This time, Sonic and his sidekicks are drafted in to battle an embittered and powerful new enemy, Shadow the hedgehog (voiced by Keanu Reeves), newly defrosted and escaped from Prison Island having taken a different path to Sonic, and the team having to make an uneasy alliance with Dr Robotnik (the ever-zany Jim Carrey) in order to triumph. Tailor-made for its young audience, with its neon-soaked colour palette, light-rock soundtrack and loads of noise and action, this solid threequel delivers more of the same and quite slickly. Once again, the integration of real-world and CGI/videogame elements is handled very well indeed, and the world-building and indeed film-making is handled with care and effectiveness. The drawn-out mid-section does sag a little, and the film labours its key message of personal responsibility and making the right choices, but there is sufficient story development to make this film a sound if hardly earth-shattering addition to the franchise. And yes, a (good) mid-end-credits sequence sets up the next chapter.
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