One of the flagship achievements of the so-called new adventure cinema, a genre created by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and several other artists from their generation. In this story, loosely based on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, the filmmakers take us to the salad days of the protagonists and their first meeting, in the days of their education in a Victorian school in the heart of London. Watson, sent by his family to the city to become a doctor, meets Holmes, the school’s celebrity and personality who has the makings of a great detective already in his youth. An opportunity to demonstrate his deductive skills and courage is just around the corner. The city is being overrun by a dangerous ancient Egyptian sect of killers, called Rametep and only Holmes can explain the mystery behind their crimes.
Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear – dir. Barry Levinson, running time 109 min., 1985