Review of Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions (2010) by Wesley L — 08 May 2018

With Phantom Ruler: Zoroark, I simply have to ask one question: Why? Why does Nintendo see fit to keep beating a long-dead film franchise with awful films every year? Why hasn't anything gotten better with this frachise since the first 3 movies? Why does everything the cover advertise get skimmed over? Why, oh WHY hasn't Nintendo seen fit to find a more likable lead than Ash Ketchum after 14 F@$#ing movies!?

So, as you can probably tell, Phantom Ruler Zoroark is another monumental waste of celluloid like the last 8 films. This series is getting so desperate that they've resorted to using cover mascots from the 3rd and 4th films to fill up time. The newest Pokemon are lame as hell and are so weak that they don't really have the oomph that previous cover mascots did. The whole transforming shtick was already covered by Ditto back in the late 90's. The much promoted cover lions get maybe 5 minutes of screen time in a lame action sequence that goes nowhere. The plot is lousy, but that's to be expected, and the animation is as slipshod as ever, although it's less brain-cell killing than the television show. Nintendo, you've shown us through Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva that you are capable of producing great animated pictures. Either stop beating your moneymaker senseless or start trying a little harder, perhaps with a reboot of some sort? Well, too late, there's already 2 more movies coming out next year. Well, I guess it can't hurt to ask, right?

OVERALL: 2.0/10.