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Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

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Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) poster

January 25, 2020 (Paramount Theatre)
February 14, 2020 (United States)
June 26, 2020 (Japan)

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2020 action-adventure comedy film based on the video game franchise published by Sega. Directed by Jeff Fowler (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, it stars Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and Jim Carrey. The film follows Sonic (voiced by Schwartz), a blue hedgehog who can run supersonic speeds, who teams up with a town sheriff, Tom Wachowski (Marsden), to stop the mad scientist Dr. Robotnik (Carrey).

Development for a Sonic film began in the 1990s but did not leave the planning stage until Sony Pictures acquired the rights in 2013. Fowler was brought in to direct in 2016. After Sony put the project in turnaround, Paramount Pictures acquired it in 2017. Most of the cast signed on by August 2018, and principal filming took place between September and October that year in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. Following the negative reaction to the first trailer in 2019, Paramount delayed the film by three months to redesign Sonic.

Sonic the Hedgehog premiered at the Paramount Pictures studio lot on January 25, 2020, before being theatrically released in the United States on February 14, 2020, by Paramount Pictures. It set the record for the biggest opening weekend for a video game film in the United States and Canada and grossed $319.7 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2020, and is the highest-grossing video game film adaptation of all time in North America. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences, Sonic's charm, and Schwartz, Marsden and Carrey's performances, but criticized its screenplay and product placements. A sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, was released on April 8, 2022. A third film and a spin-off series starring Knuckles are in development.

Storyline[]

Sonic, a young anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speed, is ambushed by an echidna tribe for his power. His guardian, an anthropomorphic owl named Longclaw, gives him a bag of golden rings that open portals to distant locations. She tells Sonic the best way to stay safe is to stay hidden before using a ring to send him to Earth while she stays behind to hold off the echidnas, sacrificing herself. Ten years later, Sonic enjoys a secret life in a forest cave near the rural town of Green Hills, Montana, but longs to make friends. He idolizes the local sheriff, Tom Wachowski, and his wife, Maddie, unaware that the pair plans to relocate to San Francisco as Tom intends to accept a job at the San Francisco Police Department.

One night, Sonic grows sad over his loneliness while playing baseball alone. While he is running at unusually high speeds to clear his mind, his frustration over his isolation boils over, causing him to accidentally trigger an electromagnetic pulse that causes a massive power outage across the Pacific Northwest. The U.S. Department of Defense enlists the services of eccentric roboticist and scientific genius Dr. Ivo Robotnik to determine the cause of the outage. Realizing his cover has been blown, Sonic reluctantly plans to leave Earth and live on a different planet that only contains mushrooms.

Robotnik discovers Sonic's footprint in the forest and, determining that the print is not of any animal found on Earth, uses his drones to track Sonic, who escapes his cave and hides in the Wachowskis' shed to leave for the mushroom planet. However, Sonic causes a commotion as he prepares to leave, causing Tom to investigate. Discovering Sonic in his shed, Tom shoots him with a tranquilizer dart, causing Sonic to accidentally open a portal to San Francisco and drop his bag of rings through the portal to the Transamerica Pyramid's roof before passing out. After Sonic recovers, Tom agrees to help him, and the two flee when confronted by Robotnik, who falsely labels Tom a domestic terrorist. The two bond as they make their way to San Francisco, with Tom relating to Sonic's desire for friends. Sonic creates a bucket list in a western-themed bar where Tom helps him complete several entries, culminating in a bar fight.

Meanwhile, Robotnik comes across one of Sonic's quills, discovering that the power in it has the potential to fuel his machines, and becomes obsessed with capturing Sonic to harness his power. Sonic and Tom fight off several mechanized drones sent by Robotnik, but Sonic is injured. Arriving in San Francisco, Tom brings Sonic to Maddie, who is staying at her sister Rachel's house, to revive him. While Tom explains the situation to Maddie, Sonic receives a new pair of sneakers from Maddie's niece Jojo.

Sonic, Tom, and Maddie then head to the roof of the Transamerica Pyramid and recover the rings as Robotnik arrives in an advanced hovercraft powered by the quill. Sonic fights off Robotnik's drones and sends Tom and Maddie back to Green Hills with one of his rings; however, Robotnik uses the quill's power to match Sonic's speed and pursues him across the world, incapacitating him in Green Hills. Tom and the townsfolk intervene, and Tom acknowledges Sonic as his friend, causing Sonic to regain consciousness and maximum strength. Sonic defeats Robotnik by destroying his hovercraft with his powerful spin attack and, with help from Tom, sends him through a ring portal to the mushroom planet.

Following the incident, Tom and Maddie decide to stay in Green Hills and let Sonic live with them. Commander Walters, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates them for saving the world and assures them that all evidence of the event has been erased, including records of Robotnik's existence.

Meanwhile, on the mushroom planet, Robotnik, having lost his sanity and still in possession of Sonic's quill and equipment salvaged from the remains of his hovercraft, plots his return to Earth to seek his revenge. On Earth, Tails emerges from a ring portal in search of Sonic.

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