While many have drawn the parallels between this film and A.C. Doyle's master detective, all the reviews I've read have neglected to point out that this is really a direct homage to the first Sherlock Holmes short story, "A Scandal In Bohemia". It is more than a passing homage - the very language at the end of Zero Effect is the same as at the front of the Holmes story...
That said, it is perhaps bar none the best and most creative Sherlock Holmes adaptation I've seen, even including Jeremy Brett's astounding turn as the anti-social detective.
That said, it is perhaps bar none the best and most creative Sherlock Holmes adaptation I've seen, even including Jeremy Brett's astounding turn as the anti-social detective.