Thursday, February 27, 2020

Sonic the Hedgehog Review












Sonic the Hedgehog


Release Date: 13th February 2020 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Sega Sammy Group (in association with)
Original Film
Marza Animation Planet
Blur Studio
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (with the participation of)
Sega (based on the video game from)
DJ2 Entertainment
Paramount Animation (uncredited)

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Family/Action/
Adventure/Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 99 minutes


Budget: $95,000,000

Box Office Gross: $319,715,683 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Sonic is the fastest hedgehog that has lived peacefully and undiscovered on Earth for ten years. But one day, he accidentally causes a power outage in a small town that catches the attention of Dr. Robotnik, a mad scientist working for the government. With his newfound friend, a local human sheriff named Tom, Sonic needs to stop the evil doctor from capturing him and using his powers for his nefarious purposes.


Cast
Ben Schwartz - Sonic the
Hedgehog (Voice)
James Marsden - Tom
Wachowski
Jim Carrey - Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Tika Sumpter - Maddie Wachowski
Natasha Rothwell - Rachel
Adam Pally - Wade
Lee Majdoub - Agent Stone
Neal McDonough - Major Berrington
Tom Butler - Vice Chairman Walters
Frank C. Turner - Crazy Carl
Melody Nosipho Niemann - JoJo
Terence Kelly - Farmer Zimmer
Benjamin Vilac - Baby Sonic
(Voice)
Donna Jay Fulks - Longclaw
(Voice)
Garry Chalk - Navy Chief of
Staff (Cameo)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey -
Miles "Tails" Prower (Voice)
(Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Executive Producer/Director - Jeff Fowler
Based on Characters - Yuji Naka,
Naoto Ohshima and Hirokazu Yasuhara
Writers - Patrick Casey and Josh Miller
Associate Producers - Mie Onishi
and Chuck Williams
Executive Producers - Masanao Maeda,
Tim Miller and Hajime & Haruki Satomi
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Nan Morales
Producers - Toby Ascher, Takeshi Ito,
Neal H. Moritz and Toru Nakahara
Co-Producers - Dan Jevons,
Dmitri M. Johnson and Karina Rahardja
Production Designer - Sean Harworth
Production Designer: Additional Photography -
Sonja Klaus
Sonic Character Supervisor: SEGA -
Takashi Iizuka
Lead Sonic Designer: Blur Studios -
Tyson Hesse
Graphic Designers - Shannon Courte,
Erin Sinclair and Morgan McConnell
Supervising Art Director - Grant Van Der Slagt
Set Decorator - Shannon Gottlieb
Costume Designer - Debra McGuire
Digital Makeup Designer - Bill Corso
Director of Photography - Stephen F. Windon
Second Unit Director/Director of Photography:
Second Unit - Peter Lyons Collister
Stunt Coordinator - Garvin Cross
Special Effects Supervisor - Alex Burdett
Visual Effects Supervisors - Chris Uyede
and Ged Wright
Visual Effects Supervisor: Marza Animation -
David Nelson
Visual Effects Producer - Denise Davis
Animation Supervisor: MPC - Clement Yip
Visualisation Supervisor - Scott Meadows
Film Editors - Debra Neil-Fisher and
Stacey Schroeder
Supervising Sound Editors/Sound Designers:
E2 - Ethan Van Der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Additional Sound Designers - Matt Cavanaugh,
Chris Diebold and John Marquis
Production Sound Mixer - David Husby
Re-Recording Mixers - Anna Behlmer and
Mark Paterson
Foley Artists - Alicia Stevenson and
Dawn Lunsford
Music - Tom Holkenborg


Review
Remember what I said in my review of Wreck-It Ralph about wishing for a movie adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog? It has finally come true, but not the way you would expect. I've already reviewed one film based on the video game character that happened to be a two-episode anime miniseries. I was sceptical about the new SONIC THE HEDGEHOG movie, which I thought would not work in live-action. Because I looked at the teaser that featured an unsettling CGI design of Sonic, which was too bizarrely realistic, many other fans felt the same way I did. Fortunately, they re-designed it, and fans were much happier with it.

An energetic and (no pun intended) fast-paced movie has gotten the character right onto the big screen. Unlike several video game movies, except a few like Detective Pikachu, this movie does justice to the source material. One drawback of SONIC is the simplistic and predictable storyline.

The best aspect of this movie, other than the re-design of Sonic, was Jim Carrey's performance as Dr. Robotnik. Carrey was back in over-the-top comedic form as the evil genius. It reminded me of his early roles when he had the frantic energy to do so. Ben Schwartz was funny as the voice of the titular protagonist. He played well against James Marsden's straight-arrow performance of Tom, which held the otherwise chaotic film together.

You should go and see SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. Some fans may not like it, but that shouldn't stop the rest of you from watching it. For this, it is a good video game movie.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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