Synopsis
Cast
Director
Run-Time
Synopsis
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster video game franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound — human — best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.
Cast
James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Jim Carrey, Neal McDonough, Natasha Rothwell and Adam Pally
Director
Jeff Fowler
Run-Time
100 Minutes
Dwight's Rating
2.6/5
Spoilers are ahead!
The final battle really felt lackluster. It started off slow and finished quite quickly. It didn’t allow the audience the time to root for the hero. I wish they had a longer final battle. Sonic basically sneezed on Eggman and defeated him. It even took it a step further with Marsden’s character getting another punch in before the ending. You can really tell Eggman didn’t have a chance in winning at all.
Rings, rings, rings…these things seemed a bit too powerful. You basically had unlimited teleportation abilities all movie long. I don’t mind the tool but Sonic had a ton of them which made it ridiculous. They should have limited it to maybe 10 of them were salvaged.
I might have to make this into it’s own section. Trailers!!!! Why do you show too much?! A lot of the best parts of the movie happened in the trailer. There are very few points in the movie that didn’t pop up into the trailer at some point.
Dwight's Hypothetical Corner
Let's say I change one thing. Maybe that one thing will make the Rhythm Section better or more watchable.
Just like in Birds of Prey (2020), you don’t really feel the main villain holds up for the most part. You have instances where Eggman is a force but that happens for a quick second and it’s over. He’s more of a hindrance to the humans than to Sonic. I wish Eggman brought Sonic close to destruction a couple of times during the movie. This gives Sonic’s win at the end more weight. It shouldn’t take power from Sonic to almost defeat him. It should take different techniques from Eggman to surprise Sonic and give him a run for his money.
This might seem weird to say but adding in Sonic’s well-known friend would have been great. You have to make Eggman stronger and the best way to do so is introduce another hero for him to face. If both Sonic and Tails needed to join forces to beat Eggman than that makes him increase in power. Tails did appear in the movie but during a mid-credit scene. The ball was dropped including this friend of Sonic especially since it would increase it’s buzz.
