As a competitor to Nintendo, Sega released a running game in 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog. Today, the game has become a classic of the racing adventure genre, with over 1.5 billion copies sold. Paramount Pictures' film adaptation of the same name is yet another successful family-friendly franchise, with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise grossing more than $1 billion worldwide.

In the third installment, the adventurous team of Sonic, Tails, and Knightroz will face off against an unprecedented rival, Schatt. In order to solve this intractable and mysterious enemy, Sonic finds Dr. Eggman and joins forces to stop Schatt's plot to destroy the planet. The beginning and end of the story are expected to be cliché, and the setting seems childish, but the screenwriter tries his best to retain the essence of the game, and the characters have changed the facial setting of the previous game, and have been given new vitality, with more delicate emotions and more complex personalities. At the same time, under the cheerful appearance, the plot of the film is not a simple reliance on nostalgia, but an implicit reflection on friendship, courage and responsibility.

"Sonic the Hedgehog 3" has rushed to the second highest grossing game adaptation in North America, and has also grossed more than $300 million worldwide. In addition, the film's freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 86%, and the popcorn index is 96%, indicating that the audience is satisfied with the film, even more than the mainstream media. Judging from the third ending credits, the fourth part of the series is already on the line, and it is possible to use the parallel universe as the background to further "align the granularity" with Marvel's "Spider-Man" series.

Stills from "Sonic the Hedgehog 3".

The villain Schatthorne, voiced by Keanu Reeves, is quite eye-catching in the third part. He was originally a hedgehog similar to Sonic, because of the innocent death of his best friend Maria, he was immersed in grief and could not extricate himself. Although Schatt's abilities are even better than Sonic's, he is lost in hatred. Schatthad and Sonic form a stark contrast between disappointment and hope. In the end, Schattor let go of his hatred, crossed the trap of faith, sacrificed his life, and achieved self-realization. To describe it as an Internet buzzword, this is quite a "middle two" value, and of course, it is also an interpretation with obvious Japanese culture. The presentation of the villain is more complex and three-dimensional, which also makes the film break away from the juvenile style to a certain extent.

Dr. Eggman, played by Jim Carrey, contributed many laughs in the film. As the only unrepentant "Frankenstein" in the film, Dr. Eggman doesn't need the understanding of others at all, and goes to the extreme of "I'd rather be the one in the world". Because of the accidental death of a young girl, he infinitely escalates his anger to the "Last Judgment" that creates a world-destroying world, taking on a superego madness. Such a character just fits Jim Carrey's exaggerated performance style.

For Chinese audiences, the game's background is so remote that it's almost negligible. In "Sonic the Hedgehog 3", the only familiar to Chinese audiences may be Jim Carrey, who plays Dr. Eggman, and Keanu Reeves, who voices Schattdecor . However, these two have long not been box office leaders in the Chinese mainland film market, and it is not surprising that the box office of the film is not as good as that of overseas markets. However, "Sonic the Hedgehog 3", which is intertwined with adventure and comedy, has constant jokes and a tight rhythm, which has made significant progress compared to the previous two films, and is still a work suitable for all ages.

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