Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the latest from the SEGA franchise.

It's wonderful that they keep getting Jeff Fowler to come back repeatedly to direct these films. It adds an element of consistency that, let's say, Star Wars didn't have. Fowler will be directing the upcoming The Pink Panther film starring Eddie Murphy. With the Sonic franchise done for now, we could easily see the next universe of films in the coming years.

Jim Carrey plays both Robotniks in the film and is just as goofy as you've come to expect. Keanu Reeves plays Shadow and adds a lot of seriousness to Ben Schwartz's Sonic. Idris Elba and Colleen O'Shaughnessey both shine as supporting characters Knuckles and Tails. There was a surprise character that I wasn't expecting in Krysten Ritter's Director Rockwell. She hasn't aged a bit.

The film entertained from beginning to end and was full of so many Sonic Adventure 2 references. Result: A-

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