Knuckles Review

 

Knuckles is a television miniseries based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video games. It serves as a spin-off to the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. It's produced by Paramount Pictures, Sega Sammy Group, and Original Film and distributed by Paramount+. The series is created by John Whittington and Toby Ascher and consist of six episodes.

The story is, Knuckles is still adjusting to his new life on Earth. Soon Knuckles comes across deputy sheriff Wade who ask Knuckles to train him to become a true warrior. What both them don't know, is a group are after the echidna warrior's power.

Initial Reaction

Since both Sonic movies were surprisingly good, I decided to give this miniseries a watch/review.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

There are three mix bags with Knuckles, with one being the characters. Now both Knuckles and Wade are pretty good, I really enjoyed seeing them interact with one another. But then you our villains, those being The Buyer and Agents Willoughby and Mason. They were fine, but they definitely weren't as entertaining as Robotnik and Agent Stone. The absolute worst character was Wade's sister Wanda. I just couldn't stand her, she was annoying. Then we have the humor. Now at first it's really good. My favorite was Knuckles loudly saying how he imagines how he's gonna take down Willoughby and Mason. That had a good bit of dark comedy in it. But from episode three and onwards, the comedy becomes very hit and miss. The last thing I'll touch on for this section is the story. At first, Knuckles needing to find what he considers home while trying Wade is nicely done. But as the series progress it does eventually become Wade's story. Sure Knuckles is still there, but not as much as he should be. There really should've been another rewrite where Knuckles and Wade's stories could still happen, but still have a good balance to them.

Pros

One of two things I'll credit is the performances. While the material is okay at best, the cast still did a good job with what they got. Even if they played a character I hated. Then there's the special effects. There was a moment where things didn't look good, but for me, 99% of the time the effects were good, almost on par with the Sonic movies.

I've read how the Sonic fandom called this "the worst thing to happen". Apparently this fan base forgot all about Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric...and Sonic Forces...oh let's not forget Sonic '06, especially with this little moment.

Yes folks, that's Sonic getting kissed by a human female. Where around this time of the game's story Sonic was pretty much a corpse...so yeah, just let that sink in for a bit.

Anyways, the miniseries isn't perfect, but it's not god awful either.

My final rating is, Okay.

So that's all for now. Come back on Monday, Apr 29th, for part four of Looking Back at the Films of 2023. For that one I'll be reviewing Air, Renfield, Evil Dead Rise, and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.