Nokho, kubonakala sengathi maduze nje sizoba nomunye wabalingisi engibathandayo abazulazula ezikrinini zamabhayisikobho emhlabeni jikelele, futhi kabili uma izindaba ezifika nge-dropper zigcina zigcwalisekile. Umlingiswa okukhulunywa ngaye akayena omunye ngaphandle kwalokhu Sherlock Holmes, futhi amaphrojekthi amabili azokubuyisela ekusebenzeni.
Eyokuqala, okungenani ngokulandelana engiyizwile/engiyifundile, iyona engizobe ngiyigibele Guy Ritchie for the Warner, engithemba ukuthi izothuthuka ngemuva komdlalo wokuqala oseduze I-Rockanrolla. Kukhona ukukhuluma Clive Owen ukudlala i-Holmes (ukucabanga nje ngakho kwenza izinwele zami zibe njengama-spikes) ongabonisa amakhono akhe njenge-swordsman. Iphrojekthi yesibili ivela e-Columbia futhi inaye umlingisi wendima enkulu, kunjalo Sacha Baron Cohen, nge Izohamba njengoDokotela Watson kanye nokukhiqizwa kwe Judd Apatow. Konke lokhu kwenza le nguqulo ibe ihlaya elimsulwa futhi elilula futhi lokho kusho ukuthi abathembele kimina ukulibona.