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Sonic hedgehog 2 levels11/9/2023 Like the first film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is about the blue blur trying to find his own family, and this attempt to tell a story about making one’s own family is hitting many of the same notes as the original film. Rothwell also gets stuck with many of these same lame one-liners, yet she knows how to make them work.īut while the relationship between Tom and Sonic was integral to the first film, the splitting up of these two causes Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to feel like two different films that don’t necessarily go together, leaving behind a bloated and overlong mess. Meanwhile, Natasha Rothwell, who plays Maddie’s older sister Rachel, gets more to do here, as Tom and Maddie travel to her Hawaii wedding. Elba is a great choice for Knuckles, playing the echidna almost the same way Dave Bautista played Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy films: dumb, but lovable and without any sense of irony. Thankfully, more time spent with the supporting cast helps alleviate this issue. At a certain point, to enjoy Sonic the Hedgehog 2, one just has to ignore that Robotnik is quoting Trump, or Sonic calling Knuckles “the Winter Soldier,” and just let this wave of inane humor wash over you. They’re not even particularly witty, they’re just overwhelming in both mundanity and sheer volume that the viewer just has to accept their mediocrity and let these “jokes” fade into the background. With especially Robotnik and Sonic, the dialogue is jam-packed with as many quips and non-stop references as humanly possible. Unfortunately, the script itself is lacking that same level of joy. While there are overt references, like Sonic recreating the snowboarding level from Sonic 3, Robotnik manning a giant machine, and Tails flying in his red plane, there are great little details included throughout, like a coffee shop named the “Mean Bean.” Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is at its most clever when it's throwing in these clever nods that will appeal to fans who have waited to see this world come to life on the screen in this way with these characters. For what it’s worth, Fowler and writers Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington, do a fine job of bringing in different details from the games and assimilating them into this real-world story.
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