Sherlock Holmes and
the Great Escape
Director: Spike Brandt, Jeff Siergey
Year: 2019
Rating: 5.0
Dubbed
Well, when I said in another review anything Sherlock, I wasn't kidding.
Another animation though? Ok. Why not? This was produced in Hong Kong and
originally in Cantonese but the version I saw was dubbed into English. With
animation characters and a plot that takes place in Victorian England, I
don't expect that matters very much. The story is at times fairly clever,
smart and adventurous as Sherlock solves mysteries big and small. But then
he is a dog. Every character is an animal. Watson is a scaredy cat. Lestrade
is an ape. There is so much good animation coming out of Japan of late
that this feels very primitive and computer driven. But it is fun especially
for children.
White Storm is a master thief who is accused of murder until Sherlock shows
up on the scene and proves through an accumulation of clues that it was someone
else. The thief is loved by the poor because he gives them all his stolen
goods. Holmes is loved as well until he captures White Storm by laying a
trap at his daughter's orphanage. Then they turn on him and he is even refused
a table at his favorite pastry shop! Four years later White Storm escapes
to attend his daughter's wedding and so does another prisoner who wants to
kill him. If this had been a film with real people and they had managed to
follow the script like this, it would have been fairly decent but Sherlock
as a dog is hard getting used to. If you actually watch this, wait till after
the initial credits as it takes a M-ysterious turn.
