While the phenomenon that is Pokémon has had a number of animated feature films, the massive resurgence in popularity that Pokémon Go kicked off made…
While the phenomenon that is Pokémon has had a number of animated feature films, the massive resurgence in popularity that Pokémon Go kicked off made studios scramble to get a live-action version going, and this summer we finally get “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu,” based on the 2016 Nintendo 3DS game.
In it, a young accountant named Tim Goodman (played by “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s” Justice Smith) learns of his detective father’s death in the big city. Though estranged from his father since he was a child, he goes to Ryme City to sort out the deceased’s affairs, where he meets his dad’s colleague (a wasted Ken Watanabe) and, more importantly, his dad’s pokémon/partner, Pikachu, voiced by Ryan Reynolds. Pikachu was also presumed dead in the same incident that claimed his dad’s life, but now he has amnesia, and for some reason, they can understand one another perfectly, and so the mystery of what really transpired sets the movie’s plot engine going.
