Guy Ritchie has stated in interviews that he is a fan (and a practitioner) of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, made popular in mixed martial arts. Towards the end of the movie, Holmes and Watson fight Dredger, and finally manage to subdue him with an arm-bar and a modified rear naked choke, both popular Brazilian Jiu-jitsu submissions.
Sherlock Holmes ending explained (spoilers)
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A aged Watson (Gareth David-Lloyd) asks his nurse to record the lost great adventure of Sherlock Holmes, one they had kept secret all these years until now. It turns out that Sherlock (or Robert, as he is apparently known) and Watson investigated reports of a Kraken attack at sea, followed by dinosaur mauling throughout London. Apparently Sherlock's long lost brother was shot (mistakenly) in the back by Inspector Lestrade when they were in the army, leaving him paralyzed.
Undaunted, he built himself a robot body, a Robot Accomplice, and set about seeking his revenge - namely, making a robot dinosaur and Kraken rampage around and steal things in order to raise money to...frame Lestrade for murdering the Queen by sending Robot Accomplice (with a bomb inside her) into Buckingham Palace. This plan is foiled when Sherlock chases after his brother (now flying over the city in a giant mechanical dragon with a kidnapped Lestrade), shooting down his contraption, and ultimately shooting him.
Out of respect for the family tragedy (and because Sherlock felt the populace wasn't ready for rampaging dinosaurs), the story was not published. Until now of course... Watson finishes his recounting and promptly dies. His nurse goes to put flowers on his grave, where we see Robot Accomplice (supposedly 'killed' by Watson) visiting the brother's grave.
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Short Ending:
While at a multi-country peace summit at a castle in the Swiss Alps, Simand Watson end up foiling Professor Moriartys plans to instigate a World War by stopping the assassin (Sims brother with a face transplant from the face of one of the European diplomats. With the help of a book Sherlock stole from Moriarty detailing his schemes,Mycroft and Mary end updivesting Moriarty of most of his wealth in London. Holmes and Moriarty both visualize how a fight betweene them would ensue, with both concluding that Moriarty would prevail. Accordingly, Sherlock grabs Moriarty and both of them tumble over a balcony and plummet hundreds of feet to their death below while Watson helplessly watches. A few months later, Watson finishes his biography about Holmes, and as he writes THE END, he receives a package containing Holmes oxygen pump, suggesting that Holmes is still alive. As Watson runs out of the room to investigate who delivered the package, we find Holmes was camoflauged in the writing room the whole time. Holmes goes over to the typewriter, reads the last page of the manuscript, and types a question mark after the words THE END.Long Ending:
The film begins with brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) following Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) - his sometimes lover and nemesis -as she delivers a package to a doctor at an auction. The package turns out to be a bomb. Holmes clears the room, steals the letter the doctor had given to Adler in exchange for the package, and manages to stash the bomb in a place where the detonation wont hurt anyone. Adler promises to meet him later for dinner. While Holmes was busy disposing of the bomb, an unseen assailant assassinates the doctor. Later, Adler meets her boss Professor Moriarty (Jared Jarris), who tells her that she is no longer needed because she loves Holmes, and then he poisons her tea and kills her.Later on, Dr. JohnWatson (Jude Law)visits Holmes, where Holmes shows him his new urban camoflauge allowing him to blend in with his apartment, a serum that can revive people close to death, and a chart of bombings and acts of violence throughout Europe that Holmes has connected to Moriarty. They go out for Watsons bachelor party as Holmes will be Watsons best man. However, Holmes has only invited his brother Mycroft, a well connected politico, to the party and none of Watsons other friends. As Mycroft and Watson gamble and drink, Holmes finds Madame Sim (Noomi Rapace), a gypsyfor whom the doctors letter was intended. She confesses that her brother is being held captive by Moriarty. The letter suggests that her brother will be involved in Moriartys end-game that Holmes hasnt yet discovered. However, an assasin interrupts and as Holmes fights him off, Sim disappears. Holmes gets a then-hungover Watson to his wedding just on time, where he marries Mary (Kelly Reilly).
Holmes is then invited to see Moriarty. Although Holmes asks Moriarty to leave Watson and Mary out of their inevitable struggle, Moriarty promises to kill them both. Accordingly, Holmes follows Watson and Mary on the train to their honeymoon, and thwarts an assassination attempt of the two of them. Holmes throws Mary off the train into a river, where Myron is waiting in a boat to take her to safety, while Watson agrees to help Holmes defeat Moriarty once and for all. They track down Sim in Paris, and she agrees to help them so long as they rescue her brother. The three are tricked by Moriarty into thinking that he intends to blow up the French opera, when in fact, he blows up a room filled with German dignitaries. While investigating, Holmes discovers that the bomb was actually meant to cover-up a sniper assassination of the head of a huge German munitions company, leading Watson to deduce that his old army-mate/expert sniper Col. Moran is working for Moriarty. They also discover that Moriarty now owns a number of companies owned by now dead businessmen, including the munitions company.
