This film has the best drama off-screen. Let us rewind the story. A trailer dropped 2 months ago with a Sonic who is bad.This led to an outrage from fans all over the world. The team realised the situation and postponed the release of the film to work on the model. After 2 months, when the new trailer dropped, fans got satisfied and buzz got created for the film.
Sonic The Hedgehog is a video game adaptation of the SEGA produced film of the same name directed by Jeff Fowler starring Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Ben Schwartz voicing Sonic himself. The story revolves Sonic, a super fast, hyperactive 10 year old Hedgehog who is always in danger. He is sent to Earth by his care-taker via a ring. Due to unexpected events, he has go to another planet but he loses his rings. Can he get to the other planet with the help of the Donut Lord? You find this in the film.
The screenplay is appealing mostly to children to teenagers from ages 6-15. It is a family movie by nature and does not try to be too hard-hitting in its emotions. This light, fun-filled tone of the film is its biggest plus point. Then comes the action scenes. They are inspired from X-Men: Days of the Future Past but they cannot be considered copied because it's Sonic doing it. The friendship developed between the Donut Lord and Sonic gives the heart to this feature and it shines throughout. Other than that, it is a cliched and manufactured product building to become a film franchise that will earn big bucks. Even for that, they made it a buddy cop road trip film. Surely, they could have made something else with Sonic. Overall, it is a fun time despite the shortcomings.
The acting of the film is the main reason for the entertainment of the film. Jim Carrey is the only person on Earth who is given a gift of over the top acting which is not overacting. He brings back the days of Ace Ventura Pet Detective, The Mask again with his comedy timing. He is the best part of the film. James Marsden has got a habit of doing these kind of buddy roles. See him in Hop(The only Easter Film). Ben Schwartz does a great job voicing Sonic. He nailed the innocence and hyperactive nature of the character with ease. Other actors too give solid performances in the film to really give the film a good fun-filled feel.
The VFX team, obviously have to be credited for working overtime to get the big glitch fixed. Sonic looks and feels like the OG model and the movement of the character too is very smooth. The editing is fast paced like the main character and all other aspects are well handled.
Imagine if the old character has been the part of the film. (Me After Imagining) OMG, that would have been horrible. The light hearted tone built up by the team would have been wasted and this film would have been a bomb.
Finally, this film is a good video game adaptation. That is quite rare considering the pile of shit many video game movies are. It is not the best but personally it is behind Pokemon: Detective Pikachu and the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider series for me. It has got great acting, good VFX and a light hearted tone meant for repeat viewing. I definitely recommend this film to families for some fun time in this lockdown situation.
Films mentioned in this review other than Sonic the Hedgehog are X-Men Days of the Future Past, Hop, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask. If you want a comedy film, watch Ace Ventura and The Mask. If you wanna watch superhero stuff, watch X-Men(The whole series if u wish to). Definitely do not watch Hop. Pokemon Detective Pikachu and the Tomb Raider both are recommended to their die hard fans respectively. Also applicable to Ryan Reynolds and Angelina Jolie fans.
I know Sonic The Hedgehog and its gaming history but I only played the Sonic Rush game on android. So, I am partially a fan. This is the perspective of the review.
The acting of the film is the main reason for the entertainment of the film. Jim Carrey is the only person on Earth who is given a gift of over the top acting which is not overacting. He brings back the days of Ace Ventura Pet Detective, The Mask again with his comedy timing. He is the best part of the film. James Marsden has got a habit of doing these kind of buddy roles. See him in Hop(The only Easter Film). Ben Schwartz does a great job voicing Sonic. He nailed the innocence and hyperactive nature of the character with ease. Other actors too give solid performances in the film to really give the film a good fun-filled feel.
Imagine if the old character has been the part of the film. (Me After Imagining) OMG, that would have been horrible. The light hearted tone built up by the team would have been wasted and this film would have been a bomb.
Finally, this film is a good video game adaptation. That is quite rare considering the pile of shit many video game movies are. It is not the best but personally it is behind Pokemon: Detective Pikachu and the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider series for me. It has got great acting, good VFX and a light hearted tone meant for repeat viewing. I definitely recommend this film to families for some fun time in this lockdown situation.
iMDB Rating: 6.7/10
My Rating : 7.5/10
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