Sonic Movie Review
Chijoke Agbam '21 Staff Writer
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie was originally set for a release date of Nov. 8, 2019, but was pushed back to February 2020 after widespread criticism of the titular animated hedgehog’s appearance in the film’s trailers. Following a multi-million dollar redesign, Paramount Studios released a new trailer in January, showcasing a character design more akin to the character’s appearance in the original sonic video games and TV show.
The 100 minute-long movie tells the story of friendship between a Montana cop named Tom (James Marsden) and a blue hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz) able to run at super speed.
Sonic’s guardian gives him a bag of teleportation rings and sends him to Earth in order to help him evade an echidna tribe after his power. After a decade of hiding in a small Montana town, the hedgehog becomes lonely, and runs so fast while playing baseball with himself that he triggers a massive blackout. Investigating the mysterious power disruption, the US military calls in genius scientist Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). Sonic and Tom team up to take down Robotnik, who planned to kill Sonic to find the source of his power.
While the film was often exciting, it did not always make sense. Sonic’s travel between dimensions and use of rings to move from world to world were confusing discrepancies from the original games.
The new Sonic design actually made the Sonic look like the blue hedgehog we all know and love rather than a genetic mix up between a hedgehog, human and a gerbil.
The movie earns an eight out of 10 thanks to a well-written plot, but a few confusing aspects, such as the rings, left more to be desired.
The 100 minute-long movie tells the story of friendship between a Montana cop named Tom (James Marsden) and a blue hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz) able to run at super speed.
Sonic’s guardian gives him a bag of teleportation rings and sends him to Earth in order to help him evade an echidna tribe after his power. After a decade of hiding in a small Montana town, the hedgehog becomes lonely, and runs so fast while playing baseball with himself that he triggers a massive blackout. Investigating the mysterious power disruption, the US military calls in genius scientist Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). Sonic and Tom team up to take down Robotnik, who planned to kill Sonic to find the source of his power.
While the film was often exciting, it did not always make sense. Sonic’s travel between dimensions and use of rings to move from world to world were confusing discrepancies from the original games.
The new Sonic design actually made the Sonic look like the blue hedgehog we all know and love rather than a genetic mix up between a hedgehog, human and a gerbil.
The movie earns an eight out of 10 thanks to a well-written plot, but a few confusing aspects, such as the rings, left more to be desired.