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A Wee Bit of Chinois Going on and some Opium in Sherlock Holmes 2

Posted: April 24th, 2012 | No Comments »

Finally got to see the second Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes flick – Game of Shadows. Early on in the film Holmes (Robet Downey Jr) disguises himself as a Chinese man with a bit of an opium thing (i think he’s posing as a Chinese opium merchant?) apparently going on complete with wispy beard, queue and various opium puffing accouterments. There’s also a reference to an opium traders death in a London newspaper.

After that I rather lost it a bit with the plot I’m afraid….

In case you were wondering there is no point to this post, just thought I’d mention it….



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