Sonic the Hedgehog 3 races into theaters on December 19th, delivering a high-octane adventure that blends classic gaming elements with modern blockbuster spectacle. Critics commend its faithful adaptation of the games' essence while acknowledging its potential for excess.
Sonic 3 arrives in theaters on December 19 and seems like what you’d expect from a star-studded, blockbuster adaptation of a classic gaming franchise that straddles the divide between traditional family movie and faithful blue blur fanservice. It’s the biggest movie yet in the trilogy, and potentially the most unwieldy. But most reviewers say it’s still plenty of fun. Starring Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails, Idris Elba as Knuckles, and Jim Carrey as Dr.
Robotnik, the CGI furries must navigate new threats and new alliances when a military industrial complex experiment named Shadow, played by Keanu Reeves, decides to try to destroy the planet. If that wasn’t enough, Shadow was actually created by Robotnik’s grandfather, also played by Carrey, with classic Carrey hijinks ensuing. “Sonic 3 feels authentic to the games, then, and as a result, the human characters from the previous two films are mostly sidelined,” writes Eurogamer’s Ed Nightingale, who adds that the movie prioritizes slick action over absurd comedy. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman lauds the movie as at once a fun spectacle and sendup of comic book movie excess. “It’s like a late Marvel extravaganza that never loses sight of the fact that it’s preposterous,” he writes, attributing the success to director Jeff Fowler’s film making, “which is deft enough to revel in blockbuster overkill and skewer it at the same time.” Gamesradar’s Jack Shepherd, meanwhile, was underwhelmed with Reeve’s performance in the movie as Shadow, the movie’s big bad as well as its newest recruit. He writes that, outside of a John Wick-like set piece and emotive flashback, the black hedgehog basically just repeats Knuckle’s arc from the second movie. “Considering Shadow has been front-and-center of the marketing, as well as being a key character in the games, it’s a somewhat disappointing turn,” Shepherd explains
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