Sonic is joined by Tails, another talking alien.
They don’t solve complex clues so much as stumble across buttons. The Master Emerald isn’t quite the Ark of the Covenant, and Sonic and pals don’t make too many exotic stops. The whole enterprise is a textbook MacGuffin, a story in which the characters spend the runtime searching for a coveted object. Our hero is joined by Tails, a cutesy Fox with a helium voice like Tails on a chalkboard that would be more at home on a kids morning TV show than a cheeky live-action movie. For those of you who are curious which hotel is hosting the ceremony, the characters repeatedly remind us they’re at the new Four Seasons Oahu. Sonic (who makes his own lame swear joke, “Holy sherbet!”) must stop Robotnik while the blue dude’s bland roommates from fictional Green Hills, Calif., Sheriff Tom (James Marsden) and Maddie (Tika Sumpter), are at a wedding in Hawaii. The gemstone, a cheap knockoff of the ring of power from “Lord of the Rings,” brings its owner’s thoughts - good or bad - to life. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” could be Jim Carrey’s final movie. In the formulaic plot, his nemesis Doctor Robotnik (Carrey) has been trapped on the Mushroom Planet (“Holy shitake!,” he yells) since the end of the last adventure, but manages to escape and help a red echidna named Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba) find the legendary Master Emerald. And so now we have an often grating sequel that shoves in more of Sonic’s annoying animal friends. But, oh no, Hollywood’s ravenous appetite is never fully satisfied. The filmmakers gave the little guy a makeover and the movie made a respectable $319 million at the box office.Īt that point, Sonic should have scooped up his magical golden rings and - like Carrey - called it quits. Two years ago, the first “Sonic” was a surprise hit for Paramount even after a wave of bad press said the terrifying CGI hedgehog we saw in the trailer was the stuff of nightmares.
Rated PG (action, some violence, rude humor and mild language).
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