Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)

It's just as good as Mewtwo Strikes Back, but I'm just wondering if this movie is just an extended version of the first one. It's a wonderful counterpart to the first movie. In the first movie, everything was fine until the ending where Mewtwo happened to erase the memories of everyone which kind of ruined the movie. Unfortunately, it sort of happened again, but I'm not going to spoil it too much. Mewtwo Returns is a good follow-up to the original movie, and explains more unanswered questions. Both of these Mewtwo movies could've been great pokemon movies, but fell short, and in the end, they just ended up as good movies. Is Mewtwo Returns worth watching? Yes, it is. If you seen the first movie, it's highly recommended you see this one especially if you're a pokemon fan. This movie has gotten very few reviews compared to the first one, so it's kind of surprising considering it was a good and interesting movie. I'm not quite sure if its because people are unaware that there is a sequel to Mewtwo Strikes Back or not. I really hope this is not one of those pokemon movies which seems to have gone unnoticed or lost. Pokemon fans especially back then would know about the first movie, and most have seen it, but it isn't really concluded until you see Mewtwo Returns which is simply a continuation and conclusion of the first one. That is why I think Mewtwo Returns is only an hour long – a short film.

Organizing a personal Pokémon Movie Marathon (22 films) makes it less difficult to distinguish the differences between the Pokémon films and it is fun to observe their growth. However, I can't tell which Pokémon films is the best yet even though I have seen all of them before long ago as I watched them in different years and I do not have perfect memories.At this point, I am just done rewatching one quarter of all Pokémon films ever released by Pokémon but I think I have identified one thing from watching Mewtwo Returns (2000); this is how Pokémon films should have been from the start!Mewtwo Returns (2000) is a follow up to Pokémon the First Movie. It may be confusing to those of you who have not seen Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and the short anime The Birth of Mewtwo but if you do, you will notice that this one has a better script. The characters are not that flat anymore by being more lively and expressive, just like its TV anime series. However, like almost everything else in the world, it is not perfect but still interesting to watch.It champions equality, wonder and nature of life, which leisurely reveal to us the charm of Pokémon world in addition to revealing to us more about Mewtwo! Although Mewtwo appears to be less invincible here, it has a softer heart and a much enlightened mind so that development is a must watch for Mewtwo fans!

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.

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!