![]() ![]() Sonic is a hyperactive teen who unintentionally becomes an urban legend, until he accidentally creates a surge so big it knocks out the town’s power. Tom is a police officer based in small-town Green Hills (get it?), from a lineage of officers keeping order in an already-orderly community. Both Ben Schwartz’s adaptation of Sonic, and James Marsden’s Tom, are wonderful as two characters trying to find a purpose for themselves while also learning to understand their new partnership. The one thing I expected least of all in a video game movie is how much heart this film has. In director Jeff Fowler’s film though, all of that is stripped away and focuses on a much more wholesome and character-driven tale about an alien speedster just looking for a quiet place for himself in the world, while also divulging in accidental hijinks (a particular scene involving a turtle had me genuinely laughing). Sonic as a game series has had some ridiculous stories and characters that, for the most part, are super weird. The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been a long time coming, and was fraught with character design woes which resonated throughout most of 2019. It’s taken almost three decades for everyone’s favourite hedgehog to leap from the small screen to the silver screen.
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