At first glance, “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” looks like a cash grab from the same people who made 2020’s shockingly successful “Sonic the Hedgehog.”
I use “shockingly” because the first movie, which had its modest charms amid the loose ends and bald spots, seemed destined for the scrap heap of video game adaptations — a genre that has repeatedly tanked over the years because studios have no idea how to translate interactive digital characters to real-life settings.
Instead, “Sonic” made more than $300 million in the U.S. and went on to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of the year (yes, even beating Marvel’s widgets). Go figure.
