Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

April 8, 2022 (United States)

April 8, 2022 (United States)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 2022 action-adventure film based on the video game franchise published by Sega. It is the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), and was directed by Jeff Fowler and written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington. It stars Ben Schwartz reprising his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba and Jim Carrey. The film follows Sonic (voiced by Schwartz) and Tails (voiced by O'Shaughnessey), who team up to find the Master Emerald before Dr. Robotnik (Carrey) and Knuckles (voiced by Elba).

Following the success of the first film, Paramount Pictures announced the sequel in May 2020. Filming took place from March to June 2021 in Vancouver and Hawaii. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was theatrically released in several markets from on March 30, 2022, and was released in the United States on April 8, by Paramount Pictures and Sega Sammy Group. It received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $146 million worldwide, making it the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2022. A third film and a spin-off series focusing on Knuckles are in development.

Storyline

Sonic lives with the Wachowskis and attempts to help the public as a vigilante hero with little success due to his recklessness. While on a fishing trip, Tom advises Sonic to remain patient for the day his powers will be needed. He and Maddie depart for her sister Rachel's wedding in Hawaii, leaving Sonic in charge of the house for the weekend.

While staying at home, Sonic is ambushed by his old enemy Dr. Robotnik, who has escaped the mushroom planet he was banished to, and Knuckles, an echidna warrior. Knuckles demands the location of the legendary Master Emerald—an ancient relic that grants its user ultimate power and the ability to change reality to their will—so he can bring honor to his ancestors. Sonic is rescued by Miles "Tails" Prower, a young two-tailed fox who idolizes him and has come to warn him about Knuckles.

Sonic convinces Tails to help him find the Master Emerald while Robotnik reunites with his assistant, Agent Stone, and forms an alliance with Knuckles, scheming to steal the emerald. Following clues on a map given to Sonic by his late former guardian, Longclaw, Sonic and Tails find a compass within a temple in Siberia. Knuckles and Robotnik track them and chase Sonic and Tails down a mountain. Knuckles reveals that he lost his whole tribe the same day Sonic lost Longclaw. Despite this brief moment of sympathy, Knuckles and Robotnik steal the compass. However, Knuckles grows suspicious of Robotnik's sense of loyalty and honor when he mocks Sonic for choosing to save an injured and unconscious Tails instead of the compass before an avalanche starts upon them.

Tom saves Sonic and Tails from an avalanche by using a ring to teleport them to the wedding. Rachel's fiancé Randall and his wedding guests reveal themselves as undercover agents of the Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.), having set the wedding up to capture Sonic and Tails; they also arrest Tom when he tries to stop them. The trio are saved by Maddie and a vengeful Rachel, who reconciles with Randall after he confirms that his feelings for her are real. Meanwhile, Knuckles and Robotnik find an underwater temple containing the Master Emerald.

Blaming himself for Tails' injuries, Sonic decides to face Knuckles and Robotnik alone and goes to the temple, where he fights Knuckles to keep him from taking the Master Emerald. Robotnik exploits the distraction and seizes the emerald, which collapses the temple, sinking it into the water. No longer needing Knuckles, Robotnik betrays him and leaves both him and Sonic behind. Teaming up after rescuing one another from the flood, Sonic and Knuckles manage to escape just as a recovered Tails rescues them in a biplane.

In Green Hills, Robotnik uses his new abilities from the emerald to create a giant robot resembling himself. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles work together to fight the robot and its accompanying drones and reclaim the Master Emerald. The emerald shatters in Sonic's hands, splitting into the seven Chaos Emeralds. Tom and Maddie save Sonic, who inadvertently uses the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic. He fights and destroys the robot, allowing Robotnik to collapse with it, before dispersing the Emeralds and reverting to normal. Knuckles fixes the Master Emerald from the remaining shards before making a pact with Sonic and Tails to protect it from evil together. They start an idyllic life with the Wachowskis.

While G.U.N. searches for Robotnik, Stone poses as a soldier to avoid capture. He overhears Commander Walters receiving information about the discovery of a secret research facility, which Walters immediately recognizes as the one housing Project Shadow.

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