Night of the Living Movie Critic

  Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Runtime: 2h 2m Director: Jeff Fowler Cast: Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, James Marsden, Colleen O'Shaugnessey, Tika Sumpter Rating: PG In this sequel to the 2020 movie and adaptation of the classic video games, Dr. Robotnick (Jim Carrey) returns from deep space to claim revenge against the anthropomorphic speedster Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz), this time with an incredibly dim but strong ally in the form of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by Idris Elba). Sonic must team up with his adoptive human family and new sidekick, Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), to save the world.  Like many sequels, Sonic 2 buckles down on the perceived success of its predecessor while also reacting to its criticisms. While the first movie did its best to fit the Sonic character into a cookie-cutter kids' road trip movie and ground any element, this new installment crams as much lore and references from the games as possible. Sometimes these elements are unobtrusive a