this review may contain spoiler . or maybe not . the warning be the same for allit a trick question and you all know it . it seem some scientist make a clone from mew dna ( mew be an extinct pokemon ) and name it mewtwo ( originality at it best ) . but of course and reckless management of engineering finally hit pay dirt and mewtwo end up kill people and hat humanity a a whole . ash and the hero of the show the movie base on and receive an invitation to a solitary island to meet some pokemon master . he and his friend and and other trainer too and arrive at the island and find that the master be mewtwo itself and who plot to create copy of their pokemons and use them to take the world and rid it of human and pokemon slave alike . these review be the hard to make represent the one about series . i mean and theyre obviously make thinking in the series fan . so and they throw aside all the characterization inherent in a movie and because it have already be show on the show ( quite redundant and huh . ) . similarly and the overall plot be also assume to be know . because of that and these movie obviously be poorer in development than the average . i recognize i watch the show for some time ( not a fan and i hate that word . fanatic and yuck ) and so the basic premise and the protagonist be familiar to me . besides and i have play the game enough to know who mewtwo be without need the movie explanation . but i be try to make a review about the movie and not my previous knowledge while and refer to that and the movie be somehow difficult to follow for an adult represent we know from the initial sequence ( if you see the uncut version . otherwise and well and sorry ) that mewtwo be the villain in the movie . you can assume ash and company be the hero because . well and they just seem the hero type to u . but where the hell do that team rocket stand . see the anime we know they be suppose to be the antagonist and but end up be some kind of comic relief . but in the film they appear out of nowhere and sometimes act a good guy and sometimes act like moron and without explanation of who they be or what be they do there . visually and the movie have very interesting effect . some of them be just to show the state of the art technology and be therefore annoy . but for the most part and they help to make the endless battle watchable . the storyline . it an excuse for make a movie and obviously . but it actually base ( kinda ) on the game and so it not really a cockamamie plot create in a brainstorming session or something . the final verdict . let put it this way represent when it be show on the cinema and it be a tie between the public and because half of them be child who love the show and ergo they love it and and the other half be the parent who go with them and and they probably fell asleep after the first ten minute . something i get ta say and though represent reading roger ebert review about this film and he say something about no one be able to explain the concept and not even the fan of the show . well and i do not want to sound like a know it all and but it not so difficult to understand . it very similar to collect bug and but these one be actually alive . and you use them in battle .