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The Hound of London (1993)
Worst Sherlock ever ?
I give this TV movie 2 out of 10 for comedy value only. Im afraid it really does live up to its notoriety as the worst portrayal of Sherlock Holmes ever on screen. I have seen better school plays than this nonsense. The other actors are almost as bad as Macnee, especially Dr Watson, played by John Scott Paget (who he?) The only one of the entire cast who shows any acting credibility whatsoever is Carolyn Wilkinson who plays Irene Norton )Nee Adler)
It is a blessing that this so called film has been interned so deep that it is never shown on TV or for sale on DVD. Definitely for Sherlock completeists only!
King of the Lost World (2004)
Poor mans king Kong for 2005
Any movie coming out in 2005 and having King Kong in it (although unnamed and in a bit part) is going to suffer badly. Mind you this movie deserves to. Only loosely following the classic Conan Doyle story, and not a patch on the old 1925 silent classic (which incidentally cast Sir Arthur Conan Doyle playing himself) This movie is just far to bitty to be enjoyable, with many plot holes which will leave you asking questions. It also seems to suffer from being updated, maybe it would have been better to have set it in the period it was wrote in. One gains no sympathy whosoever for the cardboard cutout characters, and couldn't care less as they are killed off one by one. Even the end of King Kong, by nuclear weapon, is done somehow in an unspectacular manner!. All in all it leaves one feeling bored and deflated.