Holmes spies on Moriarty, learning he is travelling to Germany. Meinhard's death grants Moriarty ownership of Meinhard's arms factory in Germany. The bomb was a cover for the assassination of Alfred Meinhard by Moriarty's henchman, Sebastian Moran. However, the bomb is in a nearby hotel its explosion kills a number of businessmen.
The trio follow Holmes' deduction that the bomb is in the Paris Opera. Simza takes the pair to the headquarters of an anarchist group to which she and René belonged the anarchists have been forced to plant bombs for Moriarty. Holmes tells Simza that she has been targeted because René is working for Moriarty and may have told her his plans. After defeating Moriarty's men, Holmes and Watson travel to Paris and locate Simza. Holmes throws Mary from the train into a river, where she is rescued by Mycroft. Moriarty's men attack Watson and Mary on a train to their honeymoon to Brighton. Moriarty taunts Holmes about murdering Adler, and Holmes swears revenge. Moriarty indicates he will kill Watson and Mary if Holmes interferes. After the wedding of Watson and Mary Morstan, Holmes meets Moriarty for the first time. Holmes defeats an assassin sent to kill Simza, but she flees before Holmes can question her. After meeting with his brother Mycroft at Watson's bachelor party, Holmes meets with a Roma fortune-teller named Madame Simza, the intended recipient of the letter he took from Adler, sent by her brother René. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street, where Holmes discloses that he is investigating seemingly unrelated murders, terrorist attacks and business acquisitions that he has connected to Moriarty. Adler meets with Professor Moriarty to explain the events, but Moriarty, deeming her compromised, poisons and kills her.ĭr. Holmes later finds Hoffmanstahl assassinated. Holmes takes the letter while Adler and Hoffmanstahl escape.
Hoffmanstahl opens the package, triggering a bomb that is prevented from detonating by Sherlock Holmes. Hoffmanstahl, payment for completing a recent surgery, while Hoffmanstahl hands Adler a letter. In 1891, Irene Adler delivers a package to Dr. Though the film received mixed reviews from critics, it was commercially successful, with a worldwide gross of over $543 million. In the film, Holmes and Watson travel across Europe with a Romani adventuress to foil an intricate plot by their cunning nemesis, Professor Moriarty, to instigate a major European conflict.
Although the film follows an original premise, it incorporates more closely elements of Conan Doyle's short stories, including " The Final Problem" (1893) and " The Adventure of the Empty House" (1903). and Jude Law reprised their roles as Holmes and Watson, respectively, alongside Noomi Rapace as Simza, Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes, Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty, and Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler. The film's screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes and features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period mystery action film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin.