Sherlock Holmes takes on the big screen a century after his creation
Jude Law as Watson and Robert Downey JR as Sherlock Holmes in a scene from the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’
It has been said that the detective story is a kind of intellectual game, associated with high adrenaline, narrow escapes, close shaves and successful crimes.
At the centre of the detective story is a protagonist, normally a man of reason and astute reflection, who brings order and answers to the mysteries woven by hidden identities, heinous acts, and crimes of passion and deceit.
