Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution (2019)
The legend returns...
ActionAdventureAnimationFamilyFantasy
Director: Motonori Sakakibara, Kunihiko Yuyama · Writers: Takeshi Shudo, Kunihiko Yuyama
After accepting an invitation from a mysterious trainer, Ash, Misty and Brock meet Mewtwo, an artificially created Pokémon who wants to do battle.
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Trailer
Director
Motonori Sakakibara
Kunihiko Yuyama
Cast
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice) 
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice) 
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice) 
Satomi Korogi
Togepi (voice) 
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi (voice) 
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice) 
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro (voice) 
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice) 
Chika Fujimura
Joy (voice) 
Chinami Nishimura
Junsar (voice) 
Kenta Miyake
Sakaki (voice) 
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice) User Reviews (1)
If you saw the original movie a long time ago, you'll probably watch this and think, "Huh, it wasn't as good as I remembered." But then if you go watch the original, you'll realize this remake suffers in comparison because they sanitized a lot and changed more than you think. The biggest shift from the original is cutting Mewtwo's backstory. Originally, the scientist who cloned Mewtwo had a deceased daughter, Amber. He preserved her consciousness after some accident and was trying to clone a new body for her. Pretty dark. It makes sense why they took that part out, even if I disagree with that choice. However, the main problem is that those scenes provided two critical plot elements. First, Amber gave Mewtwo a positive first look at humanity; a little time for innocent development and hope. That is suddenly taken away and Mewtwo loses his first friends. That throws him into despair…
