Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape | |
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Traditional Chinese | 大偵探福爾摩斯:逃獄大追捕 |
Simplified Chinese | 大侦探福尔摩斯:逃狱大追捕 |
Literal meaning | Great Detective Holmes: Escape and big pursuing |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dà Zhēntàn Fú'ěrmósī: Táoyù Dà Zhuībǔ |
Jyutping | daai6 zing1 taam3 fuk1 ji5 mo1 si1: tou4 juk6 daai6 zeoi1 bou6 |
Directed by | Toe Yuen Matthew Chow |
Based on | The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes by Lai Ho |
Release dates | 28 July 2019 (Hong Kong Children's Film International Film Festival) 1 August 2019 |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese[1] |
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape, originally titled The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes – The Greatest Jail Breaker, is a 2019 Hong Kong animated film based on the children's book series The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes. Toe Yuen and Matthew Chow[note 1] co-directed this film.[1] Some investments into the film came from the company Golden Scene.[2] The film was released theatrically in 2019.[3]
Shout! Factory released an English dub in Canada and the United States on DVD on 23 March 2021.[3]
Character name | Voice actor | |
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Cantonese | English | |
Sherlock Holmes[note 2] | Ken Wong Kai-Cheong[1] | Robbie Daymond[4] |
Dr. John Watson[note 3] | Monte Cho Kai-Him[5] | David Errigo Jr.[4] |
Mack[note 4] | Stephen Au[1] | Greg Chun[4] |
Scarface[note 5] | Jerry Ku Ming-Wah[5] | |
Alice[note 6] | Joyce Chan Hoi-Ting[3] | Lizzie Freeman[4] |
Gordon "Gorilla" Riller[note 7] | Louis Yuen Siu Cheung[3] | Kevin M. Connolly[4] |
Carlson Fox[note 8] | Pasu Leung Wai-Tak[3] | |
Little Rabbit/Bunny[note 9] | Leander Lau[3] | Abby Trott[6] |
Skinny Monkey | Toe Yuen[3] |
Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post gave the film three of five stars.[7]
Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "colorfully tackles" several social issues.[1]