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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

The second installment in the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie series, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows stars Robert Downey Jr. as the titular detective, this time battling against his classic nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). In the film, Holmes drags a reluctantly Dr. Watson (Jude Law) on a hair-rasing adventure across Europe in hopes of preventing Moriarty's plans to bring about a world-war-level conflict. 

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Mystery

Director
Guy Ritchie
Release Date
December 16, 2011
Studio(s)
Village Roadshow
Distributor(s)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Robert Downey Jr. , Jude Law , Stephen Fry , Noomi Rapace , Jared Harris , Eddie Marsan , Rachel McAdams , Kelly Reilly
Writers
Kieran Mulroney , Michele Mulroney
Runtime
129 Minutes
Franchise(s)
Sherlock Holmes
Sequel(s)
Sherlock Holmes 3
prequel(s)
Sherlock Holmes
Budget
$125 Million

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