Meanwhile Ash Ketchum and his young trainer friends, Misty and Brock, are relaxing one day when Ash is challenged by another trainer. With the aid of his first Pokémon, the electrified Pikachu, Ash easily wins and proves he's one of the best trainers around. Thus, it doesn't come as much of a surprise when he and his friends are invited to a party hosted by someone who claims to be the world's greatest Pokémon trainer.
Eager to prove their mettle, Ash and his friends set out for New Island, but are unknowingly followed by Ash's arch rivals, Jessie, James and their Pokémon mascot, Meowth who collectively make up Team Rocket. With only a few trainers making it through a storm to the island, Ash and the others discover to their surprise that the great master is none other than Mewtwo.
Learning that the megalomaniacal Pokémon plans to clone the existing Pokémon into genetically superior beings and thus rid the world of the originals and their human trainers, Ash and his friends, along with their Pokémon and an appearance by the original Mew, do what they can to stop Mewtwo and his evil plans.
Some of those scenes, as well as others including ones featuring the malevolent Mewtwo creature may be a little (or somewhat or very) suspenseful or frightening to some kids, all dependent, of course, on their age, maturity level and tolerance for such material.
Beyond that and the accompanying suspenseful music and villainous bad attitudes, however, the rest of the film's remaining categories have little or nothing in the way of major objectionable content. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home, however, and especially since many young kids will probably want to see it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings.
A short animated feature, "Pikachu's Vacation" precedes the main attraction. It includes some violence (such as characters being knocked down or into the air, and another -- carrying a lit cartoon bomb -- smashed by a larger creature falling onto it -- and the bomb then going off under that other creature).
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(1999) (voices of Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett) (G)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
None
None
Heavy
*Moderate
Mild
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Minor
None
Heavy
None
None
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
None
None
None
Mild
Heavy
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
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(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
Reviewed November 6, 1999 / Posted November 10, 1999
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