The Aslyum is a movie company known for making cheap knockoffs of various popular films using bad special effects. Probably the only reason I didn't give this a lower rating is because it didn't focus that much on the cheap effects. This is still a pretty stupid film. It was made right after the popular Robert Downey Jr. film. I don't quite remember that movie that well, but it's easy to tell this is a ripoff. They couldn't even make something original with a public domain character?The movie features a sea monster, a dinosaur, and a robot dragon. Yeah, exactly what you'd expect to see in a Sherlock Holmes movie, right? The villain turns out to be Sherlock's brother and Sherlock's real first name is Robert or something. It's as ridiculous as it sounds. We get cheap and hammy performances from everyone. Sherlock probably never had it so bad. *1/2

There's a couple of hours of my life I won't get back. Probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Truly dreadful. Can't even be bothered to spend another hour listing what's wrong with it - it's taken too much of my time already.Attempts to recreate Victorian London dreadful. Barbican is in one scene, that wasn't finished until 1982! English paper boys don't throw newspapers at doors, telephones from 1920/30's, medical terminology not in use in Victorian London (immunosuppressants and corticosteroids).When visiting rubber factory Holmes clearly states bars on inside of windows to keep something in, whereas bars are clearly on the outside of the windows a few shots later.I could go on, but I won't. ..

This video release was produced by The Asylum, and when I saw it on TV, I had nothing but the lowest expectations, so my disappointment was not gigantic (i.e. I never even remotely expected anything like the Downey/Law movies or the Cumberbatch/Freeman TV series). This said, I was wondering whether some capable screenwriter, a good director, and actors like Downey and Law might not be able to extract something usable from this movie. There is, of course, the obvious fun of having one Downey character (Holmes) face off with another (Iron Man), but I think, with state-of-the-art special effects and a few improvements, this story might be turned into a decent, very entertaining movie, with lots of action and humor. The seed is there! If you watch it under this aspect, you might agree. I am sure much worse scripts have been handed to producers/directors and eventually, with a lot of rewrites and other improvements, been turned into quite decent movies.

WOW. I watched this as I hadn't seen a bad film in quite a while, and Asylum never fail to disappoint. But here they did fail. It was genuinely well written and also a lot of damn fun. Watson recalls the story of Sherlock that has never been told. After a number of monster attacks around London, ranging from giant octopus to mini-tyrannosaur, Holmes is drafted in to solve the case. As always, the mystery must come to a logical conclusion of some sorts. So how did Asylum manage to create an impressive piece of entertainment? First of all, they managed to get some genuine talent. Snyder, David-Lloyd and Keating all give memorable performances and are faithful to their characters. They take it seriously, but also have fun, but never forget that this is just a knock-off meant to cash in on the Hollywood release. The script develops the characters very well, and the villain has a reason to be the way he is. It's almost emotional at times. By the end, when a giant mechanical dragon takes to the skies, it completely had me. This has the same quality, in both writing and production, of a very good Doctor Who episode. I hope The Asylum put just as much effort into future releases.