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I never saw a definitive explanation, but there are three theories: Hypnotism (a person with Blackwood's personality and charisma is likely to be a good hypnotist). This is somewhat confirmed by the script (after Holmes stops Blackwood): The girl has snapped out of her trance, and is backing away from them as best she can Somewhat related to the first ...

The simplest answer is probably best. Holmes had already taken the measure of Moriarty and knew him to be cold-blooded, methodical, and ruthlessly efficient. Having traced his operations for a number of months, as well as the methods Professor Moriarty was willing to engage (the bomb in the crowded auction hall for instance, the assassination outside said ...

After watching that clip, I have one more theory. Since it was Irene that calls Holmes away from the fight, it is possible that he is reminding himself to not let his feelings/emotions for Irene get the best of him and allow him to make a mistake. He says this before plotting out his attack pattern on his target to clear his mind and focus on taking this ...

I can't answer the question about region 2 DVDs, but the similarities between Zero Effect and Sherlock Holmes are not a coincidence. The film review The Zero Effect–Out of the Dung Heap and Into the Rose Garden points out many of the similarities between the two. The Zero Effect ... is based on the great Sherlock Holmes short story A Scandal in Bohemia ...

Holmes works on pure logic and reasoning - it is a very important aspect of his efficiency, Being spat at made him angry and he had to resist the urge to let his anger cloud his judgement. He must not let it register on an emotional level and simply react scientifically to the situation, hence the plotting of attacks was based on damage caused and ...

We all know that Sherlock was trying to leave the fight and walk out of the PUB. But after being provoked he takes a brief pause before he says the following line "This mustn't register on an emotional level"... According to me he said so because he did not want this humiliation to blind his judgement.... so that by mistake.... instead of just replying to ...

The main reason is that he had not spotted that the open window gave Holmes an escape route and was therefore not in any kind of rush. Voices tend to echo slightly in rooms and the smoke was disorientating. Too many gun shots would have raised attention which might cause issues so he wanted to wait until he was sure he had a clean shot. It was only a ...

The bomb actually was a coverup to the assassination of the designated target. If the specified target alone is killed with the bullet, Moriarty might have deduced that any of the threads for plotting the murder could be traced back to him or his accomplices. So, he wanted to cover it up with a bomb to blow up everyone to spark a political conspiracy rather ...

She was probably a mixture of drugged and hypnotised. Observe the power of auto suggestion in the film with the public etc thinking that Blackwood is a demon etc. even the order who are well educated people have convinced themselves they have magic powers. With the right conditioning, a cocktail of drugs and a touch of Hollywood she could easily have been ...

It certainly seems that way, with the "Extreme Deduction" method of detective work. I haven't found any primary source on it, but Roger Ebert is good enough for me. "So one finds his way into Zero Effect in the form of Daryl Zero, an aging hippie Sherlock Holmes with the household habits of a Howard Hughes…"

To answer your question you must understand the way a criminal thinks. It is a known fact about criminal psychology that "Every criminal thinks he is the best and that nobody other than him is as good as him and he would not make a single mistake like others did earlier". This is a wrong self-esteem which often leads criminals the most to their danger. Pride ...

Blackwood needed to be arrested and 'killed' so that the public would be aware and afraid of him. Once the public found out about it his reputation would go before him and others, including senior members of the Houses of Parliament, would be more susceptible to blackmail. To be publicly executed he would need to commit a crime to go with his air of magic so ...

Flip the question around, you know how ruthless and efficient M is. You know that Adler is in the firing line and is in extreme danger, you have warned her several times. You know if you were M you would kill her, you have half tried once with the bomb. Why would M be lying about actually killing her?