Review: Video game-inspired adventure fails to live up to the brisk wit and surprising sweetness of the first film
” movies. Fans of the video games will also recognize Colleen O’Shaughnessey’s Tails, an anthropomorphic flying fox who tags along for the ride after making his big-screen debut in the first movie’s credits sequence.
While both characters make for welcome additions, their presence tends to leave the live-action cast in the dust. James Marsden and Tika Sumpter are back as Tom and Maddie Wachowski, Sonic’s surrogate parents in the sleepy Montana town of Green Hills. But they spend half the movie sidelined on a Hawaiian vacation while attending the wedding of Maddie’s sister . It’s an entertaining enough detour, but one that feels like it belongs in another movie.
Carrey, 60, has speculated that this could be his acting swan song, telling “Access Hollywood” last week that he was . Even if this is the final showcase for Carrey’s idiosyncratic talents, the mid-credits stinger makes clear that this franchise has every intention of zooming on. Next time, let’s hope Sonic is back up to speed.At area theaters. Contains action, some violence, rude humor and mildly crude language. 122 minutes.
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