Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
A
scientifically cloned super Pokémon (aka Pokemon) lures all the other Pokémon to an island, hoping to
clone them and lead them into battle against the world. A short before the movie shows the
characters competing against each other while on vacation. With voices of Veronica Taylor,
Philip Bartlett, Racheal Lillis, Eric Stuart, Addie Blaustein and Ikue Ootani. [1:23]
SEX/NUDITY 0 - A character wears a midriff-revealing shirt. A few times a
boy comments on how cute a girl is.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A boy is zapped by electric beams two characters are
shooting at each other, falls to the ground and turns brownish-gray; a character
unsuccessfully tries to zap him back to life a few times and the boy eventually is
resuscitated by the characters' tears. In an extended, “battle to the end”
scene, we see characters punching, biting, slapping and wrestling with each other (none is
killed). Some characters are shot with laser beams and electrocuted (a few look charred
and make crackling sounds). Two characters shoot each with electric beams then run next to
each other, knocking many characters out of their way as they speed by. Dragons breathe
fire at characters a few times (one gets charred), a dragon's fire is deflected back
onto it (the dragon falls down) and two dragons fight and fly into each other (one is
driven into the ground and knocked unconscious). A dragon flies into a net, then gets its
head stuck in a hole; after many characters finally pull it out, they fly into the air and
the dragon lands on a few of them. Lots of characters are lifted up, thrown on the ground
or into walls, chased, charged at and knocked down by other characters (sometimes this is
played for laughs); also, a few fall from heights (mostly into water). A character creates
a windstorm that lifts stampeding buffalo off the ground, then “zaps” them,
making them disappear. A machine grabs a boy and a character (both escape, though the
character has a hair plucked from it); also, characters are captured in balls and put into
a machine. A couple of times, two groups of characters stand chest to chest and look as if
they're about to fight. While crossing the sea during a storm, several people are
knocked out of a boat by a large wave and are plunged underwater a few times before
reaching the shore. We see several characters with Xs or spirals over their eyes and
mouths after they fall or after they're caught in explosions. A character hooked up
to wires in a tank breaks free, shatters other tanks and equipment in a lab and causes
several fires and explosions; a few other explosions.
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