Sonic the Hedgehog (film)

Sonic the Hedgehog  is a 2021 American Computer Animated Action Adventure Comedy Based on the video game of the same name published by Sega and is produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation with additional animation work being done by Marza Animation Planet and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing, the film is directed by Peter Ramsey & Bon Persichetti and written by Jeff Rowe. It stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog with Micheal Cera, Dwayne Johnson, J.K Simmons and Tom Kenny serving as supporting roles. The film follows Sonic, An Anthropomorphic Hedgehog who can run supersonic speeds, reluctantly teaming up with a two-tailed fox named Miles “Tails” Prower to stop Dr Eggman and his henchmen Snively Robotnik from using the Master Emerald from the Echidna clan, which can be used to take over the world, who have the aid of Knuckles the Echidna to find the Emerald in Angel Island.

Development for a Sonic film began in the 1990s but did not leave the planning stage until Sony Pictures acquired the rights in 2013, the film was planned for a late 2019 release but was delayed due to production issues, This allowed the film to have a similar visual style to Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse and also to avoid competition/comparsions from the Super Mario Bros Movie. The film is dedicated to Keisuke Nagai, who was a licensing manager for Sega.

The film released on June 23rd 2021 on Sonic's 30th Anniversary in 2D and Real 3D. The film received positive reviews from critics, praise given to it’s faithfulness to the games, the humour, Action Sequences, Voice Acting and reccived Acclaim for it's Visual Style and Animation but was criticised for it’s screenplay, with most deeming it inferior to the Super Mario Bros Movie released the previous year. The film was commerical sucess, grossing over $430 Million over a production budget of $85 Million. A sequel is in the works

Plot
The film begins with a Blue Hedgehog in the Sky, falling down to the sea with a giant space ship with a giant mustache on it, The Hedgehog, named Sonic, pauses during him falling as he recalls what had happend to his life up to that point to the moment of his supposed death.

Act 1
In a World where Anthropormic Animals and Humans coexits, a Island named South Island that has Checkboarded Grass/Soil, Loop de Loops and Palm Trees. The inhabitants who live there (who mostly comprise of Hedgehogs) thrives on the survival of one of the 7 Chaos Emeralds, 7 Powerful Gems which posses unlimted Power. The Hedgehogs use it's power to gain supersonic speeds and use it's power for good to help the little Animals there.

One day, A Tribe of Echidnas attack the Isle in search of the Blue Emerald, Destorying Hedgehog Isle in the process. The leader of the Island named Charles the Hedgehog (who Sonic calls Uncle Chuck) tries to rally up his Hedgehog Army to fight but they are quickly thwarted by the Clan. Charles, manages to evade capture and tells his nephew (Sonic) to escape using the Power Rings (which can both warp him to new worlds and temporarily power him up) and tells hin the advice to always keep running and never stop to trust anyone, the young hedgehog takes his Uncle's advice and warps to place somewhere safe before seeing a Young Echidna kill his Uncle right in front of him, taking the Blue Emerald before trying to run to Sonic, before the ring closes as Sonic ends up in a Green Forest, with no one in site. It was at that day according to Sonic, he lost everything and decided to live of the lessons his Uncle taught him.