Sonic the Hedgehog (film)

"Welcome to a whole new level of speed"

- Tagline

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 henchman Snively Robotnik from using the Master Emerald from the Echidna clan, which can be used to take over the world, both 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 and began production in 2017. The film was planned for a late 2020 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 formats. The film received positive reviews from critics with praise given to it’s faithfulness to the original source material, Action Sequences, Voice Acting and received acclaim for it's Music, Visual Style and Animation however, most casual viewers and critics deemed it inferior to the Super Mario Bros Movie released the previous year. However Sonic fans reviewed the movie a lot more positively, with particular praise given to the characters, musical score (using songs/tracks from previous games) and environments. The film was commerical sucess, grossing over $430 Million over a production budget of $90 Million. A sequel is in the works which is said to include characters such as Shadow The Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, Silver The Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat

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, which 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 Island 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 Warp Ring in the Labyrinth Zone (Which can warp him to different placss) and gives him Power Rings (which 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 (electrocuting him in the process giving him the same power as the Blue Hedgehogs) 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. Sonic says he ended up in the Mystic Forest, which is near the City of Station Square, he finds a place in the Ruins to stay in before crying to himself, never to see his family again.

Sonic grew up in Station Square, where he stayed alone for most of his days, but watched over the inhabitants of the City who were both Humans and Animals including, Amy Rose, A Spunky Pink Hedgehog who runs a Tarot Card/Fortune Telling Business, she is longing for her true love which Sonic wants to try and find, The Chaotix (comprising of Espio, Charmy and Vector) run an Amateur detective agency and always struggle to pay the bills, Mighty & Ray are 2 best friends who train in the Forest, Honey the Cat runs a clothing store, and Sally, Bunnie Rabbot, Rotor and Antoine D’Coolette run a mechanic shop, with Sally wanting to be a hero like her father. Sonic acted as a masked vigilante in the city, fighting robbers and robots, people didn’t know who he was. But some theorised he was a blue alien called “the speed demon”.

Meanwhile, an Scientist named Dr Eggman (who insists to be called “Dr Robotnik”) has been fired by G.U.N for insufficient research in terms of his Goodniks and his hunt for the Master Emerald to power his Death Egg Station, which would destroy incoming asteroids/threats to Mobius and act as a Colony for the poor. This leads him to go mad, and makes him want to rule Mobius for himself after ridicule of his name and his projects.