Quite literally hitting the ground running, this delightful sequel is thankfully a case of lightning striking twice, as we find Enola Holmes with her own failing detective agency but quickly becoming embroiled in a missing person mystery that threads through this interesting tale. The sequel takes everything that worked in the original film and goes larger: it is bright, breezy, funny, solidly-written and tightly-constructed, and the self-aware/fourth-wall-breaking moments are played very nicely indeed. Enola Holmes 2 is very efficient lightweight entertainment, but it does an extremely good job of engaging and maintaining interest and drawing in the viewer - even its movie-world vision of 19th Century London is not too distracting. Again, Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill (as Sherlock again) really sell the story with aplomb through their own performances and their excellent partnership, and even Louis Patridge as Enola's love-interest seems to have a better hang of the style this time. With the excellent Himesh Patel set up as Watson right at the end, a third film is a must.
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