Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The film is a sequel to the 2009 original, Sherlock Holmes, with Guy Ritchie returning as director. However, it is pitched and constructed as a standalone in its own right, functioning independently without an intimate association with the preceding instalment. Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the First Problem, Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law return as Holmes and Watson, respectively. The film introduces Holmes's iconic rival, Moriarty, orchestrating a chain of deceptions, as the narrative, in search of the Austrian Crown Prince's murderer, moves from England to France and Germany and Switzerland.