A new TV trailer for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming period actioner SHERLOCK HOLMES has arrived and it packs in even more action than previously seen. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, as Holmes and Watson respectively, star in this new, more action-oriented take on the famous literary sleuth created by mystery author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

It’s a film that will reveal onscreen for the first time the British martial arts of bartitsu, as performed by Downey, an active Wing Chun practitioner. On top of that, the film looks to breathe new life into the Sherlock Holmes franchise and may perhaps create a new British action franchise to compete with James Bond.

SHERLOCK HOLMES opens in theaters on December 25.

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