Modern Holmes

LAST UPDATED AT 12:37 ON Tue 15 Dec 2009

Robert Downey Jr (left) plays Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's new action film about the fictional detective while Jude Law (right) plays Holmes's sidekick Dr Watson. Downey Jr drops Holmes's trademark deerstalker and "Elementary, my dear Watson" catchphrase, playing the detective as a streetwise bare-knuckle brawler and martial arts expert.