Lee Majdoub is delightful in his returning role as a wide-eyed henchman in love with Robotnik, but he’s too far down the ladder in terms of screen time to make a difference. Carrey’s energetic performance in the first film harkened back to his ’90s glory days, but he feels much more physically restrained here he’s more punny than slapstick, which is so blatant a misuse of his talents that it ought to be punishable by law. There’s not much any of the actors can do to salvage things as it is.
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With the “action” half of this “action comedy” largely dulled, the opportunity arises to use all that travel to have the characters interact and crack wise, but the movie rarely follows that instinct. Knuckles, similarly, goes from place to place via Robotnik’s hi-tech transport, even though he seems to be just as fast. Scene after scene, Sonic simply ceases to be a character whose whole deal is that he has “gotta go fast” - even though numerous situations arise where his speed would come in handy - and he spends most of the movie driving, snowboarding, or being flown around by Tails (who soars by spinning his two tails around, which it admittedly pretty cool).
For one thing, the film’s very premise, involving characters with super-speed, seems to disappear from everyone’s memory for most of the running time (something the last movie was guilty of as well). There’s not much glue holding the rest of it together. Then again, perhaps this detour is a mercy. Rather than having the decency to at least follow familiar characters like Tom and Maddie, it instead becomes about the bride and groom, Maddie’s sister Rachel (Natasha Rothwell) from the previous films - remember her? no? oh, well - and her fiancé Randall (Shemar Moore), leading to entire chunks of movie where none of the main characters are on screen and little of consequence happens. If that sounds far too neat and clean, fret not: There also comes a point where the film switches gears entirely and turns into a bizarre rom-com involving the aforementioned Hawaii wedding. However, the plot soon leaves Robotnik and Knuckles’ personal gripes behind, and pivots towards a mystical emerald, which Sonic and Tails must track down before the villains can misuse its power. It also happens that Sonic has an alien admirer in the form of Tails, who comes to his rescue. When Tom and Maddie jet set to a wedding in Hawaii (which the film somehow turns into a depressingly gray destination), trouble converges at their Montana home, thanks to the arrival of a vengeful Robotnik and his new ally Knuckles, who has something of a cultural bone to pick with Sonic. Spoiler alert: He does by the end of the film, but nothing in between feels connected to this apparent theme. Meanwhile, Sonic tries his hand at superhero vigilantism back on Earth, which causes mild friction with his surrogate parents, Tom (James Marsden) and Maddie (Tika Sumpter), though it’s mostly hand-waved with a pep talk about Sonic finding his calling. Robotnik ( Jim Carrey) is stuck on an alien planet, teasing a stylized survival film with a wacky comedian at its center, but he soon escapes and the promise doesn’t last. Some time has passed since movie number one. Perhaps I deserve another two years indoors for daring to look upon this monstrosity.
Just when it seems like the film has reached its climax, some 90 minutes in, it keeps going, and going, and going, somehow clocking in at just over 2 hours.
Fittingly, watching the sequel felt like a taunt, as if I were being challenged to sit through the entire running time without throwing in the towel. Had I known, I would have savored it rather than leaving a few minutes before the end, when a minor character began a blatant Olive Garden ad read straight to the camera. There’s a chuckle or two to be found, but it’s really not much better than Jeff Fowler’s first film from February 2020, which just so happened to be my last trip to a movie theater before the world shut down. 'Song of the South': 12 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Oscars 2022: Best Costume Design Predictions 'Stanleyville' Review: Strangers Go Insane for an Orange SUV in a Wacky 'Dogtooth'-Adjacent Satireīox Office 'Beasts' Are Not Fantastic, but the Weekend Totaled Over $100M
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