Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)

That was an excellent one.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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.

I thought this was a brilliant film, it explains a lot about Mewtwo's departure after the first film. the emphasis is on mewtwo's solitary with the cloned pokemon he lives with, and Giovanni's quest to reclaim mewtwo as his own property.The film has a deep storyline and is obviously set within the Johto League. This doesn't seem to be in the list of official pokemon films so i can only assume it was a straight to video extra, which is good for any fan of pokemon who wants an explanation of happenings and events after the first movie, even though it is set 2 or 3 seasons later.I would recommend this film for any pokemon fan, especially great fans of the first film, very well worth a watch!

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! :)

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.