Review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) by Irrelevanluh — 05 May 2022

As a Sonic fan who was unable to enjoy the first one, this sequel definitely is an improvement, a small one however, Sonic as a character is simply not as a funny as the writers intend (simply spouting pop culture references is not comedy) and neither feels as both cokcy and inspiring as the source material version of Sonic while Knuckles, Tails and Knuckles are elevated versions of their game counterparts, they feel like more tangible characters and there was a good job on adapting them to this medium while sadly, Sonic remains simply a worst version of his counterpart.

This movie also released barely over 2 years after the one and it shows,the script needed more time in the oven, the pacing is very clunky and there's a point where TOO many things happen for the sake of convenience or for exposition purposes.

The most definitive improvement over the first one is how the movie looks, while making these movies live action/animation hybrid instead of fully animated was definitely a mistake that holds them back, when the movie goes fully into the territory of the game's visuals it reaches its best and most exciting moments.