Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

2001 "An all-new Johto movie adventure!"
6.4| 1h3m| G| en| More Info
Released: 17 August 2001 Released
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The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.

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Masamitsu Hidaka

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Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns Audience Reviews

ThiefHott Too much of everything
Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
marcheatham I've never seen Mewtwo's mouth so big before, but I don't really care anything about that. Besides, I love anime, and about half the characters are cutie-pies. (Pikachu, Wigglytuff, Chikorita, Togepi, Etc) I also kind of think Mewtwo is sort of hot... don't ask. It's mostly just his voice. I like how in the first movie he's determined to wipe all humans and most Pokémon off the face of the earth, but then in this movie he's kinda nice. I think one of my favorite scenes is when he's in the water of the spring. And the lesson all this teaches is that life is what it is, and everyone deserves to live it, no matter who you are. Speaking of which, I don't care what others think of Pokémon or anything to do with it, I still like this movie. ^_^ Hence, the comment title, A Beautiful Disaster. Thank you.
Wmill22069 I have loved Pokemon ever since my friend introduced it to me in 1998, was fond of the first movie, and am pleased with the sequel. Mewtwo is back! He may not fight much in this movie, but I would still recommend it to any anime fan! WARNING! Seriously, this is an important message, or at least I think so! This movie has at least one scene that might scare smaller children, so if you're planning to buy a Pokemon movie for a fan 7yrs. or younger, think it over first, you may want to buy a different one until the kid is a little older. All of them have violence, but I would recommend Pokemon 2000 for children who can't deal with scary scenes or death. Yes, some of the Pokemon movies contain death, but there's no blood, so anyone who can handle death in movies can watch. Anyway, if you want to learn more about this movie, watch it yourself! The only reason I have the spoiler warning on all my reviews is so just in case the staff thinks that my review contains a spoiler, I don't get in trouble! :)
gears_chatroom_god Contrary to the other two reviews here, I was left underwhelmed by "Mewtwo Returns."Now, don't get me wrong. I like Pokemon. I'm not a mad fan, or anything, but I like to watch it, and so I picked up "Mewtwo Returns" from a local store that had the price slashed down to a third for clearance.It begins quite promisingly, with the usual Poke-setup of "our heroes" going on their way, and Team Rocket in the background, scheming away, and plenty of puns and sight gags. However, after about twenty minutes (that's a third of the film, kids), it becomes increasingly obvious that not a lot is really going to happen in this movie.Mewtwo is perhaps the movie's main minus point, ironically enough. In "Pokemon: The First Movie," he was a great character because he was so powerful and because he *fought.* But in this movie, he's totally opposed to fighting - and when you consider that the entire Pokemon franchise is BASED on fighting, you know that's not the best thing to focus a movie on. Mewtwo is brimming with angst, and normally I'd say that's a good thing, but in this case, it's totally unengaging angst that anyone who's read a "Spider-Man" comic in the last decade or so will have heard all before.There so little action in this film that's it's painful. Instead, it's just endless soliloquays from Mewtwo, and one particularly monotonous scene where a clone Pikachu yammers on to Ash's Pikachu, and they squeak back and forth as Meowth translates it into possibly THE weakest "dramatic" dialogue that has graced the Pokemon series.When Giovanni and the Team Rocket combat squad arrive, there's a lot of threatening and the possibility of some action actually *happening*... but alas, no. It's just more posturing by Giovanni and Mewtwo. Whenever Mewtwo pulls off his big final stunt, it's all done from a distance, then the screen fades to black, and we come back, and it's all happened off-screen.The dull and cliched "we must protect the environment" sub-plot is hugely unnecessary, and only results in more empty, needless scenes that could be filled with something interesting.The movie's score is dull and sparse - there isn't even any kind of rendition of the Pokemon theme.
karigilmore This movie's short, but it's great! I enjoyed watching Ash and co. re-introduce themselves to Mewtwo and bringing back all of the clones! The Pikachu and Meowth clones are great! And Giovanni tries to get Mewtwo back again! What'll happen? Find out for yourselves!