They travel to Germany with the help of Sims gypsy clan and infiltrate the munitions factory, where Holmes is captured and tortured by Moriarty until Watson rescues him. The gypsies and the duo flee for a nearby train to escape as Col. Moran attempts to have them killed via sniper rifle and heavy artillery. Although a few gypsies are killed, most make it onto the train, where Holmes seemingly dies from his injuries. Watson then remembers the revival serum and injects Holmes with it, bringing him back to life. Holmes agrees to bring Watson home, via Switzerland where diplomats from almost all of the European companies will be meeting at a peace summit to try to avoid war (spurred by all the bombings perpetrated secretly by Moriarty). Mycroft is at the summit to represent Britain, and helps nurse Holmes back to health with his patented oxygen pump and gets the three access to the summit itself in a castle high in the Swiss Alps. Moriarty is also there to act as an arbitrator.
Holmes deduces that Moriarty, with the help of the doctor from the beginning of the film,has perfected a new face-transplant medical technique and has replaced one of the ambassadors with Sims brother. The plan is that Sims brother will kill the ambassadors, creating a World War. Holmes goes off to confront Mycroft on his balcony, trusting Watson to have learned enough from him to determine who is the assassin and prevent him from killing anyone. Sim and Watson investigate the entire room, and eventually determine which ambassador is Sims brother. Sim tries to stop her brotherfrom going through with the plot, but he wont listen, so Watson tackles him and he is dragged out of the room. It is later discovered though, that Col. Moran kills Sims brother (to ensure no loose ends to connect with Moriarty) the same way he killed the doctor at the beginning of the film, with a blow-dart gun. Col. Moran then disappears in the ensuing chaos.
Meanwhile, Holmes deduces that Moriarty was hoping to profit off the World War by gaining secret ownership of various companies necessary toproducing war goods. He says that while Moriarty was torturing him, he pickpocketed his book of plans and sent it to Mary Watson in London, who has helped the police toliquidate all the fraudulent accounts and donate the money to war orphan charities. Moriarty is now penniless and his plan to spur the World War has been defeated (although Moriarty says that, due to human nature, World War will break out eventually even without him). The two of them envision what will happen in a fistfight, with both concluding that due to Holmes weakened body, Moriarty will prevail. Accordingly, Holmes grabs Moriarty and leaps over the balcony with him, as Watson arrives just in time to see both plummet hundreds of feet to their death.
Some time later, we watch Holmes funeral. We discover that Watson is writing abiography about Holmes, and he finally finishes his last page typing THE END. Mary admits she misses Holmes too, but looks forward to actually going on a honeymoon with Watson. She gives Watson the mail, including a package. Watson opens the package and discovers the oxygen pump that Holmes used to nurse himself back to health after his earlier near-death experience. Watson runs from the room to try and track down the mail carrier who delivered the package. After he leaves, we find that Holmes has been in the study the entire time in his urban camoflauge. Holmes walks to the typewriter, reads the final page, and then types a question mark after the words THE END.
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Sherlock (Robert Downey) deduces that Blackwoods (Mark Strong) final part of the ritual is to kill members of Parliament with a cyanide gas derived from pigs. Irene (Rachel McAdams) and Sherlock disable the gas device. Irene runs away with the gas cylinders and Sherlock runs after her. Blackwood, Sherlock and Irene meet at the Tower Bridge thats under construction. After a fight, Blackwood is caught on a rope tied to a heavy piece of metal. As Blackwood is slipping away, almost falling off the bridge, Sherlock debunks Blackwoods magic: 1) Blackwoods father was killed by a poisonous compound thats activated by water, bath powder and copper from the bath tub. The compound wasnt traced because the police drained the water from the tub. 2) The U.S. ambassador caught on fire by a combination of a substance on his clothes and a spark from firing his gun. 3) those who were on Blackwoods side wouldnt have suffered if the gas had been released in Parliament because they drank the antidote on the night that the ambassador died. 4) Blackwoods tomb wasnt destroyed from the inside.. it was shattered in pieces, glued together and shattered again. Holmes figured this out by examining the ingredients of the dwarfs experiments and the tomb. After the explanations, a piece of the bridge falls down causing Blackwood to fall and become entangled in chains and hang to his death. Irene reveals to Holmes that the mysterious figure who ordered her to hire Holmes is Professor Moriarty. She warns Holmes to be careful because hes very wicked and very brilliant. At his home, Sherlock explains to Watson (Jude Law) and Mary how Blackwood survived the gallows and faked his death: on the rope used in the execution there was a hidden hook that distributed Blackwoods weight to his waist so his neck wouldnt break. Blackwood faked his death with a substance made from rhododendron (another ingredient found in the dwarfs lab). Clarkie, a police officer, tells Holmes that a police officer has been killed by a shot to the head with a low caliber bullet and that part of the gas device is missing. Holmes deduces that it was Moriarty who killed the officer and that hes in possession of the remote control technology used for the gas device. When Irene was running away with the cylinders, that was a diversion, and Moriarty stole the remote control and parts of the device. Holmes takes the case and his future battle will be against Professor Moriarty...
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