Grimrikk

I didn't know this series was even coming out before it popped up on the streaming service, it was a pleasant to see it there a few days ago.

Pro's:

Idris Elba makes Knuckles stand out like he did in the previous Sonic film, he's got a perfect voice for the character and sounds like he is really enjoying it.

Adam Philly also put in a good performance as Wade, he plays one of those love-able but not confident people really well.

I would have liked to see more Knuckles in the show as a lot of the story is about Wade, though a good amount of time is also spent on their burgeoning friendship so that's alright.

The rest of the cast also put in a good show, as well as Cary Elwes who I didn't expect to see pop up. The same goes for Julian Barratt who I know from The Mighty Boosh.

The VFX was also top notch and nothing felt out of place and the sound design was decent as well.

### Cons:

The few cons that would have earned it an 8 were just not having enough Knuckles in it. It could also have done with the tightening of the pacing. Especially the last episode. I felt like that one was too short and didn't show enough of the fight with the bad dude.

The last nit-pick I have is that the ending is very similar to the end of Sonics' first movie.

While the visuals can be quite nice in places, it lacks enough plot to make it worthwhile as an overall film. It feels like so much time was wasted on unnecessary elements, most of which should have been established in the previous entry.

It also suffers from the worst of Snyder's tendencies, which we all know by now, and probably should've been edited differently as the pacing wasn't great.

I personally felt that the first movie should've dealt with much of the characters bonding and backstory, mainly because out of two films we barely know anything about the motives of either faction and the movie hints at a lot more under the surface, it just doesn't ever get around to telling or showing any of it.

I never thought I'd see it in a movie (partly because it's not something I ever thought would be in a movie), but, slow-motion corn harvesting is that thing! Life is now complete.

Overall, while it had some pretty shots and VFX, it was a lacklustre experience with too many narrative and pacing problems to move it much past the 5* mark. These last two movies are why Zack Snyder is a director that needs someone to reign him in from time to time.

Snyder once said he doesn't use slow-mo that much, but this movie alone has enough slow-mo that you could play four of five action movies by other directors, and they would still have less than this one does.