Mycroft, Holmes’s eccentric brother, who holds an important government position.While Holmes pontificates on the evils of marriage, they drive to Watson’s stag party.After reviving Watson’s dog (felled by one of Holmes’s arrows) with sheep extract, Holmes presents the extract to Watson as a wedding gift. Holmes vows to unravel Moriarty’s “spider web,” but Watson is skeptical.Holmes’s housekeeper urges Watson to take Holmes to a sanatorium. In “urban camouflage,” Holmes shoots arrows at Watson. Watson visits Holmes’s office which is overrun by plants.Ignorant of Irene’s downfall, Holmes dines alone.After consuming poisoned tea, Irene stumbles to the floor. Irene meets with a stranger at a restaurant, who turns out to be Professor Moriarty.Outside, Holmes discovers the doctor’s dead body.Holmes appears, seizes the letter, and disposes of the bomb contained within the parcel. He, in turn, gives her a mysterious letter. At an auction, Irene gives the parcel to a doctor.Alone and unarmed, Holmes still manages to defeat them. She’s protected by a group of bodyguards.Irene Adler, pursued by Holmes in disguise, hurries through a market while carrying a small parcel. ![]() Due to a series of bombings, tensions run high. Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes’s intrepid sidekick, types a story which gives us background information on the current political state in Europe.Plot Points from Sherlock Holmes 2: Game of Shadows And that’s why it’s included in Scribe Meets World’s collection of plot points. So in this respect, you’re better off following the structural example of the first Sherlock Holmes movie, where a major action set piece occurred closer to the midpoint of the film.Įven though I have issues with its structure and pacing, SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 is well-plotted, full of entertaining twists and turns. Most amateur screenplays–which can’t rely on the star power of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law to carry them–have midpoints which sag like old mattresses. After all the action on the train, these scenes feel, well, slightly anticlimactic. It’s a fantastic set piece, but it should be smack-dab in the middle of the movie…where the detective tracks down an extremist group and visits the opera house instead. Mostly, it’s the the set piece on the train (see plot points 19-23) which bothers my sense of timing. Once the action reaches the Meinhard factory, the pacing is pitch-perfect. There’s something slightly off with its pacing–at least at the beginning. The first act doesn’t have a “hard” break. Still, even though I enjoy rewatching the movie, its structure bugs me. If you read The Not-So-Sexy Script Essential Screenwriters Ignore To Their Peril, you’ll know I have a love-hate relationship with SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: GAME OF SHADOWS.Īt the moment, I’m squarely on the “love” side of the fence.
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