[YES] (temporary) Sherlock's star-crossed situationship with Irene Adler is defined by her constantly disappearing from his life without warning and reappearing later, and it happens several times in the film. When they part at the very end, however, there's a satisfying good-bye scene.
Yes, mildly. Watson keeps pointing out how Sherlock mistreats him, and while the narrative portrays his concerns as valid, his annoyance is often played for laughs, and Sherlock doesn't change his behavior much.
Sherlock deduces that an enemy lookout is a heavy drinker so he incapacitates him with a punch to the liver.
There are similar offhand references to alcohol abuse throughout the film. (For example, one side character jokes that the other "drinks like a fish.")
[NO] There are lots of scenes with horse-drawn carriages, but they never come to harm. There's even a scene where someone lands on the roof of a carriage while on fire. Those horses are spooked and distressed but they don't come to any harm, and the scene immediately changes.
Something...? happens to the pinky and ring finger on Sherlock's left hand during either the rundown laboratory fight or the shipyard fight because he is seen with a makeshift cloth bandage in the next scene, and the next and so on for the next 20 minutes of the film until he finally takes it off, almost absentmindedly.
(Possibly the laboratory rather than the shipyard? Because the bad guy swings out the laboratory on a rope, and Sherlock starts to follow him, hesitates, then just jumps instead!)
(Spoilers) I would say no. Aside from villains, the only characters that die are a few important "quest givers," and a missing person. When the credits roll, every good guy within the first ten spots is still alive.
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In the scene in the hotel with Irene, a needle is used to drug the wine. Right after he starts to feel the effects, it flashes on the screen.. Not used on a person, but it is seen.
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1. (mild) There is a scene played for laughs where an elderly character remarks how excellent his "nerves" have become and is then repeatedly startled by gunshots.
2. Sherlock has some sensory sensitivities, which the film portrays very vividly.
Holmes often has sensory overload episodes when in places with a lot of other people. Not exactly a meltdown but he does seem uncomfortable and stressed.
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1. (Yes) Sherlock sneaks up on an enemy lookout and coldly calculates that he ought to jab him in the throat to paralyze his vocal cords and prevent him from screaming. (And then he proceeds to do so.)
2. (Narrowly avoided) Watson fights a man who is wielding a large knife. There's a tense moment where he holds it to Watson's throat, but Sherlock saves him at the last second.
Typical Victorian era sexism/misogyny. “Paddy” is used in a song that’s played, the word being an often derogatory word for Irish, especially in Victorian England when they where colonised by the English. It is sung by presumably an Irish person, so perhaps it’s in reclaimation. The g slur, rhymes with tipsy, is used by a non-Romani character, the slur being specifically used against people of Romani descent, which is a European ethnic group that originally migrated from India/South Asia. It is used on a woman who looks white(?) but has curly hair. They use it derogatorily, calling her a [g slur] woman. In the UK it is now a reclaimed term for Roma, but is still being used derogatorily in this context. Multiple jokes are made about women having beards, becoming fat, ugly or covered in warts as negative things. These are rooted in ableism, trans/intersexphobia and fatphobia. Especially when you consider the “ugly laws” inforced that “ugly” disabled and fat people where unable to leave the house or be seen by company. Trans and intersex individuals, especially women with beards (which often happens due to hormonal intersex identity) were paraded as “freaks” in freak shows.
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Specifically satanic cults, with murdering and ritual sacrifice, etc. A Father from the church is present to see the hanging of someone, and condemn him/pray over his body.
No, but potential trigger at 1:57:02-1:58:12 when Watson and Mary walk in to find Holmes hanging from a noose. It is an experiment and he is not injured.
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Sherlock is found chained to a bed naked (against his will) only with a pillow covering his private parts, clearly made to "show off" RDJs body to the audience
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[YES] 1. (mention) Watson asks Sherlock why he keeps associating with Irene despite all the red flags and adds "are you a m*sochist?" On the surface, he's just asking the standard rhetorical question: "do you enjoy making poor life choices?" but there's a possible undercurrent of "dude, this is a kink thing, isn't it?"
2. (unconsenting) A character is drugged and wakes up the next morning naked and handcuffed to a bed.
[NO] There is a scene with very heavy-handed "virgin sacrifice" imagery, but no sex acts happen, the young woman's sexual history is never discussed, and she is rescued before the sacrifice happens.
[NO] There is a poignant scene where a male character has a glass of wine thrown in his face, and he allows the drops of wine to continue running down his cheeks to disguise the fact that he is likely also shedding tears. (Deeply sad eyes and sharp twitches of the nose and lips)
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It’s very strongly implied that Sherlock is raped. He is drugged and passes out whilst being kissed and then wakes up chained to a bed naked. The whole thing is just skipped over and played for laughs but it’s still very upsetting
The film is set in the Victorian era, so there are horse-drawn carriages instead of cars. It is worth noting that we DO hear horses neighing in response to traffic issues which is arguably the equivalent sound effect for this setting.
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[YES] but only to pig carcasses in a slaughterhouse.
There's only one moment with human gore that could possibly be considered excessive (a brief shot of someone's extensive wounds during a hospital scene) but it's mostly obscured by shadow.
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Around 1:13:52-1:14:20. We see a man burst into flames and then jump out a window, falling onto a carriage. Around 1:21:01-1:21:41 a man and woman are almost on fire but are protected by a blanket (which is on fire). They are not hurt. Around 1:34:09 we see a flashback to the burning man jumping from a building
No, but there's a near miss during the shipyard scene where Watson worries that Sherlock might have been crushed by the runaway ship as it slid out into the harbor.
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Yes, a dying man leaps out a window and crashes through the roof of a carriage.
There's also two "fakeout" scenes where protagonist characters jump, but are fine. Sherlock jumps out a window and lands in the river. Irene falls off a bridge and lands on some scaffolding.