Pokemon The First Movie (1999)

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Rating: G

Release Date: Nov 10, 1999

Running Time: 75 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: Japan

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Addie Blaustein, Jimmy Zoppi, Michael Haigney, Kayzie Rogers, Ken Gates, Lee Quick

director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney

Pokemon: The First Movie [Pokémon: The First Movie]

Ash Ketchum is on a mission to become the world's greatest Pokemon trainer. Although he's successfully captured many of the 151 types of electrically charged Pokemons, each possessing its own unique powers, his greatest challenge lies ahead of him. Can he and his friends Misty, Brock and Pikachu conquer the all-powerful Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokemon who plans to rule the galaxy with his own strain of super-charged Pokemons?

Am I gonna get this movie if I don't know anything about Pokemon? ''Probably not,'' answers my 8-year-old friend, Jeffrey. So, he proceeds to give me a rundown on the species: There are Electric Pokemon, Land Pokemon, Water Pokemon or Bug Pokemon. They compete against one another using various attacks. If they lose, they faint. There are 151 in all. ''Psychic Pokemon are good to have,'' Jeffrey says.

Armed with this knowledge, we settled in to watch ''Pokemon: The First Movie,'' a highly…