Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)


I must confess, I've never played a Sonic game in my life as I never owned a Super Nintendo. But I have seen people play the games as a kid. I'm of the opinion that movies based on video games don't work (Resident Evil). The odd time there is one that does but that's rare. My reasoning for that is because of a few things:

1. Studio interference - there are certain films (Super Mario Bros) that suffer from studio interference which change things from the game to screen to appease the studio and dumb the audience down.

2. Studios make changes on certain characters, (the latest Resident Evil flick) which result in the film being trashed by fans which causes the studios to blame us the audience for it's failure. I say shame on them for doing that. 

But, there are certain films that work and it's rare. Sonic The Hedgehog is one of those films that works and it's mainly due to Jim Carrey's portrayal of Dr. Robotnik. If there's one thing I've liked about Carrey is that he always put his energy into the characters he creates. The story itself is typical but it's a lot of fun. If more studios actually put more effort into making movies based on video games work then we wouldn't be debating as to why they never work 90% of the time.

 3/5

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