Murder by Decree
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Movie Reviews of Murder by Decree
Movie Review: Great movie that should have captions.
Summary: 4 Stars
For the movie itself: 5 stars. I watched it again last night, and I was impressed by almost the entire film. The pea scene, 'God Bless his Royal Highness', 'You cut me to the quick' and the like. Plummer is very good as Holmes and Mason is THE Wastson as far as I'm concerned. I actually like the music and I think the lighting level is fine.
Disc: 3 stars. A DVD should offer captioning.
All-in-all A great movie and a good disc.
Movie Review: Bloody well done
Summary: 4 Stars
Christopher Plummer and James Mason make an excellent Holmes and Watson. The movie does an excellent job of capturing foggy, gas-lit London, 221B Baker Street, and the seediness of the East End.Some frightening, effective scenes as "Jack the Ripper" stalks his victims. Much more graphically violent and bloody than most Holmes' affairs, but most of it is cleverly implied.
Movie Review: Superb Sherlock Holmes Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
Christopher Plummer and James Mason are brilliant as Holmes and Watson, respectively. In fact, Mason's Watson is the best version to appear on the silver screen. The sequence with his dinner and the peas is just fantastic. The mystery is a little uneven, but the movie proceeds at a suspenseful pace and the ending is masterful.Movie Review: Holmes vs. Ripper yarn
Summary: 4 Stars
Cool story. Well acted by good cast. Doyle fans will enjoy this treatment of the obvious "missing" story from the Holmes Canon.
As a standard-length movie, the characters aren't quite as well developed as the much longer Michael Caine Ripper mini-series done by the Beeb, but it's well worth a look.
Movie Review: Better than "From Hell" : Read below
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great film, good plot, beautifuly filmed, and an intriguing idea.The film was remade (though without reference) as the Jonny Depp vehicle "From Hell", the ending is happier in the Depp film, but overll this film is much better, and the accents don't jar.