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Good concept, poorly executed.

best movie i've ever seen.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Watched this film today while off work sick, and even in these circumstances where you normally wouldn't expect much, this film was a stinker. Every line of dialogue is delivered in a hammy, "Gor blimey guv'nor" attempt at an English accent. The actors are Canadian, and I think one or two attempted Welsh or Scottish accents, but they are all uniformly stilted and abysmal. The female lead's accent in particular is atrocious, she sounds more Russian than anything.The villains are caricatures, the plot is poorly explained, pyrotechnics during a gunfight are as convincing as using a cap gun, and every possible cliché has been lovingly adopted by the producers. In its defence, the costumes and sets are quite good and authentic.Matt Frewer (of Max Headroom fame) plays Holmes, and is annoyingly smug and twee in his portrayal of the famous detective. He over-enunciates every line, and hams it up at every opportunity.The use of mock-Indian music during every flashback is ridiculous and contrived.Overall, this is an abysmal film. It is like English pantomime, with ridiculous villains and over-the-top attempts at acting. Best avoided.

This was the worst Holmes film I have ever seen, and I see there are more of the same to come.The Main players, with the exception of Thaddeus Sholto were badly miscast, Frewer, who I quite like, and who was excellent as the Trash Cam Man in The Stand, borough a silly zany quality to Holmes that just shouldn't be there.Watson, who is about the same age as Holmes, appeared old enough to be his father.THe accents were somewhere between poor and awful, especially inspector Athenly Jones, he seemed to be a cross between English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish Jewish and Red Indian, it was awful.In all, a wasted Exercise, and down there with 'The evil beneath Loch Ness' in the really crappy film stakes.

The Sign of the Four was wonderfully filmed and excellently acted. Matthew Frewer has a new, fresh take on Holmes that is different from Jermey Bret's serious almost depressed character of Holmes. Frewer's Holmes knows he's smart and has a bit of fun with it. He makes jokes about other characters without them even knowing about it and he has a fun sense of "Yes I know I'm brilliant .... I'm Sherlock Holmes" to his acting. The character of Holmes is kept true to the original stories and the film has you intrigued with this Holmes character until the credits role. wonderful I would recommend the series to any one who enjoys Sherlock Holmes. Superb.

A lightweight adaptation, but humorous and engaging. Watson appears to enjoy anyone getting "one up" on Holmes, an enjoyment viewed with cynicism by an irrate Matt Frewer. The last half hour was engaging and illuminating. A worthy effort.