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Synopsis: When a string of brutal murders terrorizes London, it doesn't take long for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his crime-solving partner, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), to find the killer, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). A devotee of the dark arts, Blackwood has a bigger scheme in mind, and his execution plays right into his plans. The game is afoot when Blackwood seems to rise from the grave, plunging Holmes and Watson into the world of the occult and strange technologies.
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG-13
Year:
2009
128 min
$208,711,166
Website
6,426 Views


A WOMAN IN WHITE LIES INSIDE A CRUDELY-PAINTED PENTACLE

(five-sided figure), lit with candles at each corner.

Her eyes roll back in her head, trance-like. A sword has

been placed at her feet.

A HOODED FIGURE KNEELS INSIDE A DOUBLE CIRCLE next to the

pentacle. This is LORD BLACKWOOD. We do not yet see his

face.

ANOTHER HOODED FIGURE stands on the edge of the ceremony,

shrouded in shadow. We do not see his face.

Suddenly, the woman rises up like a broken puppet, as if

pulled to her feet by invisible hands.

Some kind of ritual is about to climax.

Holmes and Watson head down, fast, not caring if they

make a noise or not. Their footsteps echo.

9A 9A

INT. CATHEDRAL CRYPTS

The second hooded figure moves back and melts into the

shadows.

Still kneeling, still hooded, Blackwood chants softly,

Latin incantation repeating and repeating.

ON THE WOMAN as her lips start to move in time with the

incantation. This is spooky, real, powerful stuff.

Holmes and Watson leap from the stairs to Blackwood's

level.

Blackwood simply ignores them. The Latin incantation

never stops.

Holmes is closer to the girl, Watson closer to Blackwood.

WATSON:

The girl.

(CONTINUED)

7.

9A CONTINUED:
9A

The girl bends with alarming and mechanical suddenness,

picks up the sword and turns it on herself, ready to

plunge the point into her heart.

Holmes lunges, grabs the woman's arm, disarms her and

pulls her out of the pentacle. She collapses.

Simultaneously and eerily the candles extinguish and a

rush of air departs the tunnel.

Blackwood throws back his hood. We finally see his face.

His eyes are intense, he is tapped into something dark

and cruel.

Holmes and Watson are shocked at his identity.

WATSON:

Lord Blackwood?!

Blackwood applauds softly, strangely.

BLACKWOOD:

Well done, Holmes. And Watson as

well.

Watson raises his gun, trains it on Blackwood.

WATSON:

Stay right there.

Blackwood raises his hands in front of him, almost

mockingly.

BLACKWOOD:

Tell me, doctor, as a medical man,

how did you like my work?

(beat)

The fifth one was so scrawny, it

was over before I'd finished the

first incision.

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Simon Kinberg

Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is an British-born American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his work in the X-Men film franchise, and wrote and/or produced several other box-office successes such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes, Cinderella, and The Martian, earning an Academy Award nomination for the latter. His production company is Genre Films (usually credited as Kinberg Genre), which has a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox. more…

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