Review – Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

I like Sherlock Holmes movies (especially the ones starring Basil Rathbone). I like spy movies from World War Two. But there’s something about the combination that doesn’t work. Maybe it’s the simple-minded nature of propaganda. The “doing it for king and country” spirit that unites government bureaucrats, super sleuths and the hoi polloi alike may be inspirational. But when Holmes relies on patriotism and garden-variety spying to crack the case it tends to distract from his usual clever use of clues. Still, it’s always nice to see the cartoonish Nazis get theirs in the end. Mildly amusing