SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2"
(2022) (Jim Carrey, voice of Ben Schwartz) (PG)

QUICK TAKE:: Sci-Fi/Action/Comedy: A speedy, anthropomorphic, alien hedgehog must contend with his archenemy along with a new alien wanting to get their hands on a magic emerald that can turn thoughts into reality.

PLOT:

Sonic the Hedgehog (voice of BEN SCHWARTZ) is an anthropomorphic, alien hedgehog who lives with his newly adopted surrogate parents -- sheriff Tom (JAMES MARSDEN) and veterinarian Maddie (TIKA SUMPTER) -- in Green Hill, Montana. Due to his amazing speed and desire to be a hero, Sonic moonlights as the crime fighter Blue Justice but usually ends up unintentionally causing secondary damage while doing so.

Tom instructs Sonic to tone it down, and he agrees, especially with Tom and Maddie headed to Hawaii to see her sister, Rachel (NATASHA ROTHWELL), marry Randall (SHEMAR MOORE). But little do any of them know that Sonic's archnemesis from last time around, high-tech wizard Dr. Ivo Robotnik (JIM CARREY), has escaped the mushroom planet -- where he had been vanquished -- with the help of Knuckles the Echidna (voice of IDRIS ELBA).

The latter is the last member of a warrior tribe that once battled Sonic's owl mentor's tribe and he's now after the all-powerful Master Emerald that can turn thoughts into reality. Robotnik agrees to help Knuckles find Sonic, with his ulterior motive being that he wants the gem for himself.

And it looks like that will happen until two-tailed, anthropomorphic flying fox Tails (voiced by COLLEEN O'SHAUGHNESSEY) arrives to help Sonic. From that point on, the two do what they can to prevent Knuckles and Robotnik from getting their hands on the emerald.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: If they enjoyed the first film, they probably will.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG: For action, some violence, rude humor, and mild language.

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