{"id":77247,"date":"2025-02-06T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=77247"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T08:47:41","slug":"movie-review-sonic-the-hedgehog-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2025\/02\/06\/movie-review-sonic-the-hedgehog-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review – Sonic The Hedgehog 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/h5>\n
Principal Cast : <\/strong>Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Edris Elba, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, Nathasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Alyla Browne, Tom Butler, James Wolk.
\nSynopsis:<\/strong> Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.<\/h5>\n

********<\/p>\n

Paramount and SEGA\u2019s\u00a0Sonic<\/em>\u00a0franchise continues to barrel-roll past logic with the gleeful abandon of a hedgehog on a sugar high. Director Jeff Fowler\u2019s third outing,\u00a0Sonic 3<\/em>, cranks the chaos to 11 by introducing Shadow (voiced with brooding gravitas by Keanu Reeves), Sonic\u2019s in-game nemesis, who arrives trailing angst, vengeance, and enough power to make even Knuckles sweat. Jim Carrey\u2014still refusing to retire\u2014pulls double duty as the unhinged Dr. Robotnik\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0his mad scientist grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik, whose tragic experiments on Shadow fuel the film\u2019s emotional (if wafer-thin) core.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The plot? Pure, unapologetic Sonic\u2122\ufe0f: Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Tails (Colleen O\u2019Shaughnessey), and Knuckles (Idris Elba) face off against Shadow, a vengeful powerhouse with a grudge against humanity. Cue uneasy alliances, explosive set pieces, and Carrey devouring scenery like a man paid by the hammy quip. The film leans hard into Shadow\u2019s tragic backstory\u2014think lab experiments, a doomed friendship with Maria (Alyla Browne), and enough daddy issues to power a Death Star\u2014but don\u2019t expect nuance. This is\u00a0Sonic<\/em>, not Sophocles.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Sonic 3<\/em> is a delirious carnival ride: zippy humour, eye-melting VFX, and action sequences that laugh in the face of physics. Fowler and his writers (Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and newcomer John Whittington) double down on meta gags and franchise lore, tossing winks to die-hard gamers while Carrey\u2019s Robotniks steal the show. Schwartz\u2019s Sonic, now sharing screen time with Tails and Knuckles, feels sidelined\u2014a bold move in a film bearing his name. But let\u2019s be real: this isn\u2019t about growth. It\u2019s about Carrey twirling his mustache, Reeves growling existential threats, and the trio of kids I brought to the cinema losing their tiny minds with joy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The humour? A glorious mess. Carrey\u2019s dual-Robotnik dance routine is peak chaos, while Lee Majdoub\u2019s deadpan henchman schtick remains a stealth MVP. Shadow\u2019s darker arc\u2014brief flashbacks to imprisonment, grief-driven rage\u2014teases maturity, but Fowler wisely doesn\u2019t linger. Why dwell on pathos when you can have a CGI hedgehog outrace a tsunami? Yes, the plot\u2019s as predictable as a Mario Kart blue shell, and James Marsden\u2019s near-absence leaves a \u201cfamily\u201d void the film fills with more explosions. But\u00a0Sonic 3<\/em> knows its audience: pre-teens craving spectacle, gamers hungry for Easter eggs, and adults just here for Carrey\u2019s glorious meltdowns. It\u2019s bananas. It\u2019s bonkers. And against all odds, it works. Stay for the mid-credits tease of\u00a0Sonic 4<\/em>\u00a0(2027, mark your calendars). The franchise may be as subtle as a homing attack, but like Shadow\u2019s vendetta, I\u2019m here for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Cast : Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Edris Elba, James Marsden,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48482,"featured_media":77255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,584],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-review","category-sonic-the-hedgehog"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-500x280.jpg",500,280,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-660x365.jpg",660,365,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-840x720.jpg",640,549,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8.jpg",1280,720,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/maxresdefault-8-272x182.jpg",272,182,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rodney Twelftree","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/author\/rodney\/"},"category_info":"Movie Review<\/a> Sonic The Hedgehog<\/a>","tag_info":"Sonic The Hedgehog","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77247"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77408,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77247\/revisions\/77408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}