Enola Holmes 2 follows the story of a much settled protagonist as she seeks her second case to solve after opening up a detective agency lead by her. When the second case does eventually come, it is much more than she had ever anticipated. The story here has immediately a much better structure as compared to its first part. The story telling technique doesn’t meander much and it is consistently focused on the drama at hand. The screenplay standing at 130 minutes makes for a perfectly cooked up mystery drama.

The drama picks up from a runchase that breaks into an extended flashback that gives a picture of the protagonist getting her first case. The world building here was quick and I really liked that the sole focus of the writers this time around was on the mystery at hand which is shortly introduced thereafter. The sequence of events are interesting where the drama does nicely simmer on a slow flame thereby holding your attention throughout.

The drama is engaging and thoroughly enjoyable. There are frequent twists and turns that do keep you at the edge of your seat although the guessing game isn’t quite on(and to be fair this ain’t that type of drama either). Some of the old characters add some valuable subplots in the screenplay that makes for an excellent watch. The humour here is dry but well intentioned and brilliantly integrated in the screenplay. The drama also subtly touches upon the prevalent levels of patriarchy in the society that is smartly touched upon briefly.

The grand revelation here is a good one and the drama does meet with a logical end. But the portions after the revelation are slightly underwhelming and a tad too convenient for my liking. It almost felt that the writers were given a brief of quickly ending the drama without effectively tying the loose ends together. But taking nothing away from the screenplsy which is brilliantly penned this time around and atleast three notches better than the first film of the franchise